Stop the War event – London, December 2, 2023
Dear Editor, I have just flown back to my safe and sunny home in Portugal, leaving behind the cold winter streets of cosmopolitan London, where I attended a ‘Stop the War –
Catholicism has its ups and downs
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVl has been buried. Pope Francis has mobility impairment. The Catholic religion is in decline. However, the Sanctuary of Fátima in Portugal is surging ahead and this
Big biodiversity breakthroughs
There is reason to be fairly optimistic about major advances in international attitudes towards ending the devastation humans have been causing to other forms of life on the planet. The
A republic mourns a monarch
For a fully independent republic like Portugal to officially declare a three-day period of national mourning for a foreign monarch is remarkable, but such is the respect for the late
A pause in an EU-UK battle
Dramatic developments previously expected this week involving the Portuguese diplomat João Vale de Almeida have probably been put on hold for the period of mourning for Queen Elizabeth ll. As
British-Portuguese Chamber of Commerce – public statement on death of “Our Queen”
What has become blatantly apparent in the immediate aftermath of the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II is the affection held for her by people of all nations, not
Collecting … matchboxes!
All my life I have collected things as a hobby. I have been a philatelist (stamps), a deltiologist (post cards), conchologist (shells), bibliophilist (books) and an arctophilist (teddies). Nowadays only
Heated clashes over the climate
COMMENT Amid the wildfires and droughts in Portugal and across the European continent, there has been no sign of a return to China’s co-operation agreement with the United States in
Unveiling the world of corruption
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) has produced an easy-to-read insight into the vast number of leaked documents contained in its explosive Pandora Papers about global corruption. The Pandora
Painful prices at the petrol pumps
Comment Drivers in Portugal are feeling not just the pinch but the pain of soaring petrol and diesel prices due to the war in Ukraine. Transport fuel prices are now