The British Embassy in Lisbon opened a regional center for human resources (HR Regional Hub) of the British Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which will provide HR services to all British diplomatic missions in Europe and Central Asia on Monday, January 26.

The inauguration took place took place on Monday 26 January at the British Embassy, chaired by Simon Fraser, Head of the British Diplomatic Service, along with Dr António Rodrigues, head of the UK Portugal Friendship Group in Parliament, in the presence of British Ambassador Kirsty Hayes.

Have you made a New Year's Resolution to get fit this year or do you need a kick start to get exercising again after the Christmas binge?

We are now taking bookings for bootcamp! Bootcamp offers you time to focus on your needs with results orientated personal and group training and tailored nutrition and guidance.

Members of Clube de Golfe das Dunas and friends recently enjoyed their Prize Giving Christmas Dinner Dance at the Holiday Inn, Armação de Pera.

Trophies for all the major competitions that had been won throughout the year were presented (amidst much banter) by the out going Club Captain, Bill Blakey.

Drawing the body Is good for us.  Beginners and artists meet in Olhão at Casa Da Juventude every Thursday morning to study the nude human body, male or female and draw our responses. New students are very welcome and guidance is given, if required.

This is a fascinating pursuit, requiring and developing in us our visual sensitivity, our awareness and identification of feelings; our eye, mind and hand expressive coordination and critical aesthetic awareness.  

Please mail jill.stott@gmail.com for more info and to reserve a place.

Last week around 100 primary school children of the Sul School in Armação de Pera, took part in another series of The Brothers' Grimm Fairy Tale Workshops.

A Special touring exhibition “Imagination of the Brothers' Grimm” which had already been shown in Germany, Denmark, New Zealand and Australia, came to Portugal in March and the opening exhibition was at the Convento in Lagoa.

Women with deep voices, men with high voices - men with any sort of voice, in fact - as long as you can hold a tune.

You don’t have to be able to read music, you only need to love singing in a choir.

Women & Success and Teatro das Figuras offered a very pleasant evening to local professional women at their Cultural Networking Event. The Women & Success Cultural Networking Event that took place last Thursday at the Teatro das Figuras, was a true success!

More than 35 women responded to the invitation and had a chance to meet professional women, network, visit the backstage of a theatre and enjoy a contemporary dance show, at Teatro das Figuras, in Faro.

Locally funded and produced independent film, The Right Juice, is to première in Faro this Friday, August 29th at Teatro das Figuras.

The première will be attended by members of the cast and crew, including the director, Kristjan Knigge, the producer, BJ Boulter and leading cast Mark Killeen, Lúcia Moniz, Miguel Damião, Ellie Chidzey, Beau McClellan and Michael Reeve.