Just when we think that summer is on its way!
New app with chat function to contact a gendarme or a police officer directly.
Céret composer Déodat de Séverac was born in Saint-Félix-Lauragais, not far from Toulouse, in 1872 and moved to Céret in the Pyrenees-Orientales.
Until the French Revolution, Madame, (my Lady, equivalent to Monsieur, my Lord) was mainly used to address the bourgeoisie, whilst Mademoiselle, (my Damsel) was the form of address used for both younger and older ‘common’ ladies.
And now for something completely different!
Sanctuary – retreating to Argelès to wind down from his high pressure job as a Scenes of Crime Officer with Scotland Yard, P-O Life reader, Larry Henderson, gives us an insight in to his exciting life
Birth of a Baby ‘Panthère de l’Amour
The ’11th choc’, is an elite parachute unit roughly equivalent to the British Special Air Service (SAS).
FranceInfo has put together an interactive map, classifying our drinking water into 3 categories after worrying reports from readers about ‘la qualité de l’eau potable’ chez eux’
Did you know that church bells ring out everyday throughout France – apart from Maundy Thursday, the day before Good Friday?