Following on from the flurry of festivals and summer events in the P.O. region, autumn/winter calms down only a little bit in and around Perpignan.
They disappear like ‘gateaux chauds’ 🙂 so if you still haven’t managed to bag yourself a copy of the latest P-O Life, you should be able to find one in the following places.
Not a new release but definitely worth a read if you haven’t already, or a re-read if you have!
Du Bellay and his contemporaries, the Pléiade, frequently made use of diminutives (violettes, fleurettes, vermeillettes, oeillettes) to add charm to their poems.
An anonymous 12th century sculptor, the Master of Cabestany was not recognised until the 1930s when a Romanesque-style tympanum was unearthed during renovation work at the parish church of Cabestany.
This year’s Collioure book fair opens on Friday 7 September at 20h30 with a talk by the Irish historian Kevin Barry invited by the association Les Amis de Patrick O’Brian.
Not a new release but definitely worth a read if you haven’t already, or a re-read if you have!
Ever thought of using your outdated bank card to create a flute that can imitate birdsongs? At MuSIC Musee des Instruments in Ceret, you can get a close look at just such an instrument created by Amazonian Indians. Alongside it are instruments created with recycled tin cans and plastic bottles.
Enter the magical universe of Jules Verne as interpreted by “Les Pritchard’s”. Eric Pritchard and his wife Sabine propose a unique vision of the great French writer, inventor and visionary in a series of paintings and sculptures in the Capelleta of Céret.
Invitation to a walk “In the footsteps of Patrick O’Brian”
Meet at the Patrick O’Brian space on the first floor for a tour that reveals the village through the eyes of this great writer.