Event: Clare Bowditch @ Artbar, Perth 05/08/10

Monday, August 9th, 2010

Bowditch charmed her way into our hearts with humorous stories of embarrassment, past loves and a little bit of tea pot music.

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Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

Last night, as I shuffled down St Martins Lane on my way to dinner, I couldn’t help casting a glance towards Cantina Laredo. Everything looked the same as my previous visit – the phalanx of superfluous staff huddled around the entrance, the hotel buffet décor, the tourist clientele.

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MENNONITE IN A LITTLE BLACK DRESS: A Memoir of Going Home

Friday, July 9th, 2010

Not long after Rhoda Janzen turned forty, her world turned upside down. It was bad enough that her husband of 15 years left her for Bob, a guy he met on Gay.com, but that same week a car accident left her injured.

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Field and Fork, Pallant House Gallery, 90 North Pallant, Chichester, West Sussex

Friday, July 2nd, 2010

You can’t guarantee that art galleries and museums will boast wonderful eating facilities. In 1988, the Saatchi brothers wrote an ad campaign describing London’s Victoria & Albert Museum as “an ace caff with quite a nice museum attached” but few people were impressed with either the slogan or the food. Maybe, after two hours of inspecting Last Suppers, still-life dead pheasants and fruit …

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Field and Fork, Pallant House Gallery, 90 North Pallant, Chichester, West Sussex

Thermaltake Level 10 Review

Friday, June 25th, 2010

Choosing a case has become a personal experience. No longer do you look at the case as just a beige box to house a utilitarian computer.

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Holland America Line’s Nieuw Amsterdam to Feature Multiple Dining Options, Diverse Cuisine

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

The newest Holland America Line Signature-Class ship, the ms Nieuw Amsterdam, will debut July 4, 2010, with exceptional dining options featuring a selection of diverse, innovative restaurants serving international cuisine.

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48 hours in: Palma

Monday, June 7th, 2010

New flights make Mallorcas capital even easier to reach from the UK. Imogen Haddon samples the port citys fine food, architecture and art

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Big and beautiful

Saturday, June 5th, 2010

Two private collectors and their daughter have put together a mammoth book that profiles and pays tribute to local contemporary artists.

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City Slicker: Bogota

Saturday, May 15th, 2010

Why visit Colombia’s capital is buzzing right now because presidential elections are taking place on 30 May. Plus considerable new development is redefining the city. Indeed, Bogota is fast shaking off its crime-ridden image and becoming one of the most forward-thinking and prosperous cities in Latin America.

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Tony Adams, a mysterious tycoon and their grand plan for small-town Azerbaijan

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

The lanky figure dressed in a grey suit and white shirt is unmistakeably Tony Adams. So it’s not all a hoax. From Baku, Azerbaijan’s capital on the shores of the Caspian Sea, it takes over three hours of driving, often on bumpy and potholed roads, to get to Gabala, passing impoverished villages where the men sit outside and drink tea and the women sell pickled vegetables at the side of the road …

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