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Might I call this ‘pearly gates’ hospitality, where brilliantly warm hosts offer you a glass of chilled rosé, on arrival – made with Touriga Nacional grapes, plucked from vines you

I have observed that there is nothing particularly amazing about having siblings. However, we don’t have much of a choice in the matter because our parents, nature, and God are

After eight years residing in the Algarve and looking back to the end of summer, I have come to the conclusion that August is my least favorite month. I fully

When I ask: “are you ready for the fall?”, I mean of course autumn, as (quite rightly in my view) the British reader may prefer to refer to it, and

Last week, I shared a few ideas about what we can do should boredom ever darken our door, perhaps the blue or yellow-framed door of our new home in Portugal.

The earthquake that occurred in Portugal in the early hours of Monday, August 25 was the 10th largest since the 16th century and was followed by nine aftershocks, which were

Omnivorous bacteria are abundant throughout our environment either naturally, such as those inside us, or synthesized in laboratories to perform specific tasks. Scientists at Edinburgh University have now perfected a

When I first dreamed of moving to Portugal, I was driven by a desire to leave the rat race, as many seem to be who fall in love with Portugal’s

When I held my little granddaughter for the first time, she simply took my breath away. There is no sight more beautiful in the entire world than that of one’s

As you uncork a wine bottle to relax with a refreshing glass of wine or, as you put your glass down on a cork coaster, have you ever stopped to