A Day In The Life Of...

Advantages: Gentle story with lovely illustrations
Disadvantages: none

...***Background*** Emma Thomson is the creator of Felicity Wishes, which is being made into a magazine series advertised on the telly a lot at the moment. She is also the creator of this cute little bunny called Dandelion. This book tells all about a day in his life. Emma Thomson has created many lovely artworks of her books and these can be found in various online stores in the form of posters and prints. ***The Story*** Dandelion is a little rabbit who lives in Emma's garden. This book tells of his day and what he gets up to with his friends. It starts, "In a quiet corner of Emma's garden, by a trickling stream, lives a little rabbit called Dandelion. His burrow is a the base of an old chestnut tree." We find out that Dandelion is very small but he is the perfect size for his little burrow. When he gets up he washes his...

belfin 28.02.2007 · Read review
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Emma - the annoying matchmaker

Advantages: Great costumes and storyline.
Disadvantages: Is Emma meant to be annoying?

...Rating: U Run Time: 116 minutes Directed by Douglas Mcgrath and based on the novel by Jane Austen. Being a fan of the Bronte's and Jane Austen's books I thought I'd watch a adaption of Austen's book Emma, although I haven't read this movie it has made me want to read all the more! Emma is set in the countryside and it is the 1800s, Emma is a busybody who tries to pair up her friends with men, but it always ends in disaster. As she continues to make a mess of her friends love lives she slowly begins to fall for her widowed brother-in-law. Emma is played by Gwyneth Paltrow and it is wonderfully done, although I felt that Emma was a bit annoying. I also loved the costumes, they looked very authentic and beautiful. What I also thought was beautiful was the lovely scenery and houses. Considering Gwyneth Paltrow is American she...

Mistybrook 29.10.2008 · Read review
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Isabella's Toybox

Advantages: Beautiful story&illustrations.
Disadvantages: None!

...--About the book-- Isabella's Toybox is a childrens book aimed at children from anywhere between little toddlers up to school-age children. This story focuses on Isabella who loses the key to her toybox and this is just the beginning of the adventure as the toys come to life. Throughout the book you are brought into the book by the beautiful watercolours, illustrations and different flaps to lift up and find out the secrets to this toybox. Beautiful illustrations & alot of different colours and pictures to look at with alot going on in the book it makes a very interesting read for both the child and adult! Highly captivating read and a must for any childs bookcase! --Author-- Emma Thompson is a fine artist with nearly 10 years experience in illustration and has links to various places including M&S. Emma also works with White...

IndigoMoon89 14.12.2008 · Read review
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Thomson Gold Holiday - Atlantica Imperial, Kolymbia, Rhodes

Advantages: Fab hotel, Fab location in quiet, safe harbour
Disadvantages: Not 5 star, and not 'all inclusive'

...Anyone deciding to venture out to Rhodes has a lovely trip ahead of them - our hotel of choice, the Atlantica Imperial Hotel, was fantastic and the location was stunning. However, despite Thomson advertising their 'Gold' holidays as a 5 star 'all inclusive' option, my partner and I felt that our trip was, on many occasions, not at all '5 star' and more importantly, distinctly not 'all inclusive'. The holiday cost us over £2,000 for the week and yet despite treating ourselves to a luxury 'all inclusive' break, we found ourselves hounded with 'little extras' added on to our final bill: 1. Sunbeds we found finding a sunbed around the pool area impossible (unless you are prepared to get up at 6am every morning to reserve one), so spent most of our time on the beach - where sunbeds are not free! 6 euros per day for two sunbeds...

chloeofbagshot 11.09.2009 · Read review
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THOMSON... Super for Families

Advantages: Lots of Choice, lots to do
Disadvantages: Not many free child places.

...We decided that we wanted a summer holiday abroad this year and picked up a Thomson Brochure. Thomson are a well known holiday operator and have been operating for as long as I can remember. Since they opened a Lunn Poly near us we have been picking up their brochures instead of the usual JMC ones. Thomson offer a variety of holidays such as Superfamily, Gold, Platinum, summer sun, a la carte, small and friendly, faraway shores, Greece, turkey, cruise, alfresco, Florida, freestyle, weddings in paradise, beach club. The Superfamily one interested me as it was all geared at a family holiday. They choose so many hotels with families being in mind and often these hotels or apartments are where families only can go or for couples only. They also own Skytours so when you get to your destination you will find the Thomson staff grouped...

Groovee 14.07.2004 · Read review
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Thomson Destiny - Tropical Transatlantic

Advantages: Price, All inclusive Option, transatlantic crossing
Disadvantages: lower level engine noise, tired cabins - could do with a refit

...Thomson Destiny -Tropical Transatlantic Dec 2008 We booked this cruise in October 2007 and obtained an all inclusive deal as our last cruise cost us an extra £600 pound, mainly in drinks costs! We had previously cruised with Thompson last year on the Celebration and think that I actually prefer the layout of the smaller sister ship for a number of reasons, which I will probably touch on later in the review. The early flight from Manchester to Lisbon was on time and uneventful but on arrival at Lisbon I could only describe organised chaos. In all 5 flights had arrived from the UK with cruise passengers and all landed within a very short space of time and due to a malfunction of the baggage handling system, all the luggage arrived for all the planes at the same time, which had a knock on effect on the rest of the usual embarkation...

seamaster30 05.01.2009 · Read review
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Thomson Long Haul

Advantages: in flight entertainment, reasonable price
Disadvantages: not great service, delays, comfort

...Having read other reviews of Thomson flights and spoken to friends who have also flown with Thomson I must say I was quite skeptical about booking with this company. I was partricularly concerned as it is a ten hour flight to Cancun and if the service and facilities weren't up to scratch it would be a nightmare. I will start with the good points, which I have to admit, are fewer than the bad points. The in flight entertainment was certainly up to scratch with a good selection of films, television shows and games all contained within the seat back on a touch screen monitor. The entertainment package could also be upgraded for a small fee of five pounds! Whilst I wouldn't say the food was a particular strong point, it was definitely passable, however, I am surprised Aldo Zilli has put his name to it. I found leg room adequate. Now...

chriswilcox1980 01.09.2008 · Read review
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ground control to major thom-son

Advantages: nice plane, good food, friendly staff
Disadvantages: cramped seats and legroom, but then it is a plane!

...It is only yesterday that I flew from Alicante to Manchester with Thomson Fly. This was my first time with them since they have changed from britannia, and I have to say I was impressed. We never buy package holidays, and flew out to Spain with monarch, so this was only a one way flight. I have to say that all in all I was quite impressed... THE PLANE... Our plane was a boeing 767-300, which I had been on once before when I flew from palma to manchester with britannia, so I knew how big they were. The seats were of a 2-4-2 formation, which I am fine with so long as I am not sat in and of the middle two seats as I like an isle or window. The plane was the largest in their fleet though they do have others, all boeings. Personally I have problems with my ears when landing on planes, however these problems seem much lesser when I am...

DC-DanielColeflax 29.08.2007 · Read review
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Make a match for yourself with Emma

Advantages: One of the funniest novels I've ever read, superb social observations, excellent writing
Disadvantages: Funny looks from strangers on the train...

...I picked up Emma more because I knew I should try Jane Austen as a fan of literature rather than a burning desire to read it. I wasn't expecting much; I knew Jane Austen is an extremely highly regarded writer, but I wasn't expecting more than an arbitrary romance with flowery prose. I was pleasantly surprised. Emma is a young woman growing up in the rural early nineteenth century as the younger daughter of an aging wealthy father. We meet her as she struggles to cope with her governess leaving her to get married, leaving her alone with her father. She is catapulted into adulthood and has to deal with the responsibilities of this and her standing in the small village community, which includes taking care of the impoverished Mrs and Miss Bates. She would've been perfectly happy to remain a child, looking after her father (Mr...

DoubleFantasy11 15.05.2006 · Read review
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Flying with Thomson - Birmingham - Cancun

Advantages: None whatsoever
Disadvantages: several, as detailed.

...on the return flight (11 bites in all). The so called extra legroom is a joke, some two inches with seats so narrow they hurt. Thomson, you do not deserve patronising. I and many many others on that particular flight (B'ham - Cancun) will never fly with you again. Your planes are a disgrace to the airline industry, as are your staff. If you think that this review is untrue, or unfair then sue me. I would look forward to my day in court with you. I have the e-mail addresses of many others on the flight....

Watsondog 02.01.2008 · Read review
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