When we were children, dozing off in church was a no-no. Even the grownups grown-ups were obliged to sit up straight, face front, and keep an alert visage no matter how dull soporific the sermon. What a treat, then, to discover four former New ...
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ROY ROGERS, the “singing cowboy”, and his horse Trigger - who appeared on the balcony to cheers - once stayed at the Adelphi. So did Winston Churchill and Harold Wilson. So did Charles Dickens, a regular visitor, who described his dinner of ...
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A five-bed guest house holiday scheme near Holt has been refused by planners because of fears it will spoil the local countryside. But councillors making the decision heard that while the modest plan breached policy, a large five-star spa hotel could ...
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Christopher Rodrigues, chairman of VisitBritain since January 2007 Shoddy service and high prices are putting foreign visitors off visiting the UK, which is threatening thousands of jobs during the recession, the Government's tourism boss says today ...
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BRATTLEBORO -- As 2008 is put to bed and 2009 ushered in, many people are thinking about their New Year's resolutions. While many of these often-unkept promises revolve around enjoying life more, spending more time with family or quitting smoking ...
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Chef John is all you say and then some.. having shared the kitchen with him for the last 2 1/2 years, and guesting on his show.. He'll be the 1st to admit he's a salesman 1st, an actor 2nd, portraying as a Chef 3rd! He's hilarious, self deprecating ...
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Hospitals work to heal people, so it would seem to make sense that providing fresh, nutritious food would be part of the job. It wasn't always so. Institutional fare (recall the aged fruit salad drowning in syrup?) was once the norm. But in the ...
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