Sauchiehall Street's Hidden Gem?

Advantages: Friendly clientele, notable lack of arseholes
Disadvantages: Easy to miss, grumpy looking barstaff

...- the beloved deep leather sofas, so deep you practically sank into them- had gone. No explanation was given, and the researchers have not returned since. Barstaff and Doormen There were no doormen working at the time of day the researchers visited, though they have been seen in action and are very efficient, and even friendly to those they have not allowed entry. The barstaff on the other hand seemed to be bored and notably displeased to see customers at the bar wanting served. One possible explanation is that the lack of daylight had affected a perhaps usually cheery demeanour. Music The music played in Brunswicks has varied from reggae to rap to folk. You won't hear any of the latest chart hits here! There is a jukebox though none of the researchers have ever seen it in use. It is speculated that it is there purely for decoration, or to...

bandcamp 26.04.2005 · Read review
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Review of Brunswick Cellars

Down In The Cellar

Advantages: Atmospheric, pleasant and good fellow customers
Disadvantages: You will always believe it is night, and it's maybe not for the claustrophobic.

...The Brunswick Cellars is pleasantly situated on the corner of Sauchiehall Street and Rose Street, the entrance being a faily obvious door, and is a smashing little pub. Once you creep down the steps and into the dark, moody and atmospheric bar you will instantly like it. A long bar and lots of seating makes room for plenty of eager drinkers. With practically only candles lighting the entire pub, it creates an almost medieval room with indie music playing from the ceiling. The prices are not too bad, with promotions available at certain times during the week. I believe there is a DJ on Friday and Saturday for your entertainment. Pop in for one or seven!...

Kozinski 07.12.2000 · Read review
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Review of Brunswick Cellars

You won't be bowled over by this...

Advantages: You can go bowling
Disadvantages: Terrible Controls Won't last very long at all

...When the Wii was first released, it came bundled with Wii Sports. Many people didn't expect much from this freebie, but it surprised many with the addictiveness it possessed. Some of its game modes such as boxing remain the best examples of their genre on the Wii to this day. Enter Brunswick Pro Bowling. To become more entertaining than Wii Sports bowling, taking into account the fact that Brunswick Pro Bowling is just about bowling alone, was always going to be a challenge. The question is, have Crave managed it? Graphics As soon as you start to play Brunswick Pro Bowling you will realise how bland and boring the graphics are. Obviously a bowling game doesn't need state of the art graphics, but the graphics here, including character animations, are truly awful. If you manage to survive until you get a spare or a strike, you may be...

27darren 22.06.2008 · Read review
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Review of Brunswick Pro Bowling (Wii)

Glasgow man in Glasgow hotel

Advantages: friendly service, considerably cheap, city centre
Disadvantages: tiny, not many facilities

...Now, you may be wondering why a person who stays in glasgow would need to require the use of a hotel in the Glasgow city centre, well i'll tell you. My girlfriend was stopping over for a long weekend and there wasn't any room in my house, so i had the task of booking a hotel that was not only cheap, but close to the city. I was going through the huge list and comparing prices....and most were outwith my budget. But later, i stumbled upon the Brunswick and called right away. I was amazed by the price. It was exactly what i was looking for in price. It wasn't really really cheap, but it didn't clean out my wallet. It came at £65/£80 per night. Difference is that if you want an ensuite shower then it's more expensive. To me that's silly but i wasn't bothered. I called them up the same night and made reservations. The lady who...

BlackBall 30.04.2004 · Read review
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Review of Brunswick Merchant

Goliath is a big hooking ball

Advantages: Hook potential, colour, price
Disadvantages: Discontinued

...The Brunswick BVP Goliath is part of their 'Value Performance' range of bowling balls together with BVP wizard, BVP Ambush, BVP rampage and the BVP punisher. The BVP is now a discontinued bowling ball replaced by the BVP Mammoth. The BVP range of bowling balls are supposed to give high end performance at value prices which they seem to do very well. The BVP Goliath has a high-load particle cover-stock (400 grit sanded) which up until the mammoth was the highest hook potential ball in Brunswick's history with a hook potential rating of 160. The two piece core of the goliath is a inverted bell core which gives a medium RG of 2.590. This gives a ball that hooks through the oil. The ball comes in a deep purple colour which is almost black which I think looks good. It isn't noticeably purple which is what I was after cause I'm not too...

il_cacciatore 31.12.2006 · Read review
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Review of Brunswick BVP Goliath Deep Purple Bowling Ball

Bowled over?

Advantages: Bowling for "free" in your own home
Disadvantages: Tricky, limited features, patience required

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jedimasterlincoln 03.10.2008 · Read review
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Review of Brunswick Pro Bowling (Wii)

If you have an eye for a bargain

Advantages: Cheap products
Disadvantages: poor customer care

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pussygalore 23.04.2001 (06.04.2001) · Read review
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Review of Brunswick (Shop)

dark and dingy but great

Advantages: mellow atmosphere, cheap, good music
Disadvantages:

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gsplat 08.08.2000 · Read review
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Review of Brunswick Cellars

The birth of the Victorian age

Advantages: Very readable, characters well brought to life
Disadvantages: Nothing really new revealed - though probably nothing new left to be discovered

...brings a slightly different approach to the tale from other writers by beginning with the disastrous wedding of Charlotte's parents, the fastidious, extravagant and selfish George, Prince of Wales and his loud-mouthed, evil-smelling, badly-dressed and extremely unfeminine cousin Caroline of Brunswick. They stayed together just long enough to produce the hapless Charlotte before separating, a process which culminated in her mother's undignified travels around the continent and his father's ill-fated attempt to divorce her. She then takes us through Charlotte's brief life and death in childbirth after producing a stillborn son, followed by the birth, childhood and accession of Victoria, culminating in her marriage to Albert and the birth of the first two of their children. A brief epilogue recounts the celebrations for her golden and diamond...

JOHNV 01.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of Becoming Queen - Kate Williams

Scandalous royal goings-on

Advantages: Interesting tale of the royal family in the 18th century
Disadvantages: None - as long as you are interested in the subject

...therefore left with only three of his siblings still alive. He was on bad terms with his rebellious brothers, and this only left him with his sister Augusta, Duchess of Brunswick. As she lived in Germany, he saw little of her, and she later inadvertently caused even more trouble for the ill-starred family. It was her daughter Caroline who would become the hopelessly unsuitable Princess of Wales, the wife of the Prince Regent, later King George IV - though that is another story entirely and beyond the scope of this book. Stella Tillyard tells the sad and complicated story well with a good deal of sympathy for this dysfunctional family. It says much for her writing that she is able to bring the characters to life so well. The whole cauldron of scandal and soap opera situation has been part of the royal family picture in succeeding ages...

JOHNV 03.12.2009 · Read review
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Review of A Royal Affair - S.K. Tillyard