PHOTO ESSAY: GOODBYE TO ALL THAT…

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  A sad farewell to some long-serving cameras. I transferred my allegiance from film to digital photography about six years ago and have never regretted it, because the pictures I was taking for newspaper and magazine reproduction were not going to be enlarged beyond, say, 15 x 20 cms at most, so super-quality in large […]

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REVIEW – PREZZO

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There are those who constantly search for the new and exciting – outlandish even – in their eating out. Others, in the majority I would say, like to have a good idea of what they can expect on the plate. And so our High Streets and shopping precincts are littered with familiar chains of food […]

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HOTEL JOTTINGS

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Hotels range from the sleaziest to sublimely luxurious.  Even among the hotel chains, no two are alike. We have experienced all sorts, from the grotty to the grand, in cause of work or play and enjoyed some memorable experiences, good and bad. These are just a few disconnected notes about places we’ve been – some […]

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JON SWALLOW–Suffolk Water Colours

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Jon Swallow is an architect by profession who likes water colour painting.   Now more or less retired from architecture – a successful career that has taken him from urban and rural England to the towering peaks of modernity in Dubai – his time is  now much occupied with his 600 gsm water colour paper, his […]

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AURELIO MONTES – Chile’s Master Wine Producer

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Picking up bottles of Chilean MONTES Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon at my local supermarket for £6.99 (normally £8.79) other day reminded me of many happy times in Cyprus tasting and enjoying Montes with the local cuisine. These are two of Montes staple range; classic interpretations of their grapes – a happy blend of Old and […]

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“There’s a Small Hotel”–1 The Castle Hotel, Lincoln

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SuffolkEater likes Lincoln, and the place to eat and stay is the Castle Hotel, he says. He talked to the owners, enjoyed the ambience, the comfort of the rooms and the food. Lincoln is a city of around 86,000 souls, dominated by its magnificent cathedral on an escarpment known as “Lincoln Cliff”,  above the commercial, […]

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