TDT Since Monday 23rd January half the Algarve no longer receives analog signal (old fashioned technology) TV. It’s the first phase of the introduction of TDT (digital transmission) in Portugal, which got underway on 12th January this year, and now affects […] »The Lagos of slaves It’s a story straight out of a film script. At the beginning of January 2009, a young archeologist and her «Dryas» team unearthed a unique discovery. A world-class find: one of the oldest slave cemeteries ever to have been documented. The excavation […] »In Belarus he’s called Ded Moroz. In China he’s called Dun Che Lao Ren. In India he’s known as Christmas Baba. Planning our Christmas issue I had the (bright?) idea of talking to some of the minorities here – nationalities beyond Brits and other […] »Gonçalo Amaral His life has been ripped apart since he led the police investigation into the Millennium’s greatest mystery, and came into legal confrontation with Kate and Gerry McCann. Gonçalo Amaral has lost his family, his business, his assets and the income […] »Geocaching It’s catching on fast. All you need is a GPS (the one on a cellphone will do), a love of Nature and a lot of curiosity. You can do it on your own, in a group or with your family. The objective is to find something that someone’s hidden (a cache) […] »VATe This story is about a bus that instead of having seats for passengers carries a stage and 31 places for the audience. It’s a travelling theatre that visits primary schools within the Algarve interior - taking culture to children of 6-10 years of age. […] »Nuno Inácio Nuno Inácio, 39, a court official, is the father of the «Genealogia do Algarve» (Algarve Family Tree) project. It’s basically a data base that can be partially consulted via the Internet - the objective of which is to identify all the people born, […] »Nuno Ferreira In February 2008, journalist Nuno Ferreira, 49, began a long slow walk through land known as “deep Portugal”. Throughout the journey that took him almost three years he was (mis)taken for a vagrant, smuggler or someone on a weird religious pilgrimage. […] »European Heritage Days in Loulé Loulé surprised all and sundry recently with a totally new proposal for European Heritage Days: guided tours round the old town’s graveyard. The event took place on 22nd and 23rd September, and many curious people attended, keen to hear what historians […] »Olga Porqueras Have you ever looked deep into the eyes of an animal – any animal – and thought: “I wonder what he’s thinking?” According to a growing movement of Animal Communicators busy working all over the developed world, it’s really not that difficult to find out. […] » On the surface, it’s a fight to save a family-run restaurant from demolition by fat cat developers – but in the final analysis, it’s the people who love Lagos saying, “enough is enough! The time has come to stop further development from destroying […] » 48 minutes. That’s all it took to have sex with three Italians, one after the other in their hotel room and give a fourth a blowjob afterwards in his car.
Back home, with her earnings still in her shoe, she received a regular repeat client who […] »New Light Pictures It has no miracle funding, or millionaire equipment – it’s simply a team of young people in their 20s who love the cinema and have dedicated themselves to making films of high quality. The brain behind «New Light Pictures» is Patrício Faísca, 25, […] »«Almingas» They get together to plant potatoes, pick oranges, seed vegetable patches and clear land once a month on whichever farm seeks out their voluntary help. But the true objective behind the recently formed «Almingas» group goes way beyond these basic tasks. […] »Tó Quintas Set designer, model maker, master builder of flying machines, inventor Tó Quintas, 50, is one of those people with the gift of making other people’s dreams come true. First in his imagination, then in his workshop, he has breathed life into many […] »Várzea da Gonçala It’s called Várzea da Gonçala, and it can be found six kilometres from Aljezur. It is home to three families dedicated to establishing a flagship permaculture base in the Algarve. Events and regular courses are held on this six-hectare property of […] »Longevity Wellness Resort Monchique It hasn’t yet celebrated its first year in business, but it’s already a success. Monchique’s Longevity Wellness Resort set out to be a pioneer project in the realm of health tourism. Its flagship attraction is the medical spa that offers stress release […] »José Pearce de Azevedo For 35 years the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office was able to rely on the complete discretion of their man in the Algarve, the charismatic Dr José Manuel Teixeira Gomes Pearce de Azevedo, OBE. Ten years after his retirement and now aged 80, […] »«Grão Vermelho» It’s a glittering, very active market, right now. All sorts of people are selling gold and family heirlooms as a way of coping with current times of austerity – and the flip-side of this is that there are others busily investing in it, while international […] »Algarve Artists Network Very few areas in Portugal can boast an artistic community that brings together so many different nationalities, generations and styles. Since 2006, 24 professional artists in the Algarve have come together to form a network that, although informal, […] »Feldspar quarries threath Monchique is squaring itself for a huge environmental battle to save its last unspoilt corner - a protected area rich in flora and fauna and home to the endangered Bonelli’s Eagle. Local people, the mayor and environmental groups are united in their […] »Antonio Lambe “I have not failed. I have just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” This inspirational quotation from Thomas Alva Edison perfectly introduces Algarve-based environmentalist Antonio Lambe. Passionate about conservation, the list of causes he is involved […] »Vânia Beliz Meet Vânia Beliz, 32 – clinical psychologist and sexologist. She gives consultations in Vilamoura, but her name is becoming known throughout the country. She writes for various newspapers and magazines, and maintains an ongoing blog. She’s proud […] »Len Port As a writer, Len Port has an unusual claim to fame: he’s seen probably his “greatest book” so far printed first in a foreign language – and he’s still waiting for an English-speaking publisher to take it on. «O Fénomeno de Fátima: Graça divina, Ilusão […] »The Zeitgeist Movement It’s called the Zeitgeist Movement – but it’s not a political party, or religious sect. It sets itself up as an alternative for the future of humanity which doesn’t recognise nations, governments, races, religions, creeds or classes. Its concept […] » | Miguel Portas “What’s on the table and being decided upon everyday by the government under the auspices of the Troika is a generalised programme of impoverishment of the people. The principle in economics is called “creative destruction” – everything that doesn’t […] » He’s very direct about it. Film director Kristjan Knigge is looking for money. At a time when he admits, “it’s difficult to find funding for a clip”, he’s going all out to raise the hundreds of thousands needed for a full-length feature-film. […] »«Meio Metro de Pedra» For the first time in Portugal, the history of national rock’n’roll has been documented – from its beginnings at the end of the 50s to present day. Inspired by bands like the Shadows, Bill Haley and the Beatles, almost 3.000 groups from north to […] »World Disability Day World Disability Day falls on Saturday 3rd December - but Portuguese society is still far from handicap-friendly. In a bid to change mentalities, a roundabout in Albufeira will be receiving a work of public art made and donated by various Algarve […] »Life without gluten It was probably the first time that the bread oven at Quinta do Peral, São Brás de Alportel, had been fired up to cook bread without gluten. Last Saturday 12th November, the Portuguese Celiac Association (APC) came to the Algarve to help members, […] »Isabel Jonet in Silves Isabel Jonet, 51, economist, mother of five children. If she was the traditional kind of businesswoman, she’d be the head of an organisation which today has 19 branches spread over the country and thousands of collaborators daily distributing tens […] »Marco Dias “Why the Portuguese people – even with their defects and idiosyncrasies – do not deserve to be at the mercy of politicians who are only concerned with personal agendas. I am venting my indignation, and proposing radical change”. Although he lives […] »«Movimenta-te» Giacomo Scalisi, 52, is well-known to anyone interested in culture. Living in Portugal for some years now, this Italian was a consultant for the programming at Belém cultural centre (CCB) and is currently consulting at Fundação Serralves in Oporto. […] »Visual Theater by ACTA The most tragic of Portuguese love-stories is at the centre of the latest performance by ACTA – the Algarve’s Theatrical Company. Entitled «Ardente – Memorial para Pedro e Inês de Portugal» it will be premiering on 1st October, at 9.30pm, at Faro’s […] »«Southern Tracks» It’s in the interior – a description that’s become almost pejorative in post-modern Portugal – that you’ll find the real wealth of the country. Down hidden or forgotten tracks, in places only accessible by foot, you’ll find streams of crystal clear […] »Teresa Paulino The sculptures at Faro Airport are some of the few pieces of public art in the Algarve that have become symbols of the region. Almost 10 years since their placing, “The Observers” hold their intrigue. The work’s creator Teresa Paulino is not as well […] »Relógio da Torre do Monte do Bicho Far from the madding tourist crowds and summer parties, the Algarve still holds a few, very unusual surprises. Hidden away in Maragota, between Olhão and Tavira, a young self-taught artist began building his own monument in 2007. Literally “made […] »TASA Project It could be the rebirth of craftsmanship in the Algarve – new ideas to embrace the requirements of modern life. This is the essence of the TASA project (standing in Portuguese for Ancestral Techniques, Modern Solutions), which brought craftspeople […] »Internacional Clube de Almancil The Internacional Club of Almancil was founded mid-1997 by a group connected with football who decided it was time that local children got a club of their own. Since then, and despite not having a club pitch, the little association has got itself […] »Charles Frew He drove 37.000 kilometres through 17 countries in 361 days. During his trans-Eurasian road trip, he was swept up by an avalanche, battered by gale force winds, he ran out of diesel in the Gobi desert and was stopped 25 times by Russian police. […] »Labour Day in Faro It wasn’t a multitude, but even so hundreds of people came together on Sunday 1st May in Faro’s “Jardim de Alameda” to celebrate Labour Day. This year, the appeal to ideals came against a background of severe, prolonged economic crisis that stretches […] »Directive 2004/24/EC In less than two weeks a new EU directive, heavily backed by the pharmaceutical industry, will effectively ban thousands of medicinal remedies made from plants – remedies that have been used (in perfect safety, with no harmful side-effects) for thousands […] » It’s an ambitious idea: to start producing top-quality caviar in the Algarve within four years. Paulo Pedro, a marine biologist at the University of the Algarve, Valery Afilov, a sturgeon farming veteran from Eastern Europe, and Jorge Pereira, a […] »Cascade Development in Lagos It’s the largest, swankiest pitch in Southern Portugal - built to world-class standards on a 5-star development – but from this week onwards it’s opening itself up to all the children of the neighbourhood, promising a unique soccer school for 4-16 […] »Portugal Portugal is fed up with financial scandals involving politicians. This is an opinion shared by more than 25.000 people who have already signed a petition launched by national daily newspaper «Correio da Manhã». The idea is simple: if during the carrying […] »The Tempest An exiled monarch on a desert island with his daughter gets even with those that have betrayed him. Conspiracy, vengeance, forgiveness and more than anything humour, won over the audience that filled the Trier Theatre in Germany for the premiere […] »A22 “The Algarve is a region with specific needs, and should be treated as such. It survives from tourism, and the myriad services that support it. If this sector is now in a state of crisis, the introduction of motorway tolls will be a huge drain on […] »Universidade Aberta You didn’t manage to get to university when you were young? You had to give up the idea of studying because there were too many other pressures? You’d like to try again, and take a course in higher education without upsetting your professional/ family […] »Nuno Branco, ERA – Portimão Centro Nuno Branco is the man in charge of the ERA estate agent’s outlet in central Portimão.
It was the most successful branche of the agency’s 19 regional offices in the Algarve, in 2010 – as, in spite of the crisis, ERA has registered here a significant […] » |
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