Spiritual but not religious
Our monthly feature seeks to offer open-minded, clarifying, and meaningful responses to readers’ questions about spirituality. Send your questions to The Resident. Q: Last month you addressed a question about
Covid-19 travelling rules – Portugal/UK
Much has been written over the past days about the measures that apply to those who wish to travel from UK to Portugal and vice versa, some of which have
Brave new world
“Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the overcompensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn’t nearly so spectacular as instability. And being contented has none of the
London Calling
Ready, steady, go! It is difficult to over-emphasise how important the UK capital is to the national and world economy. Latest figures show that London alone generates nearly a quarter
Locked down in a beautiful part of the world
I don’t feel triumphant or vindicated about moving to Portugal. With much of the globe feeling very uneasy about a dangerous and deadly pandemic and the all-too-real problems of worldwide
Spiritual but not religious
Our monthly feature seeks to offer open-minded, clarifying, and meaningful responses to readers’ questions about spirituality. Send your questions to The Resident. Q: One of the difficulties of the Christian
London Calling
Lockdown London At the end of the strictest Lockdown, your columnist cycled into central London for daily exercise and found a very familiar city looking so different. This is the
Spiritual but not religious
Our monthly feature seeks to offer open-minded, clarifying, and meaningful responses to readers’ questions about spirituality. Send your questions to The Resident. Q: What do Christians mean by the term
Landlords holding keys
Ask Afpop In this new monthly column, afpop, Portugal’s largest foreign residents’ association, aims to answer some of the most frequently-asked questions by members. Question: We rent a property and
What’s not coming back
Now that some of the restrictions that were imposed due to the Covid-19 pandemic are being relaxed, many people are talking about returning to something vaguely called “a new normal”.