CUTTING DOWN DEATH ON THE ROADS New measures to cut down road accidents are to be introduced by Bernard Cazeneuve, France’s interior minister after end of year figures showed a …
Sunday 1st February 2015 FETE DE L’OURS – Arles-sur-Tech Arles-sur-Tech Bear Festival Usual Programme (This many vary. Exact times should be checked beforehand with the tourist office on 04 68 39 70…
Sunday 1st February 2015 at 14h30 DRUMCOVERS FEST 66 Casa Musicale, Perpignan A festival which pays homage to drums, with eight drummers playing “drumcovers” in different music styles…… Pop Rock, Jazz, Funk, Musique Celtique,…
Getting there From Perpignan, follow the RN116 via Prades, Villefranche de Conflent to Mont Louis, then the D618 Font Romeu. Note that the road between Villefranche de Conflent and Mont Louis is a mountain…
Smoke Alarms in France compulsory from March 2015 Do watch out for the latest scam in which crooks are using this new initiative to get into your home. THERE WILL BE NO SMOKE…
Saturday 24th – Sunday 25th January 2015 Exposition Canine Internationale International Dog Show The Perpignan International Dog Show is a must for dog lovers, with 167 difference breeds and around 1500 dogs…
Opening the hidden suitcase… Album of Exile by Thérèse Cau Reviewed by Rosemary Bailey In this book, “ Album of Exile,” (published by Cap Bear Editions 2013 – in French) Thérèse Cau, daughter of Spanish…
Yoga for Cold Weather by Marion Thornley According to the ancient philosophies of yoga and its sister science, ayurveda, the changing seasons allow different elements to dominate within the human body and its…
UPDATE – April 2015Tobacco companies and model agencies are up in arms at new health reforms in France which ban skinny catwalk models, (to be measured by body mass index) colourful cigarette pack logos,…
Yes, it’s that mountain again A national treasure that really doesn’t mind what you call it by Simon Newman People take their mountains very seriously, a point well illustrated in a Hugh Grant film “The…