Friday 12th December Many apologies to all the folks awaiting with baited breath for a Mumble. I am afraid “the Mumbler” was struck down last week and was rushed into the Clinic in Prades.I am…
Labyrinth By Kate Mosse Reviewed by Julia Witherspoon Three secrets. Two women. One Grail. Alice Tanner is a young British woman working on an archeological dig in the south of France (near Carcassonne to be…
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 he…
2 Maria Lluis: Elegance from simple materials 2 3 by Ellen Hall 3 Maria Lluis’s atelier is on a nondescript street in Perpignan. Push the gate and ring the bell. She opens the door onto…
Pigs’ Cheeks, Paso Dobles and Seamed Stockings “Y per mults anys!” (“Many happy returns!”) Basil Howitt relives a magnificent soirée in Banyuls-sur-Mer celebrating a revered Catalan musician’s 85th birthday. I have become an ardent…
2 Mountain Mumbles from Jen 2 Saturday 1st November November has blown in with high winds and driving rain. The poor folks on holiday have had a really bad week. A few days ago we…
[(ArtLife with MM Brady)] 2 Garalart – Eclectic selection 2 A new, surprisingly diverse gallery has opened in Céret. Its name is a contraction of Gare A L’Art, as it’s in an old industrial building…
2 NIGHT TRAIN FROM PORT BOU 2 3 by Basil Howitt 3 You may think that this was a daft request. When my wife Clare asked me what I wanted for my 68th birthday, I…
PO Life goes to Beaune… By Jane Mann Each November, on the third Sunday, a remarkable Wine Auction is organised by Christies in the Hôtel Dieu in Beaune. Accordingly, last weekend in Beaune, in…
2 Darling, we’re The Young Ones! (Part Two) 2 In this second of two articles John Frazer-Robinson catches up with some more of the younger expats in the PO and discovers what brought them here,…