Pessoa’s cafe in Tavira is a place for artistic expression, coffee and tapas. A new exhibition opens on the last Friday of each month. This month, October 2015, John Lamonby’s work is on display. John is an English artist living in Faro. He has been exhibiting around the Algarve region for over 15 years. This exhibition is…
Tavira has in recent times been gaining a reputation as a bastion of the Mediterranean diet. If you have been dining in some of Tavira’s fine fish and meat restaurants, you will know that the food is usually tasty, but similar. For those who are searching for a culinary experience like no other, look no…
I wonder if anyone else is getting that urge? That urge to sow seeds? Some of us who love pottering and growing fruit and vegetables are just about to see the pay off of scanning seed catalogues and poking soil. Does anyone else go round in circles with an inner dialogue, at this time of…
It is sometimes said that artists learn about themselves when creating art that inspires. This is what digital visual artist Vinicius (Vini) Almada believes he is discovering as he explores colour and ideas through digital projection. At the same time he is interpreting classical music within his visual art form. Vini, 32, is a VJ, a Visual Jockey,…
I have been neglecting this blog, which I think on reflection is a bit of a mistake. I have spent the summer of 2014 reading, writing, recording and taking photos, which is a luxury not offered to many. Not all of my writing is appropriate for the readers of this blog. But the books and some of the adventures…
It has been a busy International Women’s Day, week. My article Debunking Watchtower Misinformation For and About Women coincided with my desire to move all my blog posts to my domain host. For about a year, I have intended to move everything to my domain address. I have been using the free WordPress blogger, for…
Another year, another day of celebration – International Women’s Day 2014. I have often found it a liberating and a significant day. Last year, I “woman -ed” a stall in Tavira library, so that women, could spend a moment to acknowledge and remember, a woman, a sister, a mother, a teacher, a friend, any woman,…
One of the liveliest sessions of Flipside, was created by the presence of Will Self. Having been asked about their books, Bernardo Carvalho and Will Self shared their thoughts on identity. Will explained that he enjoyed exploring women characters “as he is not a very manly man”. “It is like shape shifting to explore the…
This last event at Flipside, was introduced by Liz Calder, as a celebration of some of Brazil’s writers. Everyone attending the workshop was given the book “Other Carnivals – New stories from Brazil”. This is a book of 12 short stories and four of the authors, were not only present, but they read parts of…