Huddersfield Examiner - Tag - graham denby

Graham Denby: Flying the flag for England one last time

Huddersfield Examiner — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 23:00:00 GMT

PATRIOTISM, it seems, is not an asset if you are a binman.

Graham Denby column: Photography museum, Almodovar, Portugal

Huddersfield Examiner — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 23:00:00 GMT

MY new friend and Camara (town hall) contact Patricia has been rather busy of late but I managed to pin her down the other week so we could put in some time visiting more places of interest in Almodovar.

Graham Denby column: Licensed premises

Huddersfield Examiner — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 23:00:00 GMT

THE rules keep changing, the goalposts keep shifting. If you have paying guests in Portugal you need accreditation.

Graham Denby: How to make Portugal more foreigner-friendly

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

AFTER the quiz night last Thursday at the Café Central I picked up a copy of one of the Brit papers, The Portugal News, only to find it was a month out of date ... not bad though for Maxine!

Graham Denby in Portugal: power cuts

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

KEEPING a watchful eye on the weather so we can talk knowledgeably about it whenever the occasion arises is a very British thing to do.

Graham Denby column: Round in circles

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

WE said goodbye to our ‘work-aways’ Tony and Sam last week. The time we’ve had them here has flown by and Ruth says: ‘You know, we’ve done a whole winter’s work in just five weeks!’ I’d like to think that means I can take the rest of the year off and the first three months of 2010 ... yeah, right!

Ex pats: A post in the wilds

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:38:00 GMT

AFTER the scrub was ploughed from our land, as per last issue, wife Ruth put her master plan into effect.

Graham Denby: Clearing new land in Portugal

Huddersfield Examiner — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

I HAVE just returned from my annual UK visit, taking in family, friends, entertainments (the highlight being Town’s 4 – 0 home win) and meeting what must’ve been all my readers ... at least a dozen.

Ex Pats: Graham Denby extols virtues of autumn in Portugal

Huddersfield Examiner — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:00:00 GMT

AS the kids pack their satchels for school (do they still have satchels or is it a laptop bag?) we coast easily through September and the slow changing of the season.

Ex Pats: A bit of a bullfight out in the Algarve

Huddersfield Examiner — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:00:00 GMT

Graham Denby and his wife Ruth found a patch of land in the Alentejo, the rural area above the popular holiday region the Algarve, Portugal, in October, 2004. Less than two years later they had moved into a new house built on a plot occupied by a derelict farmhouse. They have holiday accommodation and horses, and Graham has been writing a progress report for the Examiner since last autumn.