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
Henri Matisse arrived in Collioure in May 1905 at the age of 36, depressed, full of self doubts and very short of money. André Derain soon followed.
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
P-O reader, Peter Spencer, has unearthed the story behind the monument in Céret, commemorating artists that have been drawn to the area and have links to Céret and the P-O. Part 1.