by Marion Thornley At our monthly Mantra and Meditation meeting on Tuesday afternoon, after chanting the traditional Salute to the Sun, and before starting our meditation, we chatted about the reasons why people learn Vedic…
Friday 3rd February Aie! Ca caille, ça pèle…. It is decidedly chilly at the moment – well into the minuses I am told, although here in my toasty office, I can’t feel a thing. It’s dry and…
Darling, we’re The Young Ones! by John Frazer-Robinson In this first of a two part article, John Frazer-Robinson catches up with some of the younger expats in the PO and finds that even though they…
The oldest swinger in town! Marcelle Narbonne died on 1st January 2012, aged 113 years 282 days, the 8th oldest listed person in the world, and the 8th oldest French person ever. Following the…
Friday 13th – Saturday 14th January 2012 La Baie d’Alger from the book by Louis Gardel Part of the ‘Festival Maghreb si loin, si proche’Cinéma Jean Jaurès, Argelès-sur-Mer and Jean Vigo, Perpignan …
with Marion Thornley With the start of a new year, I always try to formulate a few resolutions to try something new in the coming year. This year I spent some time simply mulling over…
Les Chants de Mandrin. Filmed in the Hérault (Lac du Salagou, Vallée de la Buège, Le Caylar) the Aude, near Narbonne. CLICK HERE FOR TRAILER Synopsis: After the execution of Louis Mandrin, famous out-law…
Local news from our forum….. The Figaro reports on an eventually successful claim against Font Romeu by a woman rendered paraplegic in a skiing accident. Other ski stations must be thinking long and…
Ryanair Prices Rises Ryanair prices are expected to rise by up to 150 per cent in 2012, with the price of checking in a bag without pre booking going up to as much…
You may have seen on the television news yesterday, that a soldier, Tom Jennings, who was with the SBS, and his RAF companion, were blown up in Afganistan three days before Christmas, both were killed.…