AND HERE IS THE NEWS…. a weekly update of the local news WITH CAROLINE HILL Violent incident outside bar – ‘Doormen’ at the Boca-Boca late bar in Perpignan called the police when a group of young…
AND HERE IS THE NEWS… …. a weekly update of local news in the Pyrenees-Orientales With Caroline Hill Neo-nazis in the P-O? Authorities were on the alert last weekend after several social-network websites intimated…
Slow track back to fitness No, don't head for the nearest gendarmerie. I said PILATES, not PIRATES! Summer is around the corner, and it's time to start that new diet and exercise routine, but for…
AND HERE IS THE NEWS…. a weekly update of the local news With Caroline Hill Horse rescued by Fireman – A heart-warming story to start the month with. A horse got trapped in…
Sunday 10th February 2013 – Lesquerde Foire de la truffe – Truffle festival For the seventeenth year running, Lesquerde hosts the Foire de la Truffe, which traditionally takes place on the second Sunday…
Boules, Baldies and Bermuda Shorts? Basil Howitt was enthralled by the eccentricities and fanaticism of pétanque players. Une partie de pétanque Une partie de pétanque A game of pétanque Ça fait plaisir Is so much…
2011 Gastronomic tour of the P-O Taking a lead from fellow restaurant reviewer, John Fairclough, John Frazer-Robinson selects a few of his local favourites…. St Cyprien The Ascoli The Ascoli at St Cyprien is…
by Marian Thornley I read a very interesting article in a UK newspaper recently, entitled “What your gut is telling you”. The article explained the growing recognition of the stomach as the “second brain” –…
SUNDAY 4TH MARCH Today has turned quite windy, ’tho dry and sunny but yesterday was yet another in a long line of beautiful days in the P-O and my last day of stuffing my face…
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…