MOUNTAIN MAMA IN LES ANGLES Summer storms have never been my favorite kind of weather but this year they seem to have outdone themselves with some quite magnificent lightning and thunder that almost…
5, 6 & 7 September 2014 Patrick O’Brian Homage By Ellen Turner Hall* The Book Festival at Collioure, 5, 6 & 7 September 2014, has adopted a new name “D’une mer à…
Restaurant Review Rebellion Restaurant review sites such as TripAdvisor are being criticised by french chefs and restaurant owners as being damaging, unfair, and often written with no real knowledge of the restaurant…
Saturday 2nd August And bam! It’s August! How did that happen then eh? Feel like I want to keep pedaling backwards to try and slow life down a little – but of course, I can’t and…
I am now an artist, living in Ceret and Bristol, but have a chequered past. I studied Archaeology and Anthropology at Cambridge originally, and wondered why it was that apes evolved into humans. I found…
Art in Saint Cyprien Village As avid historians and Dan Browne fans know, the Knights Templar had an enormous influence in the Languedoc Roussillon from the 12th Century until their fall from…
Horizons: Beyond walls and bridges By Ellen Turner Hall Just across the border in Colera, “Horizon” takes on new meaning: a gallery dedicated to contemporary art founded 20 years ago by Ralph Bernabei…
Brotherhoods, Black Puddings, Snails, and Sweet Red Wine by Basil Howitt Basil Howitt was amazed by the number of confréries or brotherhoods throughout France whose raison d’être is to worship food…
Planning Permission in the Pyrénées-Orientales If you are intending to extend, renovate, install a pool, build a garage…you may find the following information, supplied by Olivier of TPM, useful. Once you have…
Stroke Awareness Campaign by Denise At the beginning of November a campaign was launched in Perpignan Hospital highlighting the signs and symptoms of a stroke and what action needs to be taken. If in…