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FRENCH POEMS TO ENJOY – La Cigale et la Fourmi

Kate 12/01/2026 2 Comments

The Ant and the Grasshopper

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Book Club: Alice et les Petits Guerriers

Laura McLellan 28/12/2025 0 Comments

What can you say when a bright and beautiful little girl loses the battle against that most treacherous of enemies – cancer? How do you find the words? ‘

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Collioure New Association  Offers Reel Treats…. with Ellen Turner Hall

Kate 02/12/2025 0 Comments

Our opening night: Wednesday, December 10th with  a double-bill featuring Robert Redford

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Émilie Dumas – Les Américaines…. with Ellen Turner Hall

Kate 01/12/2025 0 Comments

Les Américaines”, the title of this mini-exhibition of four canvases and one box, refers to automobiles.

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WHY SNOW FALLS AT VERNET – by Rudyard Kipling

Kate 23/11/2025 2 Comments

Did you know that Rudyard Kipling wrote a short story during one of his stays in Vernet-les-Bains in 1911? ‘Why does it snow in Vernet’ pokes fun at the English habit of talking about the weather.

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War poems: 1916 seen from 1921 by Edward Blunden

Kate 01/11/2025 0 Comments

Journalist, travel writer, and war poet, Edmund Blunden’s career was shaped by his experiences on the front in World War I from 1916 to 1918. The following poem gives us an idea of what it…

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Book Club: Secret Agent, Unsung Hero by Peter Dowding

Laura McLellan 31/10/2025 1 Comment

Book Club: Secret Agent, Unsung Hero: The Valour of Bruce Dowding. This biography, researched over decades, is written by Bruce’s nephew, Peter, to honour Bruce and the millions who gave their lives for our safety.

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Test your French: Chanson des escargots qui vont à l’enterrement

Kate 29/10/2025 0 Comments

Test your French with an extract from a classic, autumnal poem by Jacques Prévert

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FRENCH POEMS – Il Pleure dans mon Cœur

Kate 27/10/2025 1 Comment

Like Wordsworth, Verlaine can say things that make the reader blush, but at his best he Is concise, simple and immediate in his impact.  He could make  the simple inexpressibly sad.

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Tralala goes fishing…. with Ellen Turner Hall

Kate 19/10/2025 0 Comments

TRALALA’s latest exhibition “Les derniers pêcheurs de Collioure”  is dedicated to the work of Emile Humbert

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