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Things that interest me, and things that I hope other people may find interesting; in fact a multi-coloured mixture of things, or as the title of my blog suggests, a rainbow miscellany.

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Month: September 2017

Some words of wisdom from a table mat

Eating in a restaurant is nearly always a pleasure. Sometimes it is better than others, because it is not just … More

Canet-en-Roussillon, France, Restaurants, Sayings, Table mats, Toilet walls, Wisdom

The 29th International Festival of Photojournalism – Visa pour l’Image

The Collapse of the Caliphate, Development and Pollution in China, The Spread of Islam in Cuba, Juveniles in Prison, Human … More

Africa, Berbers, Conflict, Europe, Exhibition, Festival, France, Perpignan, Photographs, Photojournalism, Visa pour l’Image, War

The Château de Jau

(Part of the vast expanse of vineyards at Jau, can be seen beyond the hedge) On the southern foothills of … More

Château de Jau, Corbières, France, Restaurants, Roussillon, Wine, Wine tasting

The Little Yellow Train

(Our train awaits) Up in the mountains of the Eastern Pyrenees about forty kilometres from where our house is on … More

Catalan, Font-Romeu, France, Little Yellow Train, Pyrenees, Railway, Solar furnace, Travel, Villefranche

The Circle of the close friend

Many times during the early 1950s, Pablo Picasso came to stay with friends in Perpignan. His hosts on those occasions … More

Art, Art Museum, Catalan culture, France, Friends, Hôtel de Lazerme, Hyacinthe Rigaud, Pablo Picasso, Perpignan, Spain

Perpignan’s Art Museum Hyacinthe Rigaud

(Louis XlV in his Coronation Robes, painted by Hyacinthe Rigaud in 1701) Every French schoolchild learning of the history of … More

Art, Art Museum, France, Hôtel de Lazerme, Hôtel de Mailly, Hyacinthe Rigaud, Louis XlV, Pablo Picasso, Perpignan
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