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By: The Editor | February 3, 2012 – 6:27 am | No Comment

Boutique hotel experts Mr & Mrs Smith have sifted through the schmaltz to find Valentine’s packages that will really set hearts aflutter (and won’t involve soggy petals clogging the plughole). Here are 10 hot properties that offer something a little bit different…

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A Taste of the Far East
By: Kaye | October 13, 2009 – 5:30 pm | No Comment
A Taste of the Far East

Celebrity chef Rick Stein has explored the culinary delights of Britain and France but for his latest TV ‘food odyssey’ the much loved cookery writer and chef travelled further afield – to the Far East.

On arrival in Asia, Stein steered clear of the beaten track and tourist hot-spots; instead he sampled from local chefs, family-run restaurants and street vendors and roamed through the markets of Phnom Penh and the kitchens of Kampot in search of recipes to spirit the rest of us to the Orient.

Ryanair and the BBC
By: Adrian | October 13, 2009 – 4:39 pm | No Comment
Ryanair and the BBC

Even before the programme Panorama was aired last night, both Ryanair and the BBC were jostling for the high ground. Ryanair claimed the programme was doing a hatchet job on them. The BBC said that Ryanair wanted editorial control over the programme content. The BBC, Ryanair said, that Ryanair’s CEO, Michael O’Leary wouldn’t give an interview although he talked to the presenter, Vivian White and dominated the short interview. In fact White look ruffled as O’Leary dominated the questions.