Home from Holmes. Highly Recommended.

Advantages: Opulent. Friendly. Clean, luxurious home from home
Disadvantages: No in-room tea / coffee making facilities; expensive room service

...I have just returned from a most enjoyable stay at the Langham Hilton. One of the flagship hotels of the European branch of the Hilton group, I had read several reviews of this hotel and - these being fairly negative - entered the portals with my eyes wide open. I was expecting poor, arrogant service. Wrong - the service was helpful, friendly and efficient. I was expecting tiny rooms. Wrong, again! Read on! So - Why visit the Langham? There are several answers. Firstly, it benefits from a truly great location, conveniently located close to Oxford Street and Regent Street in London; it's extremely central. Secondly, it's a simply magnificent hotel which treats one like a real guest - and that is incredibly important to me; I've read some very poor reviews of this place and now - having actually stayed there in late 2002 - I see no...

andymcf 02.12.2002 (10.12.2002) · Read review
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Review of Langham Hotel, London

What a delight!

Advantages: Location - near to Oxford Circus, Picadilly
Disadvantages: none

...and happy to help. They are at present doing a lot of building work to the Langham, when we visited the main entrance was not in use and we had to use the entrance normally for the health spa, however this didnt spoil our visit as we werent disturbed by workmen at all. I cant wait to go back to the Langham....

cass30 14.08.2008 · Read review
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The real meaning of chocolate

Advantages: You may learn things you never knew before.
Disadvantages: Don't eat too many

...a therapist, counsellor and facilitator -Murray Langham who became interested in chocolate when he was previously a chef. Later he was interested in some of his clients love for chocolate. The images in the book are produced by his co founder of chocolate therapy and artist Roger Simpson. Both are New Zealanders. With a delicious selection of chocolates on the front cover and of course just the word chocolate how could I not be attracted to it. But come on how can our choice of chocolate possibly determine our personality type? There is an introduction about Chocolate being the food of the gods and that we should not feel guilty eating it as it is a fundamental part of our lives. Murray tells us the best way to eat chocolate and the 'official' room temperature; personally I think that is a matter of taste. He works on the theory of shape...

teacherofhooch 25.07.2005 · Read review
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Review of Chocolate Therapy - Murray Langham

oh dear, what a facade!

Advantages: close to attractions
Disadvantages: unless you are rich or famous, forget it, you will be treated like a member of the underclass

...A couple of years ago, myself and my family stayed at the Langham Hilton in London. We were all very excited to be spending a weekend in what was described as luxury. When we arrived at the hotel, we were greeted by a red carpet and a doorman at the entrance to the hotel. The reception foyer was magnificent. The reception staff however were unfriendly to say the least. We were not obviously wealthy, and not famous, so we received treatment that was impolite and rude. Our room was not ready, so we waited and waited, after several visits to ask the receptionist how much longer we would have to wait, we were eventually asked to go and have coffee in the restaurant., we were given a bill for this! After a long wait, we were told our room was ready, we approached the floor by a beautiful lift, and emerged from this beautiful lift into...

groundzero 30.07.2000 · Read review
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Review of Langham Hotel, London

Nice, but watch the extras.

Advantages: Impressive public rooms, central location.
Disadvantages: Can be expensive.

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MarkBrock 31.03.2002 · Read review
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Lada 110 and 112

Advantages: Cheap, reliable, long living, comfortable and excellent for long distances
Disadvantages: concerning the car none, but the service network is thin

...( Priora and Kalina) . Okay, I would have taken the air-conditioning if it would have been available but it doesn't really matter. ABS, airbags and so on are of course good to have, but considering the very good reliability (both of my cars run around 60,000km a year) and not having any problems at all except once with the electric windows, I can live without them. Lada is not only cheap, but good too. No complaints about quality, indeed they are robust, long living, nice to drive..........and also in the future I'll stick with Lada! Keith Langham, Hungary...

szeged 16.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of Lada 2110

Teletubbies format worked-not sure that this does

Advantages: A colourful easy-watching pre-school kids programme
Disadvantages: Only taking is by the Narrator, making characters less interesting

...boobah has started to very weird music - not songs that a child would recognise, but lots of combined noises really! They then invite children to send a present to storyland, where we find 8 additional human characters (Grandmamma, Grandpappa, Mrs Lady, Mr Man, Brother and Sister, Auntie and Little Dog Fido) who use the present to act out a story. This section of the programme is narrated by Chris Langham (who parents may recognise as Douglas from "Kiss me Kate" which also starred Caroline Quentin and Amanda Holden) and his is the only voice heard throughout the programme. After the story has been told, the Boobahs return to sleep - and that is pretty much all that the programme offers. Speaking as a parent of a 6 month old, he loves it because of the colours and noises, but I think that once he has gained a little more savée on this...

TeenyB 11.07.2003 · Read review
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Review of Boobahs

It's fantastic

Advantages: So many!
Disadvantages: Slightly overcrowded. People walk at sprint pace.

...I am Chinese and was born in Hong Kong and lived there since I was 5. I returned for a holiday over Christmas. As a person who loves to buy stuff, Hong kong is a truely wonderful place because the Britsh Pound is worth so much. The McDonald's about 846154489415415416127315917 times cheaper. The food is great and i can eat almost everywhere because I can read the menus and like Chinese food. I feel that it is best to go back during Christmas as a person wis used to the British climate. The summers are near Saharan conditions. The food is excellent. People are very friendly but not too many of them speak fluent English so communication may be a problem. However, many places have English signs so it's not a massive issue - I communicate with the locals in Cantonese. The shopping malls, like Langham Place for example, is out...

vinceyeung 19.06.2007 · Read review
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Review of Hong Kong

Welcome Repeats

Advantages: Smith, Jones, Atkinson
Disadvantages: Some of it dated

...Angela Rippons tortured delivery perfectly probably to the extent that Rippon later toned her pronunciation down. Stephenson also did a very acceptable mumbling Moira Stewart and a passable impression of Jan Leeming. Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones also featured before moving on to become a very popular comedy duo. Rowan Atkinson has probably become one of Britains favourite comedy actors since the programme ended in 1982. Atkinsons range of characters is extraordinary too. He can convey pomposity, distaste, excitement or boredom by use of his uniquely expressive face. This was used to great effect in NTNOCN. Atkinson tended to be used as an alien or a weird odd sort of person. Chris Langham also featured in the programme. Since the programme he has tended to devote his time to writing rather than performing. NTNOCN presented spoof items...

polydeuces 29.11.2001 · Read review
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Review of BBC2: Not the Nine O´Clock News

The Music of Eric Coates

Advantages: Very good music
Disadvantages: None

...One. But it is quite possible, likely, even, that you might know of some of the pieces of music composed by Eric Coates and just not have been aware of it. For example, on the CD that I am reviewing the musical pieces chosen are: The Dam Busters March, The Three Bears Suite, Youth of Britain, The man From the Sea, Calling all Workers, By the Sleepy Lagoon, London Again Suite (Oxford Street, Langham Place, Mayfair) and Music Everywhere. The Dam Busters March is a stirring and evocative piece, originally composed for the film The Battle of Britain, though most of it was never used in the film. The Three Bears Suite is a happy and jolly tune, with moments of quiet reflection countered by lively touches. Is it my imagination or have several other composers ruthlessly mined this delightful piece of music for their own uses...

Martinscholes 17.11.2005 · Read review
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