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…
MUMBLES IN THE MOUNTAINS: Life in Les Angles With Jenny Rhodes A summer slowly slips by and September doesn’t all that far away I feel that the years are getting shorter, or is…
Free motorway travel in Perpignan – with a catch! Did you know that you can travel free on the A9 between ‘péages’ Perpignan Sud and Perpignan Nord if you live in the *Perpignan…
Bomb scare at Perpignan airport A bomb threat closed down Perpignan airport on Thursday 7th August. Passengers were evacuated when a suspicious suitcase was pointed out at the foot of the tower, near gas…
Timeless Collioure By Ellen Turner Hall Time does not stand still, but fast forwards and backwards in our minds. A taste, a smell or an image can reset memory to another time…
A new beach club in Barcarès House of Cans (maison de canettes) – the first in France NOW OPENSpecial Plat Mexicain (12€50) and Concert on 12th August. Looking for quirky? A…
Air France Strike – Saturday 2 August Be prepared for disruption if you’re travelling with Air France, and beware a knock on effect if you are travelling by air at all this Saturday,…
“The use of Catalan is repugnant and is contrary to the honour of the French nation.” (decree of Louis XIV, April 2, 1700) “Be clean, wash your hands, speak in French.”