As the drought (secheresse) continues across the Pyrénées-Orientales, water restrictions have been extended after a prefectoral press release issued on 25th July
This year taking place on the 7th & 8th December, check with your local mairie of tourist office for events near you.
The latest exhibition at Céret’s Museum of Modern Art is devoted to 16 works by Antoni Tàpies (1923- 2012), to mark the centenary of his birth.
Filmed between Sète, Château de l’Esparrou in Canet, Port-La Nouvelle and Perpignan, there are plenty of locations that P-O fans will recognize tout de suite!
Orange trees, like all citrus, thrive around the Mediterranean and particularly here in the PO.
Walnuts contain protein, omega 3, fatty acids, vitamin E, B complex and minerals. They are said to be brain food – well they look like little brains, don’t they? – and studies suggest they can ward off Alzheimer’s, lower cholesterol and protect against heart disease and diabetes.
Over one hundred years ago, Rudyard Kipling and his wife arrived in Vernet-les-Bains…
When artist Bridget Rook-Waterhouse moved from Céret to a sea-view apartment at St Cyprien, she decided the only thing lacking was a mermaid on the terrace.
Inaugurating the new exhibition space Côté Galerie at the Musée d’art moderne, Andreas Ruthi’s colourful canvases speak of freedom and joy. Free of perspective and shadow, immersed in the joy of nature’s abundance, his dappled landscapes celebrate life.
FRENCH POEMS TO ENJOY LE SOIR with Gill Storey In July I talked about various movements which arose out of Romanticism, but later poets took up the cause of Symbolism (also known as the Decadents).…