UK ‘health tourism’ headache for ex pats In an attempt to prevent what is being tagged as ‘health tourism’, the British government plans to charge ex pats traveling back to the UK…
Special Friends with Hilda Cochrane, Espira I don’t think there are too many of us who would argue with the conviction that having a pet is as much a must as having a…
First Come, First Served Want to be a MAXtrotter? Then visit www.idtgvmax.com to book your 12 month season ticket giving you unlimited travel on the high-speed iDTGV service for only 59,99 per month.…
4th – 23rd February 2015 Filmed in Collioure, Sète et Montpellier CAPITAINE MARLEAU Film and telly fans will want to keep an eye peeled on Collioure over the next few weeks as Gérard Depardieu,…
The Caliph of St Cyprien (Part 1) by Basil Howitt With the benefit of hindsight, it is none too surprising that Jacques Bouille, 62-year-old former UMP mayor of St Cyprien, was driven to…
L’Homme de Tautavel by Basil Howitt A plain man’s introduction to Tautavel man, whose remains are 450,000 years old. He is one of the oldest specimens of homo erectus discovered in Europe. FEBRUARY – NOVEMBER…
I met last week with Denis Leluc, director of Perpignan airport, and Dimitri Sindres, Development Manager for Perpignan and Carcassonne. They would be very interested to know what your expectations are for these local…
CUTTING DOWN DEATH ON THE ROADS New measures to cut down road accidents are to be introduced by Bernard Cazeneuve, France’s interior minister after end of year figures showed a …
Smoke Alarms in France compulsory from March 2015 Do watch out for the latest scam in which crooks are using this new initiative to get into your home. THERE WILL BE NO SMOKE…
Opening the hidden suitcase… Album of Exile by Thérèse Cau Reviewed by Rosemary Bailey In this book, “ Album of Exile,” (published by Cap Bear Editions 2013 – in French) Thérèse Cau, daughter of Spanish…
