The Avions war memorial at Port Vendres quotes the now legendary tribute from Winston Churchill to the heroic pilots and aircrews who, from June to October 1940 fought the Battle of Britain.
Aristotle said ‘One swallow does not a summer make’, but when these harbingers of spring and summer promise arrive in the P-O we know for sure that winter is over.
The Painted Frog (Discoglossus pictus scovazzi) is a very local variety, originally introduced to this area from Morocco.
Have you ever wondered what the D in D-Day stands for?
Built in 1976 from stones and rubble excavated from the building of the motorway, the pyramid overlooking the A9 at the old French/Spanish border point is a purely decorative sculpture created by Catalan architect Ricardo Bofill
Did you hear about the incident between the Franciscan friar Bernard Delicieux and Prince Ferran, third son of Jaume II King of Majorca?
Have you ever wondered why some beaches have random-looking old walls built on them?
An update of local news in the Pyrenees-Orientales
Lesley McLaren takes a quizzical look back over past articles – with a few extra questions thrown in for good measure!
The Cathar religion flourished greatly in Southern France during the 12th and 13th centuries.