Car crazy
By: NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com A MAN in Malaysia abandoned a Porsche he stole when it ran out of petrol but later went to the police station where it had been
Snitch on your neighbour
By: MIKE JOHNSON johnson@portugalresident.com ONE OF the first things Gordon Brown did when he took over from Tony Blair as Prime Minister of the UK was to announce that he
Stinky force
By: NATASHA SMITH natasha@portugalresident.com POLICE IN Germany broke into an apartment after neighbours complained of a rotten smell coming from inside. They told officers that they had not seen any
Housekeeping horror
By: Paul McKay mckay@portugalresident.com Teacher, Paul McKay, left London to live a self-sufficient existence in the Monchique hills with his partner Martyn. He keeps an assortment of animals and grows
Losing faith for the young
By: MARGARET BROWN margaret@portugalresident.com IT IS a sad fact that older people predominate in many Church of England congregations. As a result, attendance is diminishing; churches are closing and fewer
Fond memories for a calmer time
By: MARGARET BROWN margaret@portugalresident.com HAVING JUST come back from an 18-day visit to west Wales, during which the two of us were immobilised with arthritis, in no time at all
Cheers! Make mine a vinho tinto, please
By: JENNY GRAINER jenny@portugalresident.com FREQUENTLY, I really do thank my Maker – especially allowing me to live in the beautiful Algarve where a Nanny State doesn’t try to control my
Ancestor Stones
Ancestor Stones is the stunning debut novel from Aminatta Forna about the untold stories of four remarkable African women. Abie follows the arc of a letter, from London back to
Way of the Shark
Way of the Shark is the long-awaited autobiography from Greg Norman, who will go down in golfing history as one of the greatest of all time. He was arguably the
The great divide
By: SKIP BANDELE skip@portugalresident.com LOOKING OUT of the window in June, one might very well have become concerned with climate change issues. Far from baking in the early summer sunshine,