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P-O Arts Expo

Laura McLellan 17/09/2021 1 Comment

This online exhibition celebrates local talent and facilitates the connection between art creators and art lovers, while we all remain safely at home.

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Claude Simon – Summer Exhibition at Musée d’Art Moderne, Collioure

Laura McLellan 17/08/2021 0 Comments

If you are unaware of the experimental writer Claude Simon and the fact that he won the Nobel prize for literature in 1985, you are not alone. Happily for us, the Collioure show concentrates on Simon’s visual art – what he did to take a break from his intense textual experiments.

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Book Club: Local Author Margaret Cunningham

Laura McLellan 09/08/2021 0 Comments

P-O Life readers are a mightily talented bunch. During lockdown, we celebrated professional visual artists, and amateur creators. Now we’re delighted to share with you local word-smith, Margaret Kennedy, who writes under her maiden name, Cunningham.

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The human comedy according to les Pritchard’s

Kate 24/07/2021 0 Comments

Les Pritchard’s – Eric and Sabine – have brought their all-singing, all-dancing follies to the new Galerie du pavillon des arts behind the obelisk in Port Vendres.

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Summer at the Musée, Collioure

Kate 20/07/2021 0 Comments

In the courtyard, around the cloister, along the byways of Collioure, the Musée d’art moderne offers a summer programme for all the family.

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Book Club : The Seep, Chana Porter

Laura McLellan 12/07/2021 0 Comments

The Seep by Chana Porter – You don’t have to be a fan of science fiction to enjoy this book. This is a book for our times. Read it!

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Book Club : Queen of All (The Jena Cycle Book 1), Anya Josephs

Laura McLellan 28/06/2021 0 Comments

The just-released novel “Queen of All” by Anya Leigh Josephs is an engaging, sweet coming-of-age fantasy read.

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Book Club : Halfway Human, Carolyn Ives Gilman

Laura McLellan 14/06/2021 0 Comments

‘Halfway Human’ is a powerful, compelling, and important book. It’s a book that doesn’t let go of you long after you’ve put it down. It makes you think and question humanity and our society and those are the books I like best.

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Book Club : The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Laura McLellan 16/05/2021 1 Comment

The Shadow of the Wind is one of my favourite books to re-read once in a while because of the beautiful style it is written in. You probably have heard of it as by now it is a literary classic. This is good old fashion storytelling, a mysterious tale to get lost in, and has many good quotes.

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Filmed in the P-O : Ô la belle vie, France 3 in Céret

Laura McLellan 21/04/2021 0 Comments

This Sunday, 25th April, regional TV channel France 3 will be coming to our very own Céret, birthplace of cubism and source of inspiration to many great artists, including local boy and art lover, José Angulo.

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