Upcoming events

Future Plans

  • Thursday 30 April, 2026, evening talk at ALA, Monte Estoril on an 18th century British officer in Portugal. Australian Professor Cassandra Pybus will give a talk about the professional soldier, Francis Maclean, who was contracted by the Marquis of Pombal to rebuild the fortress of Almeida and downtown Lisbon after the earthquake of 1755. He then became the Governor of Lisbon and departed Portugal only with the fall from grace of Pombal.

  • 19-21 June 2026. A guided trip to the Ribatejo area. This will mainly follow the footsteps of Ginnie Dennistoun, a British lady who left England to become a bullfighter in Portugal in the 1960s. The trip will include the villages of Chamusca, Golegã (to visit the Casa Estúdio Carlos Relvas), and Alpiarça (to visit Casa de Patudos, the home of José Relvas, son of Carlos Relvas), as well as Santarém. Deadline for booking 28 February. For more info.

Latest Newsletter

In this issue we look at the BBC's broadcasts to Portugal during World War II. A second main article reproduces part of the diaries of Prince William of Orange who joined the British Army in 1811. Other features include an article about an Irish doctor who investigated a yellow-fever outbreak in Lisbon in the 1850s. Our quiz question asks whether you know what "Para Inglês Ver" means. 

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