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Dispatches from Lisbon

Lily — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:16:38 +0000

Just a quick post to let you know of another wonderful resource about Lisbon on the web.
Philip Graham has spent a year living in Lisbon and has written a series of dispatches about his experiences there. Poignant, humourous and richly detailed, he brings the city to life on the page. The full series will be published later this year as a book but there is plenty to read at the McSweeneys website. You can also listen to a podcast of a radio interview that Philip did here.

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Lonely Planet Portugal Podcast

Lily — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:24:18 +0000

I have just discovered that Lonely Planet have started creating podcasts on Portugal “Sounds and Sights of Portugal”. In this episode, a traveller discusses visiting Northern Portugal focusing on Porto and Braga and life in rural Portugal. A fascinating listen. Of course I’m waiting for an episode on Lisbon

Here’s the link Sounds and Sights of Portugal

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Lisbon Laughs

Lily — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:23:39 +0000

Just a quickie. I wanted to tell my lovely readers about Mario from Go Lisbon’s latest post on the Go Lisbon Blog. It’s entitled “Weird Lisbon” and is definately worth a read if only to find out the name of one of the little garden spaces in the city. Believe me – you couldn’t even guess!

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The History of the Portuguese Language

Lily — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:34:50 +0000

There’s a excellent post over on ‘frankherles’ blog on the History of the Portuguese Language. It makes fascinating reading for those of us learning Portuguese. Click here to go to the article a Related posts:A Portuguese Poetry Night Last night I attended a Portuguese poetry workshop celebrating the... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

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Portugal Invents Cork Stamp

Lily — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 22:44:24 +0000

I just found this fascinating little post about cork stamps. Portugal is well known for it’s mass cork production but cork trees are branching out (excuse the rather obvious pun!) into a whole new adventure.

Click here for the article

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Words Without Borders – Portuguese Special

Lily — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 21:25:18 +0000

Words Without Borders is an online magazine dedicated to literature from around the world. Their aim is to make people aware of the enormous variety of international writing by translating those works and making them available to everyone through promotion and publishing. It’s a terrific site where you could quite easily lose a few days by reading the vast amount of material posted there.

Their current issue features writing from the Portuguese world spanning Portugal, Africa and Brazil. You’ll find excerpts of books, poetry and interviews. I love the poem by Manoel De Barros and I am listening to a mix by DJ Spooky who is also featured on the site. There is also a delightful piece by Teolinda Gersão called “The Woman Who Stole the Rain” which is beautifully written.

Take a look – Words Without Borders

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Jose Saramago – Portuguese Novelist

Lily — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 14:12:15 +0000

The New York Times is currently running a fantastic and very long article on this famous writer.

Read the full article -Source The New York Times

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Portuguese Modernist Architect Alvaro Siza

Lily — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 19:02:44 +0000

For those of you who may have an interest in architecture there’s an excellent article in the New York Times this week on the man and his designs.

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An Introduction to Portuguese Table Wines

Lily — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 18:03:08 +0000

Catevino is a site all about Iberian table wines and I have just spotted a good article which explores the finer points of Portuguese wines specifically. It covers the history of Portuguese wine-making and also some tips to spot the best bottles.

Take a look here

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NY Times Features Portuguese Director Pedro Costa

Lily — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:31:32 +0000

Whilst being slated at Cannes Film Festival last year, Costa’s film ‘Colossal Youth’ is gathering praise. An exploration of the man and his movies.

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