By Ellen Turner Hall The current exhibition of works by Viera da Silva in Ceret’s museum of modern art is distinguished by a complexity of composition. From random lines which resolve into squares to squares…
Restaurant reviews – Autumn 2015 (A look back at last year’s reviews, all still open autumn 2016 but assume some price changes!) With Kate and Mates I am no gourmet ’foodie’, but I know what…
WHAT’S ON FEBRUARY 2016 WHEN & WHERE? WHAT? Throughout January & February Truffle Festivals Throughout February St Cyprien Exhibition – Tapis et Tapisseries Throughout February Collioure Art Exhibition Sunday 31st Jan – Tuesday 2nd Feb…
by Caroline Hill Judging by the amount of cars parked on pavements, across zebra crossings and on yellow lines it seems that nobody likes to pay to park – but the risk of finding a…
Hello Everyone Our AGM on January 20th was very well-attended. Penny Parkinson ended her 2015 report with a recent quote, posted on the CSF Forum in December, which perhaps sums up our main raison d’être:…
Evelyne de Wangen is a very talented lady. She is an artist, potter, interior designer landscape gardener, builder, plumber, electrician, cute cushion creator, chic clothing designer, jewellery and furniture maker and restorer….in fact she is…
By Ellen Turner Hall
Look out for Laurent, Hilde and the saffron stall on….. – 29th November – foire au gras de Cabestany – 6th December – marché de noel de Serralongue – 12th December – marché…
Hello Everyone and a Happy New Year to you!
January is often a month of good intentions – New Year’s Resolutions and all that
This is the second instalment of the history of our farmhouse home in the hills above Ceret.
I was very lucky to meet Jaume Bertran. My french teacher also works as a carer. When she arrived to give me my french lesson recently she remarked that she had a new client and that he had told her that he knew Mas Pallagourdi very well. When she pressed him for more details he told her that he had lived at our house as a child. It was this, in fact, that spurred me on to discover more about the history of our house, and I asked her to set up a meeting.