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“Imagine,” said John Lennon 50 years ago

John Lennon's dream of a world without countries, without possessions and without religion, was published in the album Imagine on September 9, 1971. Over 50 years, it has become omnipresent, transversal, became a counter-cultural manifesto to the idea of an aspiration, passive but comforting, into an anthem on hand wherever tragedy lurks.

Artwork that peeks through the veil of Afghanistan's future

Portuguese cities on the route of digital nomads: ‘My home is a state of mind’

It is mainly young people who travel while working remotely. With the end of the pandemic in sight, it is expected that there will be an increase in the number of digital nomads across the world, and Portugal could become a favoured destination for these professionals.

The pandemic has accentuated inequalities, but the state looks good in the picture

The report “Governing in a State of Emergency”, prepared by ISCTE to assess the state of the nation in 2021, reveals old weaknesses, new problems and the surprising response of the public administration.

One metre and a half up against 15: the only Portuguese woman to surf the Nazaré Canyon makes a film

Big vs. Small premieres on July 25 on Odisseia. It follows the surfer Joana Andrade in the sea, from her training to her overcoming the fear of confronting giant waves.

Stages of the week

Citemor in Montemor-o-Velho and Coimbra - which also hosts the Art Festival; Monstra in Lisbon; Porta-Jazz and Ai Weiwei in Porto.

Tiago Rodrigues is first foreigner to direct Avignon Festival

Portuguese playwright and director who is artistic director of Teatro Nacional D. Maria II takes over from Olivier Py in September 2022. He is the first foreigner to direct the Avignon Festival. Meanwhile, tonight [July 5], he receives the Cour d’Honneur at the majestic Palace of the Popes for his staging of The Cherry Orchard with Isabelle Huppert.

Stages of the week

Banhos Velhos in party mode, Covilhã with urban art, Batalha with music in the monastery and Lisbon walking Inside Out, between a Hamster Clown and Scenes from Married Life.

António Torrado (1939-2021): A free man who was unceremonious with words

He would turn them inside out, straighten them later, invent some and play with them unceremoniously. Words were the raw material of António Torrado, a free man who enjoyed being read to and a good laugh. He died on June 11.

In the royal jewelry box with three Republicans

The President of the Republic and the Prime Minister went to see the architecture of the future Royal Treasury Museum. The building is already ready and was presented by the Mayor of Lisbon to the Ministry of Culture. But the facility will only open in November.