Perpignan: Healthy Democracy or Banana Republic? Basil Howitt offers the first of two updates on Perpignan’s surreal smelly socks election saga that began a year ago last March. Following a final ruling by the Conseil…
Who would be a vigneron? Amidst the general doom and gloom in the caves cooperatives of France’s largest wine producing region – the Languedoc-Roussillon – there are several reasons for hope. Basil Howitt’s report finishes…
Georges Frêche: a triumph of deeds over dogma 3 The gaff-prone giant of politics carried all before in the Languedoc-Roussillon’s Regional Elections 3 [(I repeat, I am from the South and will remain so. It…
Small Great Revolution The Mayor of Barcelona, Jordi Hereu talks of the future high-speed rail links between Spain and France Basil Howitt offers a third update on the high-speed TGV link-in-progress between Perpignan and…
2 More scandals from the Roussillon, otherwise known as “Le Far West de la Politique” (“The Wild West of Politics”) 2 Basil Howitt reports on a new twist in the notorious Saint-Cyprien saga. He also…
“Quel gâchis!” (What a waste!) Basil Howitt’s otherwise idyllic summer was marred only by the relentless dumping of fruit and vegetables at local supermarket entrances and elsewhere. [([epigraph]: With these actions we are reduced to…
Smelly socks – final story (we hope) [(Alduy, c’est Perpignan, et Perpignan, c’est Alduy. Bravo Monsieur le Maire ! (blogger Huascar: 21/06/2009 à 22h08))] Basil Howitt closes Perpignan’s saga of the smelly socks. Fortunately last…
Glad to be back! After a rare visit to his native city of Manchester, Basil Howitt was thrilled to touch down once more at Perpignan airport and be whisked back to his adoptive village of…
Solidarité: Lansac à la bougie (Solidarity: Lansac by candlelight) by Basil Howitt Basil Howitt relives some of the hairy and heartening moments of Tempête Klaus. It raged through the P.-O. at a top speed…
TGV Perpignan -Barcelona: Will I live long enough? by Basil Howitt Basil Howitt sends an update on the progress of the new TGV link between Perpignan and Barcelona. He also wonders if he…