Paint, pencils and passion… Paint, pencils and passion…….. are all you need to become an artist. So says Ari Hantke, trilingual artist, architect and musician, who will be offering a ‘Watercolour Summer School’ around…
This has now been scrapped, particularly as it would have had an enormous impact on French Nationals living abroad, who would have been obliged to pay this extra tax on their french homes.The new tax…
[(I met Jenny Rhodes for the first time in 2008, in their deliciously cosy cottage in the heart of Les Angles, just a five minute walk from the ski slopes. Rosy, fun and delightfully chatty,…
Join the Tour de France If anybody would be interested in representing P-O Life at the Tour de France, please contact me and I will put your name forward. This would mean that you would…
‘El Bulli: Cooking in Process‘ El Bulli, renowned Roses restaurant, which opens for for six months of the year, evenings only, and has been considered the world’s best restaurant for more than a decade, is…
Pyrenean Mountain Dogs in the Albères by Courtney O’Brien-Brown Sister Marie-Christine has a commanding presence for a woman her size. The petite nun, who resides at the Monastère des Ermites-de-Marie, is no stranger to dealing…
What is spirituality anyway ? (no. 3) Caroline Postlethwaite continues her search for herself Read her earlier pieces Life in France, Finding my Path, the inner me & the life force within My continued journey…
A thoroughly uplifting experience (cont) by Simon Newman (Continued from Part 1) After a dozen deep breaths and a string of expletives I eventually managed to reconnect with my earlier Zen-like composure. I decided…
Wednesday June 1st Well, summer is still around but a stiff Tramontane is keeping the temperatures right down at the moment, and though it could certainly not be described as cold, it LOOKS and SOUNDS chilly out…
HERE BE DRAGONS by Frank Parkinson Catalan Country has long been home to passionate supporters of Rugby in both its forms, though Rugby à quinze (Union) has had a larger following than Rugby à…