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The Chapel Market Kitchen in London N1 is pretty adjacent to the Angel Islington, famous as a light-blue stop on the Monopoly board. Chapel Market its...
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There was a neat piece in the latest issue of Private Eye, out last week. There frequently is, of course. This one opened up thus: “A bombshell ...
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After being hotly tipped to win a lot of awards at the Golden Globes last evening, events in California proved to be something of an anti-climax for A...
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My wife and I do not have a dog. One of our sons and his girlfriend do, an adorable pomsky, a cross-breed involving a pomeranian and a husky. She stay...
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One is regularly reading about how tough it is for restaurants in the present financial climate, what with increased costs for the proprietors and the...
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