Fancy eating lunch on a soggy park bench under dark leaden skies in late winter? No, me neither. But for those lucky enough to be getting away for a spot of skiing, eating al fresco can be pure bliss. The scenery is breathtaking and the air impossibly clear with just a hint of the scent […]
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Il Paradiso is one of the largest paintings on canvas in the world. Painted by the Venetian master Tintoretto it dominates the main hall of the Doge’s Palace in Venice where it has hung since its completion in 1594. Its theme is the Final Judgement and depicts over 500 figures across its enormous 22.6 metre […]
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For most of us, the holidays are over. Come rain or shine we’ve hit the road and explored the highways and byways of our beautiful countryside like we’ve never done before. The more intrepid have braved flights to foreign lands suffering the anguished 11th hour “will we”, “won’t we go”, verdicts determined by the travel […]
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Watch any professional tea taster, or wine taster at work and the amount of slurping and gurgling would put a toddler to shame. You can imagine the fearsome scolding from a parent as a toddler polishes off their juice with a lip-smacking relish sucking up as much air as they do liquid. These terrible table […]
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Honestly, who really cares about your logo? And I wonder if anyone asked the Royal British Legion before they splashed out close to £100,000 on their new logo and endured an alarming flurry of brickbats last week for their troubles. I bet they wished they’d never bothered. Sure, we all want to show it off […]
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