THT – très haute tension This 65 km line from Baixas, in the Pyrénées-Orientales, to Santa Llogaia near Figueras, is now finished. At a cost of €700 million, it will be officially opened…
“How do I watch thee, let me count the ways” An update on UK television in the Pyrénées-Orientales By Allan Wallis The satellites that broadcast British terrestrial channels (BBC, ITV etc.) have now all been…
Soul partners Boy meets girl in cool jazz club and, well, the rest is history…… . If you live anywhere around the Maureillas/Ceret/St Jean/Le Boulou triangle (okay, so it’s a triangle of four sides –…
Acquiring leaseback property has aroused a great deal of interest recently amongst British aspiring to real estate ownership in France.
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…