A rather suitable rainy weather joke. Well, it made me laugh!
Dina Vierny – Maillol’s Muse Born in Kishinev, in what is now Moldova, in 1919, Dina Vierny and her family moved to France where young Dina became model, muse and platonic companion for artist Maillol,…
Le Corbeau et Le Renard is one of the most famous fables of French poet Jean de La Fontaine, born in 1621.
A P-O Life Song …by Catherine King Some of you may remember an old Flanders and Swann song, ‘A Song of the Weather’ (Check it out on YouTube.) I loved this song that my mother…
Charles Rennie Mackintosh id well known in Port Vendres but have you heard of his artist friends, Edgar Hereford and Rudolph Ihlee?
Del Boy Trotter, wheeler, dealer, charmer….and linguist!!! ???? We take a look back at his own special brand of the French language!
Get out your walking boots and prepare to discover the hidden delights of Figueres. Come on a market day (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday) and bring a stout basket. Forget Dalì for today, but plan to come again midweek in midwinter and spend a day taking in all five museums.
The legend of Fenouil and Fenouille was so familiar along the coast that Minister Jules Pams arranged for a statue be put up in Port Vendres to immortalise the lovers.
Cultural artefacts have long been targeted by armies as a demonstration of their superiority, dominance and power. The Spanish Civil War and WW2 were no different. Collectors and curators were therefore anxious to protect their cultural heritage.
If he had not left behind him a few drawings of his horrific stay in the French concentration camps, Civil War refugee Josep Bartoli (1910-1995) would have remained just another anonymous fighter amongst thousands who sacrificed their lives in the name of freedom. Visit the exhibition at the Memorial de Rivesaltes