UPDATE – June 2014 If you are arriving late on a Saturday evening, you will be happy to hear that the Sunday shopping laws have this month been changed, and food shops, both…
New Generation of Speed Cameras in France Watch out for a whole range of new speed cameras launched in France for the summer season. Not only will you find (or not…
UN FRANÇAIS The cast and crew of the next feature film by producer Diastème, Un Français, currently being filmed in Paris, will be here in the P-O for three days, filming on the beaches…
WW1 Perpignanais remains discovered A 27 year old from Perpignan is the only one to have been identified amongst the remains of 5 soldiers from WW1, who have lain in the ground…
Guide to French Wine For people coming from the UK, French wines can pose a bit of a conundrum. Many British wine drinkers are used to New World Wines which name the grape variety on…
Fixed speed cameras are on the decline, believed to be less efficient than mobile ones (radars mobiles de nouvelle génération) which are on the increase, as France makes plans to double mobile speed traps…
AND HERE IS THE NEWS…. a weekly update of the local news WITH CAROLINE HILL Man killed by train at Banyuls-sur-Mer – Police are still trying to discover the identity of a man who…
Dinosaurs in Catalonia by Simon Newman Imagine a land of steaming swamps, belching bogs and forests full of ferocious F………. With that cheesy alliteration read in a gravely Hollywood baritone it could easily…
UPDATE: This strike has since been cancelled. More info Strike over the right to strike! Nobody does it as well as the French! Keep an eye on your flight booking dates for…
Instructions for Visitors : Life and Love in a French Town by Helen Stevenson Reviewed by Polly Cannie It can only be conjecture, of course, but I defy anyone to sit outside…