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Catholic Police Guild Is Growing Again
Page 10 from 22nd April 1977THE OFFICIAL prayer of the Catholic Police Guild reads: "... Grant that we may this day, and every day, overcome all temptations, especially to......
My Recollections Of Jean-paul Rudely Shattered
Page 10 from 25th April 1980PERSONALLY I like cemeteries, though I remember that one night in Marlborough my troop of tanks during the war was parked by the cemetery wall.......
Mother Church And Her Many Disguises
Page 10 from 17th June 1983CHURCHES have been built in odd places over the years, sometimes dominating the landscape for miles around. They have often lurked, scarcely seen,......
Obituaries
Page 6 from 1st November 2002Mgr Joseph Buckley MGR JOSEPH Buckley, a priest of the diocese of Clifton, died on Monday, 21st October 2002. A native of Fishponds, Bristol he......
Four-square Against The World
Page 7 from 14th March 1969by HUGH KAY "A BALCONY on the infinite" was the way Eugenio d'Ors, the Spanish essayist, described neighbouring Portugal. For him the infinite......
Modern Veneer Hides Historic Portugal
Page 7 from 9th January 1970P ORTUGAL has a veneer of prosperity—thriving towns, elegant shops, wellgroomed girls, spruce colourwashed houses, plenty of sleek cars,......
Change And Decay In Portugal's New System
Page 2 from 10th January 1986Letter from LISBON by Susan Lowndes Marques THE new Social Democratic Prime Minister, Anibal Cavaco Silva, is 46 years old. He is the son of a......
On Housing And Jobless
Page 2 from 29th January 1988THIRTY-thousand people are believed to visit the Commercial Centre of Amoreiras in Lisbon each day. This huge complex of shops and restaurants has......
Serenaded By Blackbirds
Page 10 from 19th June 1987SUMMERTIME may not be sunny but it has its compensations. I opened my eye this morning and the luminous dial showed six minutes past four — am. So......
What's In This Postcard Therapy?
Page 10 from 6th May 1983PSST! Want a Portuguese postcard? Posting a postcard became occupational therapy on our Algarve fortnight and I'll tell you why the question in......