In 1911, Picasso and Braques arrived in Céret and began experimenting with Cubism, a painting style that was to revolutionise art.
The hottest 2015 calendar on the block! Eleven gorgeous ladies and one very brave man star in the nuddy, tastefully frozen in time amidst the wines, vines and easels of sunny France. And boy, do they…
‘The sardana: how to dance it’. The Society for International Folk Dancing have just published a book by Brian Bishop, in English, on the Catalan dance, the sardana, entitled ‘The sardana: how…
Dali on Camera A series of 11 previously unpublished photographs of Salvador Dalí have been discovered, taken by Dutch photographer Jan Adam Stevens in 1961. Twenty six years after the death of the eccentric painter,…
How times have changed! Famous writer Ernest Hemingway wrote in ‘Hemingway Finds France is Neutral’ in March 1937 ”I encountered no difficulties over crossing the border, and I am filing this dispatch just before hopping…
FRENCH POEMS TO ENJOY – 6 Midsummer is now upon us with days of oppressive heat and cloudless skies. For more Northern people, it can be hard to take and we often end up panting in…
Biotechnology-based Fantasy Novels. Night of the Fête and The Pevi’s Riposte by V S Rose – www.vsrose.co.uk I launched the first novel in The Pevi Discovery Experience in 2013. Called Night of…
Dali on Camera A series of 11 previously unpublished photographs of Salvador Dalí has been discovered, taken by Dutch photographer Jan Adam Stevens in 1961. Twenty six years after the death of the eccentric painter,…
14 March to 31 May 2015 Dani Karavan at Ceret By Ellen Turner Hall Dani Karavan is best known locally for his brushed steel Walter Benjamin memorial slicing through a cliff above…
Opening the hidden suitcase… Album of Exile by Thérèse Cau Reviewed by Rosemary Bailey In this book, “ Album of Exile,” (published by Cap Bear Editions 2013 – in French) Thérèse Cau, daughter of Spanish…