Elegant Lewes

Advantages: Small.elegant,loads of character.
Disadvantages: Lacks vibrant night life. Expensive.

...Lewes in Sussex is a highly attractive small town with very elegant architecture,interesting small shops,a fascinating riverside brewery, and is surrounded by delightful countryside. The town has several very pleasant,high quality,country-style hotels and plenty of homely bed and breakfast establishments. In the cozy town centre there are a number of olde-worlde tea shops,cafes, and good restaurants and,if you want something stronger,there are lots of pubs with a very congenial,convivial atmosphere. Lewes is probably best known for hosting the world famous Glyndebourne festival Opera and during the season,accommodation in the town can be difficult to find. This elegant town,although small with a population of around 15,000,is full of character and is close to the lovely South Downs. Nearby is the very attractive campus of the highly...

ashford 04.08.2000 · Read review
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Review of Lewes (England)

Lewes - A wilder side (Bonfire Night)

Advantages: An unfortgettable Experience
Disadvantages: Very crowded

...It?s nearly November 5th, Guy Fawkes? night. For Lewes it is Bonfire Night. Lewes is the county town of East Sussex, a small market town nestled in the shadow of the South Downs. It could well fit your image of a quiet well-healed liberal country town, with its fair share of eccentrics ? unless of course you have experienced the Lewes Bonfire night. Lewes Bonfire isn?t any old Guy Fawkes Night; it is the loudest craziest one you may ever experience. To give a little background, it might help if I start at the beginning. The 1550?s were a time of religious intolerance in England, as Queen Mary I demonstrated by burning 288 Protestants at the Stake. Lewes didn?t escape her attention and 17 people (or martyrs as they are now referred to) were burnt at the stake. This event coupled with Guy Fawkes? attempt to re...

mouette 14.10.2003 (26.10.2003) · Read review
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Review of Lewes (England)

The Real 'Guv'nor'?

Advantages: Very readable and a healthy degree of self deprecation
Disadvantages: Not without its boasting and macho grandstanding that is par for the course for this subgenre

...contemporaries of the two, such as Nosher Powell, released their accounts and a virtual industry was born as fighting men from all walks of life were entrusted to ghost-writers. They were either given the full autobiographical treatment or put in "hard men" anthologies such as "Streetfighters" and "Hard Bastards" (another Kate Kray work). After the autobiographies there have been third person cotemporary reminiscences and follow-ups. With so much already on print covering Britain's fighting underworld it would, at first, appear that Lew Yates's arrival on this scene is rather late. Yet, when you read the book "Wild Thing", it feels like the timing was just right. Lew Yates gives the impression that he has sat back and listened to the contrasting opinions of McLean and Shaw's camps with a degree of patience before finally giving his point of view. He...

BlackSwan 03.02.2010 · Read review
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Review of Wild Thing - Lew Yates

Burning the Bishop

Advantages: The biggest and best of its kind
Disadvantages: It all depends on the weather

...The title of the review may seem like a naughty euphemism for something that I cant discuss in print on a site as proper and clean cut as Ciao, but I assure you it is not. The relevance will become clear as you read on, first a quick history test. What have the following events in common? Firstly, the burning of 17 Protestant martyrs in Lewes High Street from 1555 to 1557, under the reign of Mary Tudor. Secondly, the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, when conspirators led by Robert Catesby planned to blow up King James I as he opened Parliament, the man at the heart of the action was, as we know, Guy Fawkes, and finally the landing of William of Orange (William III, half of William and Mary) on 5th November 1688 to restore a Protestant monarchy. The correct answer is that they are all actions in England's turbulent past that are commemorated in...

steerpyke 06.11.2005 · Read review
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Review of Lewes Bonfire Celebrations 5th November, Lewes

Lunchtime eating in Lewes Road pubs

Advantages: Lots of pubs
Disadvantages: No decent food in any of them

...In a town so stuffed full of good pubs with good food, why is the Lewes Road area such a desert? Once upon a time the Counting House did good food, then it became "No man's an island" although due to lack of custom it should more probably be called "No man inside". The Gladstone doesn't do lunch - "Packet of crisps mate?". The food in The Bear was once good, but it now quite awful. Poor quality, and I suspect poor hygine judging by the times I've had an upset stomach folling a meal there. We sometimes go there at lunchtime, but I'll no longer eat. The only saving grace is that the beer is cheap! Is a good pub with lunchtime food REALLY to much to ask for?...

paulo 05.08.2000 · Read review
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Review of The Bear, Brighton

Damien..Omen 2

Advantages: more deaths and evil
Disadvantages: none really

...Director: Donald Taylor Producer: Harvey Bernhard Writer: Harvey Bernhard, Michael Hodges and Stanley Mann Stars: William Holden, Lee Grant, Sylvia Sidney, Lew Ayres, Robert Foxworth and Jonathan Scott-Taylor. This sequel, filmed mainly in Chicago, was made in 1978, 2 years after the fantastic first film?(The Omen). **BRIEF PLOT** This second film, depicting the life of the Antichrist, now sees Damien, (played by Jonathon Scott-Taylor) at the age of 13 and living in America with his Uncle Richard, (played by William Holden), Richards wife Ann Thorn, (played by Lee Grant), together with his cousin Mark, (played by Lucas Donat). Damien and Mark are members of the military academy and spend there days obeying commands and drills. Damien, being at a young age, still does not understand his true powers but is surrounded by...

blissman70 22.05.2008 · Read review
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Review of Damien - Omen 2

The Murray Show (Scrooged)

Advantages: Modern and still in date
Disadvantages: None for me

...~~~Scrooged~~~ A modernisation of the Charles Dickens classic: A Christmas Carol. Francis Xavier a conceited and selfish tv executive has trodden on many people to become successful and rich. He has sacrificed the love of his life, lost touch with his only brother and belittled his overworked staff. A small price to pay for where he is today. However his fortune is about to change when he is visited by three spirits each with an important lesson to share ... ~The cast: Bill Murray ~ 'Frank' Francis Xavier Karen Allen ~ Claire Bobcat Goldthwait ~ Eliot Loudermilk Alfre Woodard ~ Grace Cooley Nicholas Phillips ~ Calvin Cooley John Murray ~ James Cross David Johanson ~ Ghost of Christmas past Carol Kane ~ Ghost of Christmas present John Forsythe ~ Lew Hayward John Glover ~ Brice Cummings Robert Mitchum ~ Preston Rhinelander ~My...

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Review of Scrooged (DVD)

She'll be coming round the mountain.....

Advantages: Star Studded Blockbuster
Disadvantages: A touch dated

...even my pet hate Richard Harris pulls in a reasonable performance. The two beauties of the piece Gardner and Loren look stunning and both carry out quite significant roles, which believe it or not was not the done thing for a woman at the time. The one hold back for some younger viewers is that the film looks very early 70's and some of the supposed advanced technology is just comical. As the film starts your made aware that it's a Lew Grade production, this if I had not previously seen the movie would have persuaded me of its worth. A Lew Grade production was always star filled, and usually all the films bearing his name were blockbusters, Cassandra Crossing is not an exception. Another plus for this DVD is that it's on the Carlton Silver Collection, so it's a budget release, I have seen this available online for as little as £3...

sghawken 13.11.2005 · Read review
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Review of The Cassandra Crossing (DVD)

Good old sussex by the sea

Advantages: Varied attractions, beautiful scenery, quiet
Disadvantages: none

...The traditionnal song of Brighton and Hove Albion F.C. and what better way to describe this glorious county. What is even better is that it is not too far from London yet it has none of the smug, dull Home Counties conformity that Surrey or Hertfordshire has. There is a definite distinct Southern English identity different from London and its environs.A warm May weekend spent in the Sussex countryside is a pleasure to wish for dearly in the middle of this cold, bleak January! The attractions are manifold, the rolling, softness of the Downs in summer (and their bleak beauty in Winter), the eclectic alternative nature of Brighton standing side by side with the faded gentility of Eastbourne and the charming old town of Hastings, the charming towns of Arundel, Steyning, Rye and Lewes and the delights of Ashdown Forest and the Weald. Sussex...

blinderben 12.01.2001 · Read review
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Review of Sussex (England)

how can a mother be driven to this?

Advantages: smooth storytelling
Disadvantages: a harrowing true story

...I love this book and have read it numerous times but not since becoming a mother. I think if I was to read it again now, the book would have a whole new tone for me. The thought of my child in danger and pain makes me sick to my stomach - to be the one who would inflict such terror and hurt upon her is just so far beyond my comprehension. The tragic story of Diane Downs and her 3 children is a harrowing one indeed. Separated from her husband and father of her 3 beautiful children she embarks upon an obsessive relationship with a married colleague - Lew. Lew enjoys freedom from such complications as children so torn between the excitement of Diane (and her burden) and his love for his wife, Lew is back and forth between the two women. Eventually, he decides to save his marriage and leaves a heartbroken but undeterred Diane. After...

bunnydixon 12.07.2004 · Read review
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Review of Small Sacrifices - Ann Rule