Test Your French! In Spring 1905, Henri Matisse landed in Collioure, searching for light and a new style of painting.
Have a go at our latest quiz to find out just how much you know about the Pyrénées-Orientales.
Rugby is a massive part of the P O culture, but where did the game originate, how did it evolve and why is it so popular here?
Some useful vocabulary to help you to explain politely when a ‘plat’ is not quite ‘comme il faut’.
Until the French Revolution, Madame, (my Lady, equivalent to Monsieur, my Lord) was mainly used to address the bourgeoisie, whilst Mademoiselle, (my Damsel) was the form of address used for both younger and older ‘common’ ladies.
Paul Verlaine often wrote poems that were simple and inexpressibly sad.
Did you know that grève also means sandbank or pebbly beach and actually comes from Place de Grève, a flat and sandy area on the banks of the River Seine in Paris (now Place de l’Hôtel de Ville)?
Check out our language exercises to test your French
Test your French with a lovely springtime poem: Premier sourire du printemps by French Romantic poet, Théophile Gauthier
The french language often uses the verb ‘avoir’ (to have) in expressions where the english language uses ‘être’ (to be).