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Flipside day 2 – Brazilian Literature and Music Festival

The sun and smiles came out for the 3rd day and final day of the Flipside Festival. Identity was the theme that permeated the day yesterday and dislocation and exile is…

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October 6, 2013
Art and Culture, Books to read, History

Make Hay

The Hay Festival programme is out. Details arrived by email on Saturday, which is fortunate as the next letter of the A-Z writing challenge is H. The Hay Literature Festival…

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April 10, 2016
Books to read

The Independant – culture critics’ picks for 2010

I am going to work my way through some of these picks.  I have also put Stephen Fry’s sequel to Moab is my Washpot on my list for 2010.  The new book will…

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January 2, 2010

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  • Casa Alexandra - Workshop table outside

    Writing workshop Friday 16 May – Memoir and Ancestral stories

    May 13, 2025 /

    The third Discovery Writing Workshop will be at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, 16 May 2025, at my home on a hill near Santo Estêvão, Tavira.   In the first workshop, we examined origin stories and worked on prompts. We also learned about each other’s writing practices and built some trust. The second workshop considered Magical Realism, Fantasy, and Fabulism. In this week’s genre, we will consider how memoir can take many forms and reflect ancestral connections and cultural differences. Through poems, stories, cultural narratives and research, we will uncover how memories and moments in time may bridge different worlds of experience. A memoir is not about being fair to everyone and…

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    International literary evening at Tavira library – Wednesday 16 November

    November 15, 2016
    Open Mic Poster 2024, Tavira

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    September 25, 2024

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    November 13, 2016
  • Carnations at the Community Gardens

    Come to Tavira’s community garden party: open to the entire community

    May 13, 2025 /

    The association Ecotopia Activa is inviting local people to a party in the community vegetable gardens in Tavira on 24 May 2025 between 9:30 am and 7:30 pm. There will be music, workshops, a competition and activities to promote healthy eating. The event “Há Festa na Horta!” – from the garden to the plate for a healthy life!, is part of the municipal program Equinócios, promoted by the Municipality of Tavira. The initiative will take place in the Amendoeira Community Garden, in the Posto Agrário de Tavira, and entry is free. “This event is a unique celebration,” says the association, and an opportunity for the entire community to visit the community…

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    Mandala

    Mandala creation

    December 28, 2022
    Water Mill in Ria Formosa

    The tide waits for no miller

    April 1, 2010
    Mobility Plan Protest

    Protest in Tavira – Mobility plan

    March 21, 2024
  • Earth Day 2025 Poster © 2025 Earthday.org. This work is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

    Earth Day – Tuesday 22 April 2025

    April 21, 2025 /

    Earth Day.org, the global organiser of Earth Day, observed annually on 22 April, has set the theme for 2025 as – Our Power, Our Planet™. 2025 marks the 55th anniversary of EARTH DAY. To honour this milestone, they have invited one billion supporters in 192 countries to unite behind renewable energy to triple the global generation of clean electricity by 2030. To mark Earth Day, here are a couple of examples of local actions. There are many more that could be acknowledged, so please mention what you are doing or any you know about in the comments. We have 30 solar panels and have been generating solar energy on a…

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    February 18, 2023
    DRAP Tavira

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    March 17, 2024

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  • Tavira Climate Change Session Timetable

    Tavira Climate Change Plan Consultation

    March 23, 2025 /

    If you have not already responded to the Tavira Climate Change Action Plan Consultation here are the dates, link to the plan and an English translation.Also an English translation of the presentation given in the library.You have till 8 April 2025 to respond. English translation of Tavira Climate Change Plan over 10mb download Participatory Public Consultation Sessions – PMAC Tavira The Municipal Climate Action Plan (PMAC) is still being analyzed and the Camara want your participation! Join the participatory sessions in villages and contribute to a more sustainable future for Tavira. Schedule of Sessions: Sta. Catherine F. Bishop – 25.03 | Parish Board | 18h00 📍 Luz of Tavira –…

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    February 11, 2017
  • Community Gardens Tavira

    Community Gardens available! Apply Now!

    January 31, 2025 /

    Do you want an opportunity to grow your own food locally around Tavira? Some community gardens are available but you need to act quickly. Angela Rosa, one of the promoters sent me this message. I have translated it from Portuguese into English. We are letting people know that registrations for the community food gardens in Santa Luzia, Santa Catarina, Cabanas, Santo Estevao and Tavira are now open. The closing date is soon February 3rd, 2025. Many people may not be aware of this initiative and that the registration deadline will be closing soon. So, there will be an information session later today, Friday January 31st 2025, 18:00 Lisbon time. Here…

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    More trees less cars

    Mobility plan Tavira Consultation response

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    NESI-Forum

    NESI – Interview with Jonathan Dawson – Schumacher College

    August 10, 2017
    Poets from Tavira and Scotland in the Tavira Club 2019

    Whisky Galore Fundraiser- Help Tavira artists to perform in Glasgow!

    July 22, 2024
  • Sorting the plastic drawer

    Memoir writing

    January 19, 2025 /

    I went to Monchique yesterday to a memoir workshop. I took this workshop about 15 years ago and although writing regularly I am reluctant to share memoir pieces. I took my laptop which is how I usually write and it was powerful to get so much down and out. So here are a few memoir workshop pieces. I won’t share the workshop process as I respect the effort and experience that has gone into preparing the content. If you enjoy these three short pieces let me know. I have written a novel where many memories pop up. Still going through and adding. I think memoir is an aid to writing…

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    NESI-Forum

    Thinkers and Doers meet in Málaga, Spain for the first Global NESI Forum

    April 14, 2017
  • Casa Alexandra - Workshop table outside

    Writing workshops and get together sessions for writers in the Algarve

    November 24, 2024 /

    Hello writers and dabblers, I will facilitate some Discovery Writing Workshops this spring and summer at my home on a hill near Santo Estêvão, East Algarve, Tavira. We have lots of space for inspiration. The first session will be Friday, 18 April 2025, at 2:30pm. Writing with a group can often spur writers to accomplish more than when writing alone. Why I write. From seven to twenty-eight, I drank the cool aid of a cult. My family are still believers. When I left, my life was rudderless without family connections, as shunning was what they were instructed to do. I had to find my own community. As a child, education wasn’t encouraged…

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  • Open Mic Poster 2024, Tavira

    Open Mic Night – Photos

    November 24, 2024 /

    As part of the Alvaro de Campos Festa, I helped organise an Open Mic Night in English and Portuguese on Friday 22 November. It was a fun evening of kindness, sharing, poetry and song. Big thanks to all the performers, poets and especially to Tela Leao for translation and for introducing everyone. Also gratitude to the Casa Alvaro de Campos for use of the venue. Here are a few photos:Ana Cristina, Tela Leao, Fernanda Guerra, Isabel Pereira, Jay Artale, John Williams, Malcolm Highfield, Marjorie Mallon, Mark Evans, Miguel Andrade, Nana Rebelo, Timothy Halford, Zizi. Timothy Halford would like a regular Poetry Slam in Tavira. Get in touch if you want…

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    Waking up this blog – by telling stories

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  • What if Tour, Faro Event, Portugal

    Rob Hopkins Tour – What If?

    October 5, 2024 /

    Rob Hopkins founder of the Transition Movement is touring Portugal starting in the North and reaching Faro on the 26 October. “Transition is a movement of communities coming together to reimagine and rebuild our world.” The tour will include interactive workshops, discussions and conversations. Central to this tour is the theme of imagination, especially in times of crisis. This tour takes place as Rob Hopkins’ book is published in Portuguese. “What If: Unleashing the Power of Imagination to Create the Future We Want.” Rob says: “Given the state of the world, the message of despair is pretty convincing. Things look grim. But something about that doesn’t sit quite right with…

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    Edward-Lear-Prize-winners 2017

    Sri-Lanka – Edward Lear Prize for poetry – winning poems

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    April 18, 2017
    Windmill Cachopo

    Cachopo, the windmill, wild flowers, the earthstar and the stones

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  • Open Mic Poster 2024, Tavira

    Open Mic Night in Tavira

    September 25, 2024 /

    The Álvaro de Campos Festival / Birthday Party takes place in Tavira from 15 October to 30 November each year. Last year, I helped organise an impressive and enjoyable Open Mic Night in the cold of winter.  On Friday, 22 November this year (2024), we will try again to bring musicians, poets and writers together to perform on a small stage to an eager audience at Casa Álvaro de Campos.  The venue is a cafe with a piano and a small stage. Last year, we managed to get 6 delightful musicians and singers on the stage! The cafe is on the steps, just down from the Tavira Museum near the Igreja da Misericórdia de…

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