Culture
Reflector #34: Bertrand Belin – “Porto”
French singer-songwriter, on opening his 2005 debut album, took the bold step of combining sardines with porto the drink. Or is it Porto the city?
Lisbon’s Roaring Twenties: Insights From the Curators at Museu de Lisboa
Their advice? Go more than once. There is so much to discover that you can’t do it all in one shot.
Strong and Melodious: Louis Armstrong’s Secret Daughter in Little Satchmo
What do you do when you make a film about Louis Armstrong’s “secret daughter”? Well, you get her to narrate it and bring her to Setúbal, of course!
Momentous Eventus: Sauntering Summer Edition
“Excessive (population) growth may reduce output per worker, repress levels of living for the masses, and engender strife.”
Confucius.
Where to Find English-Language Books in Lisbon
There are plenty of native English speakers in Lisbon, and Portugal has a tradition of reading in the original language, which means lots of choice for English-language literature at decent prices.
Momentous Eventus: Funny Ha-Ha Edition
“Something which has never occurred since time immemorial… a young woman did not fart in her husband’s lap.”
Unknown, 1900 B.C.
Momentous Eventus: Lisbon Pride Edition
“We should indeed keep calm in the face of difference, and live our lives in a state of inclusion and wonder at the diversity of humanity.” – George Takei
Momentous Eventus: Pandemonia de António Edition
“Do you want to have God always in your mind? Be just as he made you to be. Do not go seeking another ‘you’.”
St. Anthony of Padua.
Paula Rego, ground-breaking Portuguese artist who championed women’s rights, dead at 87 | Reuters
“Being an only child, who, until the age of 3, had been raised mostly by her grandparents, Rego had very little interest in playing with other children. Nor did she like being outside,” Aleksandra Stokowiec wrote here on Atlas a few years ago.
Momentous Eventus: Countdown to Divine Inebriation Edition
“Always do sober what you said you’d do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.”
Ernest Hemingway
Momentous Eventus: Neighbourly Neighbors Edition
“People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can’t fool the neighbors.”
Francis Bacon.
Momentous Eventus: Monkey Business and The Bee’s Knees Edition
“If the bee disappears from the surface of the Earth, man would have no more than four years left to live.”
Albert Einstein.
