Category Archives: Teas

On 4 November, a tea party was held at the Literary Guild, followed by a lecture on the life of writer and doctor Fernando Namora, given by Dr Maria José Leal.

On 28 October, a tea party was held at the Naval Military Club with Prof. Helena Buesco, the first person in our country to obtain a doctorate in Comparative Literature, who gave us an exceptional lecture on ‘Camões and the poets of the 19th century’, looking at the relationship between the work of Camões andContinue reading “Tea at CMN with Prof. Helena Buesco”

On 14 October, a very interesting meeting was held at the Literary Guild with Dr. Pedro Farto e Abreu, an interventional cardiologist who has been head of the Interventional Cardiology Unit at Fernando da Fonseca Hospital since 1996. He spoke to us about the Stent Save a Life project, of which he was the nationalContinue reading “Tea at the Literary Guild with Dr. Pedro Farto e Abreu”

On 18 June, at the Naval Military Club, a tea party was held with the presence of Dr Isabel Alçada, an enthusiastic, conversationalist and remarkably friendly communicator, who not only addressed the topic ‘A History of Reading’, but also alluded to the different phases of her professional activity over the years, the process of creationContinue reading “Tea at CMN with Dr Isabel Alçada”

We began the second quarter with a ‘Conversation on Alexander O’Neill’, on the 100th anniversary of his birth. A text written and read by Solange focussing on her life, work and personality. A poet of surrealism, amusing, fantastical, incomprehensible and who knew how to laugh, above all at himself. Founder of the Lisbon Surrealist GroupContinue reading “Tea at CMN – Alexandre O’Neill”

Once again, the Club celebrated Women’s Day with a tea party at the Avenida Palace Hotel. Our guest this year was the illustrious architect Helena Roseta, who gave us an exceptional text on the various ‘times’ in our lives.

On 28 February, another tea party was held at the Naval Military Club. It was a very interesting, enjoyable and entertaining session, with our member Clara evoking memories of her childhood and adolescence in her stories, pieces of a generation’s holidays that are no longer coming back. Thank you, Clara, for your availability and congratulationsContinue reading “Tea at the CMN”

At the Grémio Literário, the Lyceum International Club of Lisbon honoured our best-known and most important poet on the 500th anniversary of his birth. At the Lyceum’s invitation, we were joined by an illustrious personality, a connoisseur and scholar of the vate, and also a member of parliament. Edite Estrela gave what is considered aContinue reading “Celebrating Camões”

On 20 November, a tea party was held at the Literary Guild with the presence of Prof. Teresa Madeira da Silva, who spoke to us about the type of architecture practised at the end of the 1980s in a housing estate in the Telheiras area of Lisbon. She was awarded the Valmor and Municipal ArchitectureContinue reading “Tea at the Literary Guild with Prof Teresa Silva”

After the holiday period, the Club began its activities on 9 October with a presentation on ‘Constance Smedley – Life and Work’, followed by a tea party at the Naval Military Club.