Short Stories

Saturday, the 2 May 2020 by Alfredo Cunhal Sendim Only three months ago, the Lisbon bus-stops were proudly proclaiming the “generation without limits”, as part of an advertising campaign for …

Friday, May 1st, 2020 The First World War ended with the Spanish Flu in 1918. That sentence, such as it stands here, has never been written in a history book …

Thursday, the 30th Abril 2020 An Essay  by Theobald Tiger … some decisions would be made very differently. I spent a long time wondering whether I should start my story …

Wednesday, the 29th Abril 2020 by Leila Dregger On hearing of the death of a fellow actor, Madonna called the virus the “great equaliser”. The opposite is, in fact, true: …

Tuesday, the 28th Abril 2020 Message in a bottle by Stefanie Kreutzer Today I celebrate a very special anniversary. Exactly 25 years ago, I came to Portugal. Here, I feel …

Monday, the 27th Abril 2020 What does the term “systemic relevance” really mean? Who can guarantee that the State’s provision of short-term, life-sustaining financial support to airlines will really keep …

Sunday, the 26th Abril 2020 you have 500 words with which to tell me your story. Good morning. I’ve just woken up and discovered I’m blind. It’s still early in …

Saturday, the 25th Abril 2020 A reflection by Dina Adão Those who know me well know that I love the Algarve: most of all, I love what this region is …

Friday, the 24th Abril 2020 A reflection by Dina Adão For some years, I wandered around the “other Algarve”, listening to its older inhabitants. I would find them sitting in …

Thursday, the 23rd Abril 2020 by Leila Dregger At the beginning of this pandemic, the imprisoned journalist Julian Assange, foreseeing the imminent economic crisis, phoned Yanis Varoufakis, a former finance …