Simone de Beauvoir We knew we’d enjoy watching the seasons change here, but the speed with which the natural environment explodes with...

from ‘Bad Houses’ by Big Black Portuguese houses, now they’re a thing. Why are they colder indoors than it is outdoors?! What is it with...

Estuary of the River Exe, near Topsham, from the train travelling from Lympstone to Exeter, 25.02.2023 ‘Home’ is a place and a concept...

I Want You by Inspiral Carpets So, my Portuguese residency card finally arrived on a moped after several weeks of concerned waiting and...

Preamble: We read all the tales of woe about Portuguese bureaucracy months before we arrived here, but we were not daunted … we’re...

1. Memorial to former overseas combatants. By Manuel Sousa Pereira, Eduardo Bompastor and João Macedo 2. A Rendilheira de Vila Do Conde...

Rain has fallen relentlessly for the best part of the last two months, and our local rivers – which we quickly claimed, colonially, as...