Opinion

My son was recently given two volumes of ‘The National Gallery 100 Plates in Colour’ bought from a charity shop. Inside one was written: “To my dear friend Randolph Phillips in kindly remembrance [...]

Only human Perhaps the most famous patient ever at the London Hospital in Whitechapel, East London, was Joseph Merrick – better known as the Elephant Man. When he was five, Merrick began to [...]

During my esteemed journalistic career, I have written a number of travel articles and now that my lovely wife and I reside in the Algarve, I was seriously considering coming up with an article [...]

Our monthly feature seeks to offer open-minded, clarifying, and meaningful responses to readers’ questions about spirituality. Send your questions to The Resident. A reader asks: Why has the [...]

At present, there are no legally obligatory safety regulations for private swimming pools in Portugal. Many other countries have regulations in place, some more stringent than others, Australia [...]

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: I am thinking [...]

Faulty Towers “Fantastic Feats: The Building of London” is a multi-media event taking place in the capital this summer with some 50 events over six months dipping into the worlds of theatre, [...]

The other day, I was walking along the riverbanks of the Tagus River when I arrived at the impressive Tower of Belém. I remember visiting the tower a long time ago when I was younger, but in the [...]

Almost 22 years have passed since I left rainy London via snowbound Berlin for balmy Portimão in late 1997. Looking back, a thousand and one things have happened since, my personal circumstances [...]

My lovely wife and I are old enough to remember way back in 1972, when the British Prime Minister Edward Heath signed the agreement to join the EU. Back then they called it “Brentrance”. Since we [...]