Wine - An epicurean extravaganzaI’ve always imagined that the word ‘epicurean' was shorthand for loving the good things in life, especially food and wine, a ‘lifestyle choice’ clearly well catered for here in Portugal.

A foreigner’s (optional) guide to Portuguese politics I will begin this week’s column with a confession, hoping for your understanding and forgiveness.

For best results, “não vamos baixar os braços”It’s, therefore, my pleasure to be reminded of a conversation I had a couple of years ago with Chitra Stern

Portugal as personal growth (‘The Power of Não’)I certainly don’t love politics or the increasing sense of social injustice. Who does? What I love, I realise - the more I think about it - is the culture

I’m a changed manFollow the journey of my health and fitness regime. From the thousands of steps taken to the gym for the first time, I share my experience

Central Portugal sight-seeing day tripCentral Portugal sight-seeing day trip: Get the schist, oh Burgo, and wow Beirão! Explore the authentic and endearing moments

Why retire, when you can aspire?Where are YOU in your Portuguese journey and the dream life in Portugal many strive for, and growing numbers are lucky to be trying?

Meet Florbela Espanca (and other literary legends on Portugal’s Silver Coast)Where in Portugal might you ‘meet’ the likes of Agatha Christie, E. M. Forster, Emily Brontë, F. Scott Fitzgerald, James Joyce, Jane Austen and John Le Carré under one roof? 

Try something PortugueseI have just launched a new feature on the Good Morning Portugal! show - ‘Try Something Portuguese’ - hopefully an inspiring service

Communities Unite: an example for expats everywhereCan you imagine a social event where foreigners meet and mix with their Portuguese neighbours, enjoying a delicious barbeque

Portugal: Great place to live, difficult place to run a businessI recently confessed here my shape-shifting intentions and the plan to sculpt my ageing body. As the kilos are evaporating into the gymnasium air-conditioning, one of the fringe benefits I’m realising in this so-far enlightening process is an urge for ‘fitness’ in other areas of my life too.

A healthy life, here and now!As I can barely lift my arms to tap out my thoughts, you need to know that you are hearing this from a man who, until today, had never lifted a weight in anger, in a gym, in his entire life.

Moving to Portugal: don’t let your dream become a nightmare“I wish I’d done it years ago” is one of the most-uttered sentiments I hear among the recently-arrived in Portugal.

Savvy Cat, not catty or savage!Taking on the real estate industry in Portugal is quite the challenge in its own right. Tackling the way business is done here, in what some see as an anti-enterprise culture, yet another

The Portuguese attraction: foreign friends are the future!Over the near six years that my family and I have been here in Portugal, I’ve seen the popularity of the country grow

Teamwork makes the dream work!As promised, and from what I call the ‘Expats’ Hall of Fame’, is the first of my extraordinary immigrants who, I hope you will agree, is making a positive impact on Portuguese society

The Portuguese ParadoxI am delighted to be here as a columnist for the Resident. My hope is to share with you inspiring and uplifting insights into expat, ...

Global investors wowed by Portuguese Golden Visa upgrade to ‘Platinum’Global Investors Wowed by Portuguese Golden Visa Upgrade to ‘Platinum’: new proposals to be put before parliament on April 31