Strawberry and Vanilla Baked Cheesecake with Strawberry Crumb serves 10 to 12 It’s Summer! Thanks to Caroline O’C for sending in this mouth watering-recipe for Strawberry and Vanilla Baked Cheesecake – and…
Prades with Norman Longworth (Taken from the one-day-to-be-published ‘Conflent Tales’) My town of Prades is the regional capital of the Conflent. It finds itself plumb in the centre of the Conflent just where the…
Jenny Rhodes actually started her ‘Mumbles in the Mountains’ in 2009, a lighthearted look at life up in the High Pyrenees, in Les Angles. She told us of highs and lows, of mountain flowers,…
Get in there quick! You may already know that the French government changed the laws last year regarding exoneration of Capital Gains Tax, the tax applicable to the amount of profit…
No more free book deliveries in France In order to support the many small ‘librairies’ around France, and protect them from competition from the big boys, a unanimous vote was passed this…
Do You Need Help? If you seem to be having trouble with your drinking, or if your drinking has reached the point where it worries you a bit, you may be…
UPDATE – June 2014 If you are arriving late on a Saturday evening, you will be happy to hear that the Sunday shopping laws have this month been changed, and food shops, both…
New Generation of Speed Cameras in France Watch out for a whole range of new speed cameras launched in France for the summer season. Not only will you find (or not…
UN FRANÇAIS The cast and crew of the next feature film by producer Diastème, Un Français, currently being filmed in Paris, will be here in the P-O for three days, filming on the beaches…
WW1 Perpignanais remains discovered A 27 year old from Perpignan is the only one to have been identified amongst the remains of 5 soldiers from WW1, who have lain in the ground…