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Ultimate will power

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Today, Europe is fast changing, polarised world dominated by Chinese- American rivalry.  European Union despite its initial successes after the fall of the Berlin Wall, have failed to implement a strategy for success in the twenty-first century. Britain’s exit from the EU has weakened both sides and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has thrown these shortcomings into sharp relief.  How should states across the continent position themselves in the decades to come? David Marsh investigates Europe’s present crisis, from a march of populism, Franco-German malaise and the breakdown of relations with Putin’s Russia. Fault lines are emerging in the monetary union, while the … Continue reading Ultimate will power

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Recipe for success of culinary hotspots

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In 1990, Great Britain was mocked for its bland food and over-boiled vegetable but by 2000 all that has changed, as the country was on its way to being one of the world’s most exciting culinary hotspots. From White Heat to Wagamama, Blood, Sweat and Asparagus Spears,  is the inside story of the explosive decade that eating out in Britain forever. Former Good Food Guide editor Andrew Turvil’s in-depth delving into our world of food, hospitality, tasting Marco Pierre White’s three Michelin starred food, clocking Jamie Oliver’s first TV take, Sally Clarke, chef and restaurateur, and fielding volcanic phone calls from … Continue reading Recipe for success of culinary hotspots

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Episodic and digressive bitter history

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BBC journalist and film maker, Nick Thorpe makes an evocative voyage through the Carpathian mountain range of Poland, Slovakia, Romania, and Ukraine, in a “dark ring” or “magnificent horseshoe” some 1500km long, with its threatened landscape, people, history and talks woodland management in the ancient forests of northern Romania, with an expert nicknamed Ion Barbu; “Beardy John” A landscape of great spruce and beech forests, grass meadows, and ancient villages, it’s people contend daily with the elements- as well as Europe’s last large carnivores. But this fragile ecosystem is now under threat, from climate change and illegal logging. The Silvi-culturist … Continue reading Episodic and digressive bitter history

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Concept of leisure fraught with class tension

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The Bookshop is a history of British Institution in crisis with rich historical vignettes and surprising wares.As spaces where local life and culture unfolds, our high streets can be playgrounds of personal indulgence and community spirit or sites of contentious debate and politicking. Peeping through the windows of tailors, tearooms and grocers, we explore everything from the toyshops of yesteryears where curiosities were sold for adults not children to the birth of brands we shop at today. Three-Hundred- years of shopping which takes in sex, snobbery, and moral panics. Josiah Wedgwood has a vision for china, and even better to … Continue reading Concept of leisure fraught with class tension

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Czech billionaire buys Royal Mail for £3.6billion

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Royal Mail’s owner has agreed to a £3.6billion  takeover bid by Czech tycoon Daniel Křetínský, another British organisation under foreign ownership. Parent firm international Distribution Services (IDS) said its board of directors had approved  the billionaire’s offer which was received earlier this month.  The deal values the business at £5.3billion including debt and Daniel Křetínský, EP Group must guarantee a series of contractual commitments and intentions to protect Royal Mail’s public service duties such as its one-price-goes-anywhere  first-class post six days week. The 48-year-old Czech Sphinx already owns  27 per cent share in IDS and also owns parts of West Ham United FC and Sainsbury’s. … Continue reading Czech billionaire buys Royal Mail for £3.6billion

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The Resident: Front of House team really do go above and beyond to help

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Trip Advisor, the world’s largest travel guidance platform have been helping people navigate the  best hotel  from Scotland to Cornwall and location, location, is not necessarily the mantra for the best Hotel as a dull London Hotel has been voted the “best Hotel in Britain” without a restaurant, gym, or spa. Hotel preference is a matter of personal taste if Resident, Covent Garden, is the UK’s Best Hotel, Toulson Court in Scarborough is the UK’s best B&B, Brazil’s French-inspired Hotel Collins de France in Gramdao the best hotel in the world according to winners of Trip Advisor’s Annual Traveller’s Choice. … Continue reading The Resident: Front of House team really do go above and beyond to help

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How a group of young captains felled a globe-spanning empire

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Alex Fernandes gives an evocative account of the events leading to the fall of Portugal’s madcap democratic coup in its 50th Anniversary in The Carnal Revolution. On 25 April 1974, Lisbon, over the course of a single day, Europe’s oldest fascist regime falls.  When the Galeto snack bar in Lisbon opened in 1966 it became an institution for Lisboans, as it offered sandwiches rather than bacalhau as customers sat along the counter rather than fussy small tables. On 24, April 1974, at five minutes to eleven, a Lisbon radio station broadcasts Portugal’s Eurovision entry. By 6:20pm the next day, Europe’s … Continue reading How a group of young captains felled a globe-spanning empire

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City of London: Built for Business

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London’s Zenith was the era of Georgian town squares, during 1700-1800, an imperial city which finds itself at the centre of world’s trade, empire, finance and manufacture. Andrew Saint, an architectural historian, conveys the excitement, diversity and richness of London at a time when the city was at the height of its power, uniqueness and attraction. Balancing the social, topographical and the visible aspects of the great city, Andrew Saint uses buildings, architecture, literature and arty as a way into understanding social and historical phenomena. He also focuses volumes on poverty of Victorian London, he provides a broader picture of … Continue reading City of London: Built for Business

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Exclusive Camden

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Secret Escape Pictures R Nair Get dazzled by Camden Lock, the 1902’s tube station Staples Mrket with diverse traders and hawkers. Camden Town station, which opened in 1902, was used as an interchange by Charing Cross, Euston, and Hampstead railway the forerunner of today’s Northern Line tube, serving as the point where customers going north could transfer between services. Now more than 20 million journeys start or end at Camden Town Station. One branch went to Highgate the current Archway station and one branch went to Hampstead. The station was designed by architect Leslie Green and features the oxblood terracotta … Continue reading Exclusive Camden