Over one hundred years ago, Rudyard Kipling and his wife arrived in Vernet-les-Bains…
When artist Bridget Rook-Waterhouse moved from Céret to a sea-view apartment at St Cyprien, she decided the only thing lacking was a mermaid on the terrace.
Inaugurating the new exhibition space Côté Galerie at the Musée d’art moderne, Andreas Ruthi’s colourful canvases speak of freedom and joy. Free of perspective and shadow, immersed in the joy of nature’s abundance, his dappled landscapes celebrate life.
FRENCH POEMS TO ENJOY LE SOIR with Gill Storey In July I talked about various movements which arose out of Romanticism, but later poets took up the cause of Symbolism (also known as the Decadents).…
Derain famously called his tubes of paint “sticks of dynamite”
Chloé is gentle, tenacious, ferocious, kind, generous minded – and one helluva talented artist.
History tells the facts – Art tells the story
Book Club: Barry Walsh wrote Danny Boy from his holiday home in Argelès sur Mer. It’s a story about the trials of becoming a man while managing friendships, finding out about love and making life decisions.
In this delightful book, Eugene Barter leaves the comfort – and boredom – of retirement in Wales, and buys a rambling house at the foot of Canigou.
Port Vendres’ Pavillon des Arts is host to the maritime paintings of Romer Kitching in which docks, boats, sky and sea take on an immaterial aspect in the hands of this classically trained artist.