Portugal-based journalist using BBC foreign correspondent skills to live off the grid - and write about it - and experiment with new ways of storytelling
Odemira, SW Portugal
Joined June 2009
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It's the last day to vote for Vale das Estrelas and our podcast series Ana & Al's Big Portuguese Wine Adventure! We're up for a big award in Portugal and would love your support. The video tells you how to vote for us. Thanks!
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Retreat, retreat...real treat, by @aleithead open.substack.com/pub/alasta…
We're in the Wine Retreat business now...and have been shortlisted for an award for our wine podcast series. Read all about it and help us win here!!
We're getting there by Moving Mountains: the latest despatch from Off-Grid and Ignorant in Portugal as our eco-luxe lodge nears completion @aleithead open.substack.com/pub/alasta…
Landslide! A soggy surprise and a nasty setback by @aleithead in the latest despatch from Off-Grid and Ignorant in Portugal... open.substack.com/pub/alasta…
Here's my latest article about #portugal history through #wine as we pull together the final few episodes of our upcoming podcast Ana & Al's Big Portuguese Wine Adventure.
#alentejo #winesofportugal #winestagram
Moles? Really? In the Valley of the Stars? The first despatch of 2024 from Vale das Estrelas...
Attack of the Giant Moles, by @aleithead open.substack.com/pub/alasta…
Seasons greetings and Christmas Eve despatch from the Valley of the Stars on the rush to get everything done before the holidays...
The Longest Night, by @aleithead open.substack.com/pub/alasta…
I honestly think St Martin's Summer is fast becoming our favourite time of the year...in a week when we went from wine to water...
Second Summer, by @aleithead open.substack.com/pub/alasta…
Now I really wasn't expecting that...
A Large Concrete Poop, by @aleithead open.substack.com/pub/alasta…
This week in the Valley of the Stars we've been taught a thing or two by the Moldovan Front Row, discovered the difference between DIY and a DUI and on the theme of TLAs (Three Letter Acronyms) I was reassured of my sanity by The LBD. @aleithead open.substack.com/pub/alasta…
That Old Foe Fire, and why it looks like the gods of news are missing me…and following me into the Portuguese countryside alastairleithead.substack.co…
This is a hugely important case which needs to be spread as widely as possible - please share this where you can.
⚡️ Guatemala: The imprisonment of José Rubén Zamora is an attack on the press and a bellwether for democracy
🚨 14 organizations call for justice in Zamora’s case and respect for the rule of law
#FreeJRZ #FreeThePress #JournalismIsNotACrime #PressFreedom
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I have a new monthly column in the @PT_Resident magazine on our off-grid life of ignorance in the Alentejo. We’re getting better at it all the time but it’s been a steep learning/spending curve…
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The latest on our water woes from Off-Grid and Ignorant at Vale das Estrelas in the wilds of rural Portugal...oh, and happy Portugal Day!
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My latest despatch from the Valley of the Stars...the one hundredth blogpost on Off-Grid and Ignorant in Portugal...and you would have thought I would have learned a lot more by now...
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Planning an island getaway? I'd recommend this beauty in the middle of The Atlantic Ocean.
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Off-grid and Ignorant in Portugal: Roots and foundations alastairleithead.substack.co…
Off-grid and Ignorant in Portugal: Menagerie madness alastairleithead.substack.co…
Off-grid and Ignorant in Portugal: Batcat, Elvis and the Voice of God alastairleithead.substack.co…