Book Club: What can you say when a bright and beautiful little girl loses the battle against that most treacherous of enemies – cancer? How do you find the words? ‘Alice et les Petits Guerriers’ is a sensitive and thought provoking book written by her Dad, Olivier, charting her struggle – and that of her family in Argelès – on this tragic journey.
In 1943, when the Gestapo came to Prades , Jean-Michel’s father was fighting with the Resistance and frequently absent.
Suzanne Dunaway LOVES to cook. Some might say she LIVES to cook. Having cooked, written and painted around the world, here she shares her PO-inspired recipes in this weekly blog.
The maquis was one of various forms of Resistance in France’s fight against the German Occupation and the Vichy regime during the Second World War.
During World War II the majority of RAF Evaders made their escape or passed through France on their way from Germany and Occupied countries, heading for the coasts in an attempt to return to England.
There are still lovely tomatoes in the markets in this part of the world. We are so lucky to live in the Pyrénées-Orientales!
How about a bit of cave magic for Christmas?
An update of local news in the Pyrenees-Orientales
Float away your stress! with Julie Boulanger My husband declined my invitation to try out the float pools at Silence – Centre de flottaison. “If I want to float in salt water, I’ll just go…
Du Bellay and his contemporaries, the Pléiade, frequently made use of diminutives (violettes, fleurettes, vermeillettes, oeillettes) to add charm to their poems.