by Martin Bailey Crunchy and salty, this recipe is ideal for those warm evenings as an apero whilst drinking a cold beer or chilled rosé.  It’s really easy to prepare and can be easily adapted…

ON THE ROAD IN FRANCE   Changes in driving laws operational from 1st July 2016 include…… ☛ the banning of all headphones and earpieces for listening to music (already banned – hands  free devices which…

Céret town council has recently appointed a private firm to run parking patrols, and locals who live and work in town and rarely move their cars were unpleasantly surprised to find that they’d disappeared. Their first reaction was to report them stolen to the police, only afterwards realising that they’d been towed as they’d been parked in the same spot for over a week.

The only 100 % catalophone radio station in northern Catalonia is celebrating its 35th birthday this month and the Perpignan-based station is undergoing a complete makeover. Founding creator and director, Pere Manzanares, is handing the baton to journalist Albert Noguer, who will implement widespread changes in a bid to increase listener numbers

With summer just around the corner, many of us will be digging out our trainers and dusting the cobwebs from the bikes that have hibernated in the garage over the winter. Despite the occasional gust of wind *wink wink*, the beautiful cycle paths and trails of our region are a popular attraction to both runners and cyclists alike.

This week the New Chemin de Fauvism in Collioure was presented to the local press. Jacques Manya, the mayor of Collioure, Denise Snodgrass the Culture minister, France 3 and a number of photographers and reporters were shown the new Reproductions of the works of Matisse and Derain from the legendary summer of 1905.

With the house finally finished we turned our attention to what we were actually going to do with it. We had been through many ideas, from running a bunk house for walkers, to high-end yoga holidays. We decided on renting the whole house to holidaymakers and I put an advert online.

Céret town council has recently appointed a private firm to run parking patrols, and locals who live and work in town and rarely move their cars were unpleasantly surprised to find that they’d disappeared. Their first reaction was to report them stolen to the police, only afterwards realising that they’d been towed as they’d been parked in the same spot for over a week.