A Blot on the landscape By Ellen Turner Hall Bastien Blot bills himself as an Upcycle artist. To upcycle, as he explains it, is more than to recycle. It is as if having…
Crimes et botanique This new series for France 3 , produced by Italic Bankizz Productions, will film four episodes of 52 minutes in Montpellier and its surrounding area for 2 months from April…
J’ai Rêvé D’être Une Fête If you happen to be around Le Perthus from 31 March to 4 April 2014, look out for the shooting of short film ‘J’ai Rêvé D’être Une…
ORAGE MARCH 15th 2014 Filming now in Canet Coming soon…. Following initial filming in November 2013, in PACA, (Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur)) Fabrice Camoin will continue shooting his first feature film ORAGE in Cerbère,…
C’est La Folie by Michael Wright reviewed by Julia Witherspoon Michael Wright has penned this true and very witty book based on his own real life French adventure. In the late summer of 2004…
Pierre Grau and ‘Salades d’Artistes’ by Lynn Hall Do you like painting – or ever thought you would like to try? This lovely region has always appealed to artists. …
SOUTH AMERICA THROUGH ROSE TINTED SPECTACLES In 2011 Sandy Rose and her husband Nigel, decided that they needed a break from their retired lifestyle in a quaint French village in the beautiful Pyrenees Orientales and…
Fisherman-artist: Francois Bernadi By Ellen Turner Hall Born in Collioure in 1922 into a family of fishermen, Francois Bernadi’s days were intimately entwined with ropes and chains, anchors and sails. From a life…
Natural Magick Cindy Guilbert of St Laurent de Cerdans in the Vallespir talks about her book on easily found herbs, Natural Magick. I made a change of direction in mid-life and I…
By Ellen Turner Hall Itaca, the mythological home of Ulysses, the greatest of Mediterranean voyagers, signifies a longing to…