FRENCH POEMS TO ENJOY – 6 Midsummer is now upon us with days of oppressive heat and cloudless skies. For more Northern people, it can be hard to take and we often end up panting in…
Police please me, oh yeah…… A 2014 ‘code de déontologie’ (code of ethics) for the police directs them to show more respect for both public and suspected criminals by using ‘vous’ rather than…
Transition Energétique and Tax Refunds. As part of the government’s strategy to reduce reliance on fossil and cut CO2 emissions the Crédit Impôt system has been simplified and streamlined. Basically any work that…
The license allows you to motor on the sea up to 6 nautical miles (11 km) from a place of shelter (‘abris’) and on inland lakes; so is fine for taking a trip along the Catalan coast.
Biotechnology-based Fantasy Novels. Night of the Fête and The Pevi’s Riposte by V S Rose – www.vsrose.co.uk I launched the first novel in The Pevi Discovery Experience in 2013. Called Night of…
The End of the Old Paper Driving Licence As the paper part of the good old British driving licence reaches its sell by date, car hire in both France and Britain could prove…
The ”Norwegian” baker of Port Vendres By M. Michael Brady The bakery near the Port Vendres mairie (town hall) outwardly seems much like similar Artisan Boulanger establishments elsewhere in France. But once…
Jimi Hendrix Lives On in Passa Patrick Bellegarde, mayor de Passa, near Thuir, and big Jimi Hendrix fan, is naming one of the streets of a new housing estate ‘avenue Jimi Hendrix’ –…
Le département of the Pyrénées-Orientales is now divided into 17 cantons (administrative districts). Canton 1 (Les Aspres) Banyuls-dels-Aspres, Brouilla, Caixas, Calmeilles, Camélas, Castelnou, Fourques, Llauro, Llupia, Montauriol, Oms, Passa, Pollestres, Ponteilla, Saint-Jean-Lasseille,…
UPDATE The Museum of Modern Art in Ceret has been chosen by the Miró estate as the home for one of his famous sculptures, a head sculpted in 1974 , a tribute to…