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Imagem da vida na cidade do Porto sob os arcos dos edifícios, 1984. Crédito: Nuno Félix da Costa.
Imagem da vida na cidade do Porto sob os arcos dos edifícios, 1984. Crédito: Nuno Félix da Costa.
Portugal was like this

The memory of a recent Portugal, one that we no longer recognise, in 17 photos. Photos taken on trips to the north and south of the country and on the...

19/11/2024
2 min
O passado pela frente
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Author
Tim Marshall
British journalist and author, renowned for his expertise in geopolitics and international affairs.
With over thirty years of experience, he served as diplomatic editor at Sky News and reported from more than 30 countries, including 12 war zones such as Iraq, Syria, Bosnia and Afghanistan.
He has been shot with birdshot in Cairo, detained by secret services in Damascus, bombed in Belgrade, and assaulted by police in Tehran, experiences that bring a first-hand, hard-won perspective to his global analyses.
He is the author of several books on world politics, most notably «Prisoners of Geography», a global bestseller translated into over 30 languages, which explores how geography continues to shape the fate of nations. His mission: to make the invisible forces that shape our world understandable to everyone.

Last updated: august 2025
Author
Cristina Castel-Branco
Professor of Landscape Architecture at the Lisbon School of Agriculture (ISA). She got her PhD in 1993 and is a professor at the same school. She directed the Botanic Garden in Ajuda. She designed the amphitheatre and has been in charge of restoration work at Quinta das Lágrimas since 2004. She is an international member of ICOMOS (UNESCO) on the International Scientific Committee on Cultural Landscapes. She founded the Historical Gardens Association in 2002. She is a corresponding member of the Academy of Fine Arts (2016) and was honoured by France with the «Ordre d’Officier des Arts et des Lettres» (2013). She also received a Special Commendation from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Last updated: may 2025
Author
Ana da Cunha
She has a Bachelor’s degree in Theatre-Performance, a postgraduate degree in Dramaturgy and Scriptwriting and a master’s degree in Journalism.
She won the Aldónio Gomes Prize for her work (Out of)Control in 2016.
She is a journalist at the «Mensagem de Lisboa».

Last updated: may 2025
Author
Joana Gonçalves de Sá
She has a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering Physics (IST-UL) and a PhD in Systems Biology (ITQB-NOVA), having done her thesis at Harvard University in the USA.
She was principal investigator at the Gulbenkian Institute of Science and director of the Science for Development Postgraduate Programme, a PhD programme aimed at PALOP (Portuguese-speaking African countries).
She was a professor at Nova SBE and has been coordinating the multidisciplinary research group «Social Physics & Complexity» — SPAC at the Instrumentation and Experimental Particle Physics Laboratory since 2020.

Last updated: april 2025

Author
Ricardo Peixoto
Professor at the Catholic University of Portugal in Braga since 2006 and a researcher at the Centre for Philosophical and Humanistic Studies.
He has a Master’s degree in Psychology – specialising in Family Psychology, from the Catholic University of Portugal School of Philosophy in Braga.
He has a PhD in Psychology from the University of Porto School of Psychology and Education Sciences.

Last updated: april 2025
Author
João Gobern
Studied law before graduating to newspapers and magazines. He wrote regularly about music for almost 40 consecutive years.
He has two weekly radio programmes on Antena 1 («Bairro Latino» and «As Regras da Atração»).
He has been on the panel of commentators on «Trio d’Ataque» (RTP3) since 2012.
He previously published the book «When TV Used to Bring the Country to a Halt», which was followed by «Something to Talk About and Sweet Mouth». He also has other books in his portfolio.

Last updated: april 2025
Author
José Carlos Barros
He has a Bachelor's degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of Évora. He was Director of the Ria Formosa Natural Park and the Marshland Nature Reserve of Castro Marim and Vila Real de Santo. He has written three novels and won the LeYa prize for «The Invisible People» (April 2022). Slippery Slopes – Selected Poetry, revisiting twelve poems, is his most recent book.

Last update: january 2025
Author
Rafael Vieira
In addition to being an architect, he is also a freelance journalist.
He was an activist with the Wake Up Lisbon Movement, editor of «DIF» and «Le Cool Lisboa» and journalist for «Coimbra Coolectiva» magazine.
He took second place in the Fundação Casais/CEiiA Prize for «Journalism for Sustainability 2023», received an honourable mention in the «2023 Journalism and Local Power» Prize from the Association of Portuguese Municipalities and an honourable mention for journalism from «Associação Corações com Coroa» in 2024.
He has a Bachelor's degree in Architecture form the Coimbra School of Artistic Technology and a Master's degree in Building Rehabilitation from the University of Coimbra.

Last updated: january 2025