Wild Flowers of the Mediterranean
One that is just out that is of particular interest to residents of Portugal is Wild Flowers of the Mediterranean from their Pocket Nature series. Want to know your Red
Nature Encyclopedia & It’s Elementary!
For children, there are two books we want to mention that are due out next month. Firstly, the DK Encyclopaedia of Nature, in paperback at 23.50 euros, is packed with
Northern Spain
One of the essential series from DK is its Eyewitness Travel Guides. If you are not familiar with these, a good place to start might be with the new guide
WE WANT YOUR VIEWS – HAVE YOUR SAY
DO YOU have a view about local events? Has something you have read in The Resident caught your eye? Or do you disagree with something that has happened in your
Football fury
GERMAN FOOTBALL stars, Michael Ballack and Oliver Kahn are due to receive 50,000 euros each in compensation after a sex toy company used their names without permission to sell vibrators.
Airline robbery
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com POLICE ARRESTED four employees from low-cost airline JetBlue, in the US, on charges of using passengers’ credit cards that had been left at the check-in desk.
Wife swap
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com AN INTERNET auction site has been forced to remove an advertisement where a Brazilian man offered to sell his wife for 50 US dollars. It was
Death and taxes
SUCCESSION TAX was abolished by the Portuguese legislator and replaced by Stamp Duty with effect from January 2004. However, this does not mean that the beneficiaries of an estate do
Politicians and hubris
“A MAN’S reach should exceed his grasp,” so poet Robert Browning once wrote. But nothing can justify the delusions of grandeur we are currently witnessing from some politicians. Too many
Butterflies
A BORBOLETA (or The Butterfly in English) used to be the name of our family-run restaurant in the Algarve. My mother’s long-standing admiration of these delicate and beautiful creatures gave