Back in the 1960s Lionel Bart’s musical Oliver! premiered in London’s West End, and in 1968 the film of that stage…
Factory Girls
“Would you like some complimentary tickets for a show I’m producing which is going to the Warwick Arts Centre in…
Every cloud has a silver lining!
(The Castillet, the only remaining tower, housing one of the main gates to the former walled city of Perpignan. This…
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…
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…
The Château de Jau
(Part of the vast expanse of vineyards at Jau, can be seen beyond the hedge) On the southern foothills of…
The Little Yellow Train
(Our train awaits) Up in the mountains of the Eastern Pyrenees about forty kilometres from where our house is on…
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…
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…
A special place in the Catalan hills
Over the years I have been to Collioure, that little gem of a town on the Côte Vermeille, many times,…
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