Letter to Editor – Concerns over unfair car pricing and market practices in Portugal
Dear Editor, I am writing in response to your recent article about the importation of second-hand cars into Portugal, which highlights the fact that 300 used cars are brought into
Letter to Editor – Concerns over unfair car pricing and market practices in Portugal
Dear Editor, I am writing in response to your recent article about the importation of second-hand cars into Portugal, which highlights the fact that 300 used cars are brought into
A misty history of Paleolithic Portugal – Chapter 1
This is a revision of an essay which was published in year 2021. Since then, notable advances in archaeological investigative techniques have been made due to improvement in both the
It’s not about Portugal
Our water supply was cut off last week. Coming from a country where I understand such an occurrence only occurs after protracted legal processes, I was surprised by the sharp
Did You Know? … Keeping a diary
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Nice spice
People who are not familiar with Indian food tend to club all the aromatic and exotic-looking fragrant dishes under one broad nomenclature and call it ‘curry’. However, any self-respecting chef
Green and Red Monday?
As Blue Monday 2025 looms, with its self-fulfilling prophecy of gloom and doom (basically the worst day of the year, as a perfect storm of financial, emotional and sociological factors
The making and breaking of international alliances
Throughout the 20th century, the US kept an eagle eye open for any opportunity to take advantage of Old World distrust and disputes Political, commercial and nuptial unions are often
Álvaro Siza reflects
I’m standing in front of a grey metal street door. Next to the intercom, the names of Portugal’s two Pritzker Prize winners, friends and colleagues for decades: Eduardo Souto de
Sixty shades of grey
I must confess that, in the last decade, a lot of changes happened in my personal life. These included moving from one continent to another, selling my favourite sports car,