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PHOTO ESSAY: GOODBYE TO ALL THAT…

29/08/2012 By
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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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Filed Under: Opinions - Ours and Our Readers

HOTEL JOTTINGS

30/07/2012 By
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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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Filed Under: Food and Wine Writing, Opinions - Ours and Our Readers

JON SWALLOW–Suffolk Water Colours

16/07/2012 By
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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

29/06/2012 By
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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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MEMORABLE MEALS – The Nubian Desert

13/06/2012 By
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In 1982 my company was hired to plan a Land Rover Safari route through the Nubian Desert, up and across the Nile Valley to Khartoum, to plan an itinerary that would take seven days, starting at Aswan in upper Egypt, across Lake Nasser and then through Sudan. The plan was produced but sadly only a […]

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Filed Under: Mediterranean Musings, Memorable Meals

COMMENT – HAVE A NICE BESPOKE DAY – ENJOY !

15/05/2012 By
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  Fashionable Words and Phrases In a good eating place a few nights ago, where the chef knows his stuff – a little on the heavy side, perhaps , but worth the visit – and the young staff efficient and attentive, we were asked “Is your starter alright?”, “How are you Mains?”, “Is the dessert […]

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