The importance of culture in life. The importance of secondary education in the formation of citizens. Fortunately there was moonlight. From the end of the Dictatorship to the beginning of Democracy. My Lisbon cafés. Who I never met and who influenced me greatly. Scientific culture - Learning, innovating, publicising, cooperating. The application of the science we produce. The relationship between science and power. OIV - International Organisation of Vine and Wine. What Portuguese participation was and is. Luís da Silva Campos, a genius. How wine is seen and talked about. The National Health Service and 25 April. Long live the Republic! By way of conclusion ... figures from science and the arts, crossing the centuries.