THE NEWS BULLETIN OF THE BRITISH COMMUNITY IN SÃO PAULO
Having suffered in recent years with a decrease in the size of its squads and of its operational structure, SPAC’s rugby department had to take measures at the end of 2017 in order to reverse this process. With investments in a professional management and coaching staff, it was able once again, to create the conditions necessary for the sport to be practiced with the quality the club is so well known for.
Read MoreFollowing on from my last article about the Round Table I would like to update you about our recent activity and one future event. We held our traditional social event which is the Curry Night on the 24th of March.
Read MoreThe Royal British Legion - São Paulo Branch Annual General Meeting was held on the 20th of February 2018 at the São Paulo Athletic Club in Santo Amaro.
Read MoreBand’s Competitions and Performances
Read MoreThe old adage that life only begins in Brazil after Carnival is probably true, but at least this year, we get an earlier start. Many of you have complained that you are receiving Spotlight very late, and in too many cases not at all. We are experiencing very serious problems with the postal services and must apologise to our readers.
Read MoreOn 7th December 2017 we held the British Society’s Annual General Meeting where British organisations such as St. Paul’s School, St. Paul’s Anglican Cathedral, the Royal British Legion, the Carajás Scouts, St. Andrew’s Society, and São Paulo Yacht Club (SPYC) presented their 2017 achievements along with their plans for 2018.
Read MoreThanks to modern technology all services in English or Portuguese are recorded on video and can be viewed on-line or at a later date on the site: www.catedralanglicana.tv.br
Read MoreBishop Glauco was born in Pelotas, RS, on 28th January 1934 which means he would have celebrated his 84th birthday this year.
Read MoreEveryone is familiar with the Legend of King Arthur, which is a fictitious story that was concocted by the first great French novelist called Chrétien de Troyes in about 1165, who unscrupulously distorted the facts with his ‘poetic licence’ and modified the names of the characters and places to suit his Frankish audience too.
Read MoreAround late 19th and early 20th centuries the ports of Rio de Janeiro and Santos were avoided by the main shipping companies because they were known as fever-infested swamps. Enter Oswaldo Cruz, born in São Luiz do Paraitinga, São Paulo, even nowadays a very, very small place.
Read MoreI am always very grateful for the suggestions and feedback I receive from readers, so the following is adapted from an email I received last week. You have probably read similar advice before, but here are some friendly reminders...
Read MoreIn the book “Sentiens”, by Yuval Noah Hariri, he writes and I quote:
“What generalisations can we make about life in the pre-agricultural world?... The vast majority of people lived in small bands numbering several dozen or at most several hundred individuals, and all these individuals were humans...
Read MoreEdifício Altino Arantes, an Art Déco building on Rua João Brícola, 24, city centre, formerly Prédio do Banespa has now become Farol Santander and is open to the public. It was built in 1947, first designed by the architect Plinio Botelho do Amaral, but later modeled on the Empire State Building by the Camargo & Mesquita construction company
Read MoreThe Royal British Legion - São Paulo Branch has been invited to participate in a very special event this year. It is the GREAT PILGRIMAGE 90, which will take place from the 5th to 9th August 2018. Representatives of our branch will participate in a Remembrance visit to the Somme and the Ypres Salient.
Read MoreIt was a warm Saturday on February 3rd, full of debuts at the lovely SPAC Santo Amaro, our Country Club, neighbouring the Guarapiranga Dam in São Paulo.
Read MoreWelcome to the first issue of the 2018 Spotlight. On behalf of all of us at Spotlight and the British Society, I wish our readers and contributors a healthy, peaceful and prosperous 2018!
Read More2017 is the year that we took elder people from the community to over 200 doctor appointments, as part of our Care Program, and managed to create the greatest exhibition of British classic cars in Brazil, as you might have read on Spotlight’s last issue. What a busy and gratifying year!
Read MoreWe have the pleasure to advise that this year the Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil, subsection Santo Amaro, has indicated Bishop Roger Bird to receive the award "Destaques OAB Santo Amaro - 2017".
Read MoreIn November 1917, World War I was in its 4th year. Things were still very uncertain and I doubt that anyone believed that the war would terminate one year later on the 11th November 1918. Things looked very dark, both for the soldiers fighting on the battle fronts and for the civilians back in England.
Read MoreThe British Society São Paulo provides support for British citizens who are proven to be eligible for assistance. Over the years many people have benefited from the care and the educational, medical, financial or other aid provided by the institution that was founded in 1940 by British citizens resident in São Paulo. A group of Committee members carefully and compassionately considers each application, at all times ensuring the highest levels of privacy and confidentiality.
