Marc Anfossi , Parisien writer, wrote this poem when he came to Amélie-les-Bains to take the waters in January 1912.
Romer Kitching and friends are preparing a group exhibition in Pierre Brune’s former workshop.
I walked up the Canigou last Saturday Not for the first time I venture to say Each time it gets harder to complete the way up…..
Doctor, specialist in the study of birds, beetles and tortoises, accomplished cellist…….
Silly P-O limericks
Bernard Phelan grew up in Dublin and now lives in the Pyrénées-Orientales. This is his behind-the-scenes story of an innocent man, arrested and imprisoned in Iran and finally released after 222 days.
Only fragments survive to witness the passage of more than 60,000 people interned in the Camp of Rivesaltes between 1942 and 1966.
Many congratulations to longtime resident expats, Maggie and Norman Longworth living near Prades
One of their great writers, Jean de La Fontaine, produced French versions of fables, in verse and with illustrations. There are twelve volumes, with stories such as The Ant and the Grasshopper, told with elegance, wit and verve, in simple French which is usually easy to understand today. Each teaches a lesson about our relationships with society.
Paul Verlaine often wrote poems that were simple and inexpressibly sad.