Writing Feature Articles by Brendan Hennessey

Advantages: Very worthwhile book for any writer
Disadvantages: None

...The book Writing Feature Articles by Brendan Hennessey is a good very good basic guide to becoming a writer of feature articles. Writing feature articles is easy. You just sit and type until your eyes bleed! Well, at least, that's how it feels, sometimes. But Writing Feature Articles (a practical guide to methods and markets) can go a long way towards removing at least some of the pain form the process of writing feature articles. The book is broken down into 20 highly readable and eminently logical sections. Following a very sensible preface, in which Brendan Hennessey offers more sage wisdom and advice than are contained in the entirety of some other books pretending to offer advice on becoming a writer. Brendan Hennessey writes: "Too much advice given in books on writing, while appearing practical, is actually vague when...

Martinscholes 11.11.2005 · Read review
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House of Fraser Guildford

Advantages: Great presentation, nice staff
Disadvantages: A little expensive!

...House of Fraser, or Army and Navy as it was previously known, has bought business and people to Guildford for many years now. But why is it that people keep coming back? What is it about the House of Fraser experience that keeps luring them back to the store? My nearest House of Fraser has been shut for about nine months. But, after huge rennovation, it has now re-opened it's doors and it's stunning. It has marble floors, glass bannisters, chrome escalators... the list goes on - it's a nice modern building. Inside, there is a great collection of just about anything. There's clothing, homeware, electronics - all made by well-known and good quality makes. You can also find selections of toys, easter eggs, or other goodies depending on the time of year you visit. There is an extensive cosmetics department, with just about every...

danieletheridge 11.04.2001 · Read review
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Review of House of Fraser (Department Store)

House of Fraser - House of Hell

Advantages: Good coffee bar....
Disadvantages: Rude staff, over priced products, poor layout

...I went into the GlasgowHouse of Fraser this weekend after being given £100 worth of vouchers. I had been into the store on a couple of previous occassions but each time, I had the feeling that I wasn't good enough to shop there and that I didn't belong. When you start to worry that a bouncer won't admit you because you aren't wearing the right shoes or if your hair isn't combed just right, or god forbid your toddler isn't wearing clearly visible designer labels, you know it isn't going to be an enjoyable shopping experience. I decided to have a look for some shorts and t-shirt for my son since the sun was shining (Being Glasgow I hadn't anticipated the heat wave we had). I thought I had missed the Children's section as their was only a tiny corridor worth of clothing for children from 0-14 years. I saw a cute little t-shirt but...

ally2kc 12.06.2006 · Read review
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Brendan Fraser all wrapped up SIGH

Advantages: Fast moving story, lots of speciall effects, familiar characters, builds on the last movie and, of course, it has BRENDAN FRASER!
Disadvantages: The final Scorpion King animated sequence is appalling, aimed at the teen audience so lacks the horror and suspense of the original

...As a huge fan of the first film, The Mummy, and a massive fan of Brendan Fraser, I thought I had to check out this film. The media has done a fair job of hyping the movie, although nothing like the hype for the up and coming Pear Harbor, however no-one, unless they have spent the last couple of months on the moon, can have failed to have noticed that the Mummy was back in the cinemas. My first impressions are that this movie is not at all what I was expecting. Doesn't mean it was bad, just different. It is not a movie about Impotep, indeed in this movie, for me, he evoked somewhat of a little sympathy, being used by the other villians in the movie, but he still is a villian, however I can't help feeling he isn't quite so evil in this movie, not quite the same character. So who is the villian in this movie? There are...

angel316 27.05.2001 · Read review
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Review of Mummy 2, The - The Return

Thumbs Up for Fraser!!

Advantages: Everything! So much to see and do
Disadvantages: Dingos and sharks.

...Fraser Island is a beautiful island off Queenslands coast. If you're planning on driving you'll need a 4 wheel drive though as it is a sand island. You are able to camp behind the sand dunes for a small fee, and this is an experience that will be remembered. If this isn't your style, there are also various resorts and hotels offering different types of accommodation. There's lots of local wildlife to see, such as the dingos, which at times can be a little too friendly (make sure if you're camping you lock any food away, and bins or the dingos will help themselves). There are some great inland lakes and streams that run out to the ocean which simply must be see. They're also fantastic for a refreshing dip, and most are fresh water so they're good for a bath if you're roughing it. There are also scenic flights available which is a great...

Krystles 11.08.2008 · Read review
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Review of Fraser Island (Australia)

Fraser Island 4WD Bus Day Tour

Advantages: beautiful
Disadvantages: TOURISTY! Crowded

...Fraser Island is one of those "must do" things for backpackers when travelling the East Coast of Australia! It is the largest sand island in the world, home to wild dingos (wild dogs for those a little mystified!), can only be reached by boat from the mainland, has no sealed roads so is only attainable by 4WD vehicles and is covered in beautiful scenery. I went on a day tour from Hervey Bay which is where most tours will leave from. I got picked up from right outside my hoste although they were about 15minutes late and I thought I had been forgotten for a little while there! A number of tour operators run these 1 ady tours and I looked into them and honestly believe they are all much of a muchness, all around $120 (50 quid) per day, all spending the same amount of time on the island and all visiting the same attractions! We got...

Allyalcock 23.08.2005 · Read review
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The Life of Marie Antoinette by Antonia Fraser

Advantages: Well Written, A Great Story of the Life of Marie Antoinette
Disadvantages: Can be Quiet Complex in Places, Gets Confusing with the Politics and Names

..., masked balls and excessive expenditure on clothing. These later were to create her downfall and dislike by the French Court and the French people by the excessive rumors and scandals associated with her life. Fraser portrays the Queens ignorance and naivety to these as she surrounded herself in a fantasy world at Versailles. Once i started reading this book i could not put it down, and began further researching into the Life of the Queen. Fraser holds a compassionate and modern perspective of her life and produces excessive and concrete evidence that blows apart the scandals and rumors that created Marie's eventual downfall as Queen and acted as the catalyst of the French Revolution. Fraser demonstrates how the Queen was cast as the scapegoat of the country economic failings and was cast as a traitor to the people. This book does get...

becky_tredget 02.02.2007 · Read review
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Review of Marie Antoinette (film tie-in) - Antonia Fraser

'Jail' House of Fraser more like.

Advantages: Wide range of items
Disadvantages: Annoying Security Guards, visually off putting

...House of Fraser could be such a good department store but there is a number of annoying things about it, all of which I think could be sorted. I am referring to only one store, the Milton Keynes branch, as I have not yet visited others. The problems are that firstly and the most annoying is if you enter the store in a group of more than two and you are all youngish in age at least one security guard will follow you, quite obviously, around the store. It feels like being in jail and usually makes use leave straight away. I do not understand why this happens here yet at other department stores like John Lewis for example, everything is fine. I know that they both have CCTV in place. Does House of Fraser just not use theirs? A second problem is a lot of the staff seem to be up themselves as though they have landed a top job yet...

ncostall 19.08.2001 · Read review
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For an accessible journey through the ages?

Advantages: Highly researched, educated and competent writer and historian
Disadvantages: None

...Introducing Lady Antonia Fraser: Antonia Margaret Caroline Pakenham was the first child born to the 7th Earl of Pakenham (who later became Lord Longford) on August 27 1932 in Bayswater. With her privileged upbringing consisting of a hereditary title and convent school education she was always bound to achieve a thing or two in her life as were her writer siblings Thomas Pakenham and Rachel Billington. Antonia's Mother Elizabeth Harman (later known as Elizabeth Longford) was an acclaimed historical writer in her own right. Lady Antonia's title came in 1945 when her Father was sent to the House of Lords having been defeated for the Oxford Seat at parliament. Lady Antonia married MP Sir Hugh Fraser in 1956 and had six children with him: Benjamin, Damien, Rebecca, Orlando, Flora and Natasha before they divorced in 1977...

Lizamabug 09.03.2008 · Read review
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Review of Antonia Fraser

Family Trouble

Advantages: Concept
Disadvantages: Much too much irrelevant information

...Background: This was one of the books I selected to read on my holiday. I wanted an author whose work I would enjoy and something I could dip into as and when the opportunity arose. So when I saw this one in the library a few days before leaving, I knew I must take it with me and looked forward to reading it when the opportunity presented itself. About the author: Anthea Fraser was born in England in 1930. So far she has written 42 novels and shows no sign of stopping or reducing her creative talents. Her work specialises in the suspense mysteries, the paranormal and crime fiction. She also writes under a pseudonym Vanessa Graham. She also writes series of books of which the 16 have been in the Detective Chief Inspector David Webb series. She served as the secretary to the Crime Writers Association from 1986 to 1996...

CPTDANIELS 27.12.2009 · Read review
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Review of A Family Concern - Anthea Fraser