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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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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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Jane Mann: Three on the Table
Jane Mann: Three on the Table by Ellen Hall
Between writing the must-have “A Day Out” for P.O. Life (of which she is co-editor), guide books and novels and being “a seaside landlady”, Jane Mann is always on the go. Her other interests include photography, (...) 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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“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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D-L Nelson: Devotion to the Written Word
D-L Nelson: Devotion to the Written Word By Ellen Hall
I talked to D-L Nelson in a café in Argelès. She was in her regular seat facing the door, red hair and wide-rimmed glasses over an impish smile. Her welcome rings with the flat “a”’s of her native Boston.
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Donald Smith: The notion of nation
Donald Smith: The notion of nation
by Ellen Hall
Donald Smith breezed into a cafe in Collioure bearing a computer, a briefcase (containing Catalan homework) and a poster for the fires of Saint Jean. His “Orgullós de ser Català” (Proud to be Catalan) T-shirt was only partially (...) read more...
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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 (...) read more...
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James Postlethwaite:Gentle Warrior for the Good Life
James Postlethwaite:Gentle Warrior for the Good Life by Ellen Hall
James Postlethwaite is tall and lanky with the grin of a naughty choirboy. Originally from Cheshire, he has lived in Sorede with his wife and two sons for the last year and a half.
Experience at a large London accounting (...) read more...
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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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