The Magpie Room
In the National Palace of Sintra, Portugal, it pays to look up…nowhere is it better to go birdwatching! For fluttering […]
In Focus: Two Photographs
I was completely floored when, by chance, I first saw this photograph ‘Young Woman Smiling’; taken by the Portuguese pioneer […]
Black Magic! Paula Rego & English Nursery Rhymes
The dark art of Paula Rego is powerfully exhibited in her ‘Nursery Rhyme’ series. Small ink engravings of such intensity, […]
Letters from England – Eca de Queiroz
Eca de Queiroz, one of Portugal’s greatest writers, wrote his greatest works of literature while living in England. While Portuguese […]
Hairdresser on Fire: The music of António Variações
‘A genius who was not recognised in his time! A poet, a proud Portuguese, original, unique!’ This comment, written by […]
Old Friends
What does an extravagantly tiled palace in Lisbon, Portugal have to do with England?… Before I answer that question, let […]
Set The Fire to the Third Bar
There are two reasons I love Snow Patrol’s song ‘Set The Fire to the Third Bar’: The first is the […]