Portugal-based journalist using BBC foreign correspondent skills to live off the grid - and write about it - and experiment with new ways of storytelling
Joined June 2009
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May 20
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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May 17
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!!
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5 Jun 2024
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…
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20 Jan 2024
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…
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17 Jan 2024
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
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9 Jan 2024
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…
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24 Dec 2023
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…
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19 Nov 2023
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…
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13 Nov 2023
Now I really wasn't expecting that...
A Large Concrete Poop, by @aleithead open.substack.com/pub/alasta…
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14 Oct 2023
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…
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9 Aug 2023
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…
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27 Jul 2023
This is a hugely important case which needs to be spread as widely as possible - please share this where you can.
26 Jul 2023
⚡️ 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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26 Jul 2023
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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10 Jun 2023
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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22 Apr 2023
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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10 Apr 2023
Planning an island getaway? I'd recommend this beauty in the middle of The Atlantic Ocean.
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26 Mar 2023
Off-grid and Ignorant in Portugal: Roots and foundations alastairleithead.substack.co…
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27 Feb 2023
Off-grid and Ignorant in Portugal: Batcat, Elvis and the Voice of God alastairleithead.substack.co…
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