Don't believe everything you read

Having spent some years working for a local, weekly, newspaper and, during that time, sold advertising space to both business houses and to members of the publi...read more

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The best of the bunch.

I very seldom buy magazines, except that is for those dealing with computing - you could say that what I spend on those precludes me from allowing my budget to ...read more

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Content, Content, Content.

Before I rate a review, or an opinion, as I prefer to call it, I naturally read it for the information it may contain. I am a very strong believer in that old s...read more

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Smoking, a habit more than an addiction.

Smoking is a habit, it is a matter of opinion as to whether it is a bad habit. Cigarette smoking is not an addiction - that is my personal opinion. You may as w...read more

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Estepona - Truly an Andalucian Gem.

I have been visiting Spain for more years that I care to think about. Not that any of those visits were not pleasureable, not that I am weary of the number of y...read more

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Surfing in the MUD!!

I have been with Ntlworld for some time past and, when I first, ''joined up'' I thought that it was the best thing since sliced bread. Those who are of the youn...read more

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You must visit Valletta, twice.

My wife and I visited Valletta for the first time in May 2001. It has been said, about Malta itself, it seems by just about everyone, ''You either love it or ha...read more

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Siena, Italy's Jewel in the Crown.

I was lucky enough to be chosen, by the Colchester Town Council, to put together a Judo Team to represent the town at the Twin Town Games in the Magical City of...read more

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Cities of Culture, Gloucester is Great.

I've been to Gloucester, many times, I have friends who live there and usually my visits encompass a stay, over a weekend, catching up with the latest family ne...read more

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Lope along to Lovely Lincoln.

I have said that the city of Rochester, in beautiful Kent is one of the smallest cities in England and that, for that, I love it. Lincoln however is one of Engl...read more

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Blue Mountain Home.

Into my heart an air that kills From yon far country blows: What are those blue remembered hills, What spires, what farms are those? That is the land of lost co...read more

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Go to Snooty Ooty

Ooty (Ootacamund) in Tamil Nadu, is situated in the Nilgiri Hills, also known as the Blue Mountains is one of the most beautiful places on this planet. Nani Tal...read more

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Judo for everyone, eight to eighty.

Opinions usually begin with the origins of Judo as they do with other Martial Arts. This does not happen with any other sport or collections of sports that I kn...read more

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Language is Everything.

Language is everything - by this I mean that you are nowhere at all without it. If you want to be understood in your own country and even in your own area of th...read more

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Go to gorgeous Gozo.

Having visited most Mediterranean Islands I approached a visit to the Island of Gozo, with all the Hype I had read about its beauty, with the usual degree of sk...read more

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The Pope should go to Malta, again, soon.

''Why?'' You rightly ask, should the Pope go there again. Therein lies the tale of the, (slightly), hair raising, Min Bus excursion Driver, who told us, whilst ...read more

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