‘The question is not whether another major earthquake will take place but when.’ On January 15 at 11.15 am, the population of Arraiolos – some 120 km east of Lisbon – was startled by an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.9 on the Richter scale. There were no casualties and the damage was limited to […]
‘The flowers of the emperor‘ – from bulb to carpet – Gulbenkian museum, Lisbon until May 21
One or two mothers? One or two fathers? In one or two houses? With one or more sibs? From one or more parents, together as long as it takes or until ‘death them part’? ‘When I got pregnant from my first child, we had a superficial relationship in which cohabitating was never an issue. I […]
Vhils (Alexandre Farto) ‘Intrínseco’ – Streetart Lisbon, Gallery Vera Cortês 2 February – 17 March
‘We barely notice when we walk and what we step on, until walking on the pavement provides a surprise’ Ana Cannas. Sidewalks of Portugal. CTT, 2016 Portugal’s famous pavement originates from the nineteenth century. Under The Lisbon City Council has employed mestres calceteiros ( paving masters) ever since and even founded a vocational school for pavers […]
Quis sobretudo ser franco ‘I mostly wanted to be frank, fala aberto o coração! to speak openly from the heart! Trabalho o preto e o branco By working with black and blank, sou um […]
‘Migration is a right, not a privilege’ – António Guterres, UN Secretary-General Only immigration can save the Portuguese from extinction as more old people die than babies are born and the number of people leaving the country continues to be greater than the number entering it. Over the past ten years more than 400.000 ‘new […]
Ever heard of the Big 5? No, not the elephant, rhinoceros, giraffe, buffalo and lion, Africa’s largest animals. I mean Portugal’s Big 5. No, not the country’s most famous explorers in the 15th century, Bartolomeu Dias (discovered Cape of Good Hope), Diogo Cão ( Kongo & Namibia), Pedro Álvares Cabral ( Brazil), Vasco da Gama […]