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Calçots & Calçotadas


This year, 2021, the calçotada calendar is Covid clear. But you can still buy them in all the shops and have your own messy feast at home. Find out more about these skinny leeks!

02/03/2021

Book Club : The Wolf in the Attic by Richard Kearney


The Wolf in the Attic was published in 2016. Part period piece, part fantasy, it’s one of the more unusual books I have read in a while.

02/03/2021

You are approaching the Centre of the Universe, do not ejaculate until stationary


Though undoubtedly an artistic genius Dali had some pretty unsavoury habits - and never more so than when in 1963 he penned his celebrated homage to Perpignan station after experiencing "a mental ejaculation of cosmic ecstasy."

02/03/2021

Solar Sorède


Did you know that over a hundred years ago, Sorède was a pioneer village where solar energy was concerned?

01/03/2021

Food for Thought from Suzanne Dunway


Suzanne Dunaway LOVES to cook. Some might say she LIVES to cook. Having cooked, written and painted around the world, here she shares her PO-inspired recipes in this weekly blog.

01/03/2021

Local News – Weekly Round up


A weekly update of local news in the Pyrenees-Orientales

01/03/2021

British Sausages in Perpignan: Friday 5th March 2021

Traditional British style sausages and bacon back in the P-O


It’s a Blogger’s World- Share yours!

The phenomena of blogging had exploded onto our screens long before the current sanitary crisis. However, in the current confinement,…


Retiring to France

Thinking of retiring to France? The department of the Pyrénées-Orientales is a popular choice for retirees attracted by sunshine, milder…


The Verdouble Cascades and Chateau de Peyrepertuse

Between Chateau de Queribus and Chateau de Peyrepertuse on the D19 towards Peyrepertuse and Duilhac, around  5km after Cucugnan, turn…


Catalan artists – Antoni Tapies

Catalan painter, draughtsman, printmaker and sculptor, Antoni Tàpies is credited with introducing contemporary abstract painting into Spain.


CURRY VAN DELIVERS STRAIGHT TO YOUR DOOR: 5TH MARCH

Friday 5th March is curry night again - and once again couch potatoes will be delighted to hear that they…


La Retirada – a memorial walk

Following our recent articles on la Retirada, a P-O Life reader very kindly contacted us with photos and memories of a…


Book Club : The Boy from the Back Streets of Bolton

Written by P-O reader Norman Longworth, this autobiography traces his incredible journeys and adventures until he finally reached our very…


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