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Fred Herbert - The play’s the thing
Fred Herbert - The play’s the thing by Ellen Hall
In his big floppy “great writer’s hat” Fred Herbert has the scruffy, frenzied look of the mad, but irresistible drama teacher who somehow manages to get you to jump on stage and have a go.
Fred lives in a house (...) read more...
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A Year in the Merde
A year in the merde by Stephen Clarke - British journalist and writer working for a French press group in Paris
“There are lots of French people who are not at all hypocritical, inefficient, treacherous, intolerant, adulterous or incredibly sexy ... They just didn’t make it into (...) read more...
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Absolutely Jane Mann! Guide to the P-O
Absolutely Jane Mann!
By Ellen Hall
Whether you just hopped off the plane in Perpignan or have roamed the region for the last 30 years, Jane Mann’s latest book - Absolutely Almost All You need to know about the Pyrénées Orientales* - is a delightful travelling companion full of (...) read more...
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Jenny Grove: Redressing the Balance
Jenny Grove: Redressing the Balance by Ellen Hall
A delicate, oval-faced woman, Jenny does not look like a typical barrier-crashing militant. Nevertheless it was she who forced the Oxford Union to open its doors to women student debaters in 1961. Disguising themselves as men and tipping off (...) read more...
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James Hogan - Creativity triggered
James Hogan - Creativity triggered
With MM Brady
Having tired of words, the writer deliberately escapes to a place where he isn’t fluent in the language. Initially, he feels like a hermit going to the desert, but after the forty days he decides to stay. Then, through politesse and (...) read more...
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WHY SNOW FALLS AT VERNET - by Rudyard Kipling
WHY SNOW FALLS AT VERNET - A LEGEND OF ST. SATURNIA by RUDYARD KIPLING
Did you know that Rudyard Kipling wrote a short story during one of his stays in Vernet-les-Bains? ’Why does it snow in Vernet’ pokes fun at the English habit of talking about the weather.
16 MARCH 1911
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Jonathan Healey: Terroirist
Jonathan Healey: Terroirist by Ellen Hall
Did you have to read the subtitle a second time? I did when I found it on Jonathan Healey’s web page. Not to worry! If he is a fanatic, it is about wine. And vintage MG’s. And red Harleys. Also teaching and writing.
I met Jonathan in a (...) read more...
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THURSDAY’S SHOES by Mairi Craw
THURSDAY’S SHOES by Mairi Craw
The peep-toed shoes gazed at her from the confines of their cardboard box. They were the colour of raspberry sorbet with a three-inch wedge heel which was nipped in at the waist like an Edwardian corset. They were made of the softest suede with an (...) read more...
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Valerie Van Handenhove: Handcrafted books and frames
Valerie Van Handenhove: Handcrafted books and frames
by Ellen Hall
Valerie Van Handenhove’s workshop is saturated with history and a love for old objects. The bookbinder and picture framer occupies a barrel-ceilinged former wine celler nestled into the ancient garden wall of what was (...) read more...
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“Love and War in the Pyrenees” by Rosemary Bailey
“Love and War in the Pyrenees”
by Rosemary Bailey
“Love and War in the Pyrenees” by Rosemary Bailey is now available in paperback, the cover glowing with the colourful stripes so familiar to lovers of the Catalan fabric of St Laurent de Cerdans. It is a fantastic read, (...) read more...
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