Fire damage resulting from a chimney fire is one of the most common insurance claims in France.
If you’ve had the misfortune to accidentally step on a sea urchin (oursin), you will be very aware how painful it can be.
A ‘Proof of Accommodation’ document that your UK visitors could be asked to produce when entering France.
The ‘grégoires’ tradition is a weird and fascinating read!
On the Icehouse trail is an excerpt from Colin Duncan Taylor’s latest book, Menu from the Midi: A Gastronomic Journey through the South of France
Saint Valentine worried that soldiers would abuse their Christianity by indulging in the sin of extra marital nooky
Who were the Trabucayres?
House of the Rising Sun or Le Pénitencier, sung here in French by Johnny Hallyday
The ‘Truce of God’ (Treuga Dei) signed in Toulouges banned fighting on Sundays and major holy days!
Traditional Chinese Medicinal practitioners have long revered the bark, leaves and flowers and the tree was used by the ancient Mayans for trauma injuries and burns.