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Saturday, 3 October 2009

Africa's "New World" wines have three centuries of heritage

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Contrary to usual habit, there's no big holiday scheduled this October. Thus I continue with my retrospective reportage of my best trip...
Friday, 2 October 2009

Natural beauty makes Cape peninsula one of the world's lushest sites

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In a travel-light month, I'm continuing on with a retrospective look at one of my most amazing pre-blog holidays. Here's what we go...
Thursday, 1 October 2009

Can it be three years since Cape Town? The memories are still bright as the African sun

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Regular readers of this blog will think, now that it's October, reports from the annual Northwestern Girls' holiday must be on the h...
Wednesday, 30 September 2009

A hunk of burning love with a side of prawn dhansak: It's Asian Elvis night at Spices

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When a friend invited me to our local curry house for "Asian Elvis night", I accepted for two reasons. First, Spices in Datchet i...
Friday, 25 September 2009

London Open House weekend reveals hidden treasures

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Open House London is an architectural festival that, for one weekend in September, opens doors to properties normally off limits to the gene...
Tuesday, 15 September 2009

Carpe diem and bring on the foie gras: It's my birthday

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The most significant anniversary in my life is not my birthday, but the annual marking of the elimination of cancer from my body. That mile...
Thursday, 10 September 2009

Exotic Archipelago is London restaurant discovery of the year

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When you're confronted with ostrich, alligator, kangaroo and scorpion on the same menu, you're likely to react strongly. The squeam...
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