A Merchants Tale

Advantages: Lovely surroundings and great food
Disadvantages: The location of the toilets

...I think that you could eat out for a year in Lancaster and be able to find somewhere new to eat everyday. One place that you must not miss out on if visiting the city is the wonderful little pub that has recently changed it's name from The Merchants to Merchants 1668. Built in 1688 ( hence the name!!) the building was originally used as a wine cellar for Lancaster Castle and is part of the same building as the tourist information office. This tiny little pub is in Market Street just a stone throw away from the railway station in the road to the Castle and Priory. Set in Castle Hill opposite the main post office in Lancaster it is lovely little pub full of character and old world charm. Recently taken over by new management the Merchant offers an incredible menu of locally produced food - and fits into the Gastropub bracket...

oldchem 07.07.2009 · Read review
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The Merchant Adventurers' Hall, York

Advantages: Lots of history
Disadvantages: Admission charges

...I have been to York many times but prior to my most recent visit I had never been to The Merchant Adventurers Hall. I had seen the signs for it but I was never too sure what it was and since its tucked away out of sight from the main thoroughfares it's a place I always forget to check out. A friend recently told me that this is a 14th century timber framed building that is the largest building of its type and age in Britain so I figured that this time around I ought to check it out. Built as a medieval guildhall in 1368 this is probably the oldest surviving building in York, although in an historical city like York there are several other places that also stake this claim. It is not to be confused with the nearby Merchant Taylor's Hall, which was a mistake that I initially made. The Merchant Adventurers' Hall is tucked away down...

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The best NEW band out there! Fleet Foxes

Advantages: Original baroque style folk/rock, groundbreaking album
Disadvantages: Originality can challenge some people's mainstream tastes

...Now I don't often write music reviews, however having recently bought the Fleet Foxes album, I am compelled to rave about them. Now this band are like no other in todays music, however I guess there comparisons can be made with an earlier more ecletic mix of crosby stills and nash mixed with fleetwood mac, add a smuttering of Brian Wilson from the beach boys and Bob Dylan and your kinda getting close. Their routes are definietly in folk music, with what I like to call "Peasant Rock"......weired I know, but its really hard to pigeon hole them and essentially this is why I like them so much. Originality in todays music is the holy grail and much like one of my other favourite bands Sigur Ros, Fleet Foxes stand alone with a unique blend of folky pop/rock. THE BAND Robin Pecknold Skyler Skejelset Nicholas Peterson Casey...

Logan33 06.03.2009 · Read review
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Hurry up, the Fleets in....

Advantages: Great food, there's a brewery underneath.
Disadvantages: No real "taste" of the "real" Liverpool.

...We visited The Baltic Fleet last autumn, when we were in Liverpool for the day. We found it by accident ~ we were looking for somewhere to eat on a busy Sunday and were at The Albert Dock. There were surprisingly few pubs around and what eateries there were looked extremely crowded. This was our first visit to Liverpool so we didn't know our way around ~ so we set off away from the Albert Dock where we could see what looked like a pub; they were bound to be serving Sunday lunches! The street we were on turned out to be Wapping and the pub turned out to be The Baltic Fleet ~ and, oh, it WAS serving lunches; thank goodness 'cos by now we were starving! ~~~How to get there. The pub can be found not far away from the Albert Dock at 33a The Wapping, Liverpool. I'm no good at directions so there is a map at http...

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Jack Sparrow does Fleet Street

Advantages: Great cast, director and musical director
Disadvantages: Awkward performance as a musical.

...Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, is essentially a remake of George King's 1936 classic, where the malicious Sweeney Todd murders people for their money. This 2007 version takes Stephen Sondheim's stage production of the tale into the cinema, with the pairing of Tim Burton and Johnny Depp as Director and Lead Actor once again rearing its sublime head. It is important to note from the outset that there are scenes of a gory nature and that the film is by nature a 'musical.' The plot Depp plays Benjamin Barker, a doting husband to Lucy and father to Johanna making his living as a barber. He is accused of a crime he did not commit and banished from London by a judge (played by Alan Rickman) who wishes to covet Barker's wife, Lucy. 15 years later, Barker returns to London under the guise of Sweeney Todd, to find his...

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'Merchant' shows Will power

Advantages: Great story; fine acting from main characters
Disadvantages: Modern viewers may find Anti-Semitism disturbing

...***This opinion reveals major details about the film's plot, but they can be avoided.*** The time Mid to late 16th century. There is tension between the Jews and the Christians. The Jews can lend money and demand interest; the Christians cannot. The place Venice, place of barges, canals and far more water than modern viewers will be used to; also home to a gaggle of bare-breasted prostitutes who appear occasionally The players Antonio, the merchant after whom the play and film are named: Jeremy Irons His protégé, Bassanio: Joseph Fiennes Bassanio's friend Gratiano: Kris Marshall Lorenzo, another member of Bassanio's retinue: Charlie Cox Shylock, a Jewish moneylender: played magnificently by Al Pacino Portia, Bassanio's love interest: Lynn Collins Nerissa, Portia's maid: Heather Goldenhersh Jessica, Shylock's daughter...

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Fantastic place to go if the weather is bad (Fleet Air Arm)

Advantages: Takes a whole day to see, very educational
Disadvantages: None

...My partner recently had a week off work and the weather was terrible so after spending 3 days staying at home getting very bored I decided to search the internet for somewhere to visit that was suitable for when it was raining. I cam across the Fleet Air Arm Museum website, I had herd a lot about this place before but had never been, so we jumped in our car and off we went. On our arrival we parked up in the free car park and headed to the entrance (I just happened to notice a few young men in uniform guarding the airbase lol), you head up a flight of stairs to get in and as soon as you step in the door you are surrounded by pictures of the displays etc and you get the feeling straight away that is going to be a good day. Entrance prices are £11 per adult & £8 per child or two adults and three children for £35, I didn't think...

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Fleet Command - WDPAFC

Advantages: Inreased realism, enjoyability, units
Disadvantages: Slower computers have trouble running larger scenarios

...there is anything else that I can say about this add-on, as there is too much to say. I recommend anyone with Fleet Command uses this add-on, as it will certainly make the game more interesting (a slight understatement)....

AdmMcD 11.02.2001 · Read review
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The Merchant of Venice

Advantages: Shakespeare's timeless genius.
Disadvantages: A difficult read for some.

...King Lear claims to be a man 'more sinned against than sinning' and in 'The Merchant of Venice' we meet Shylock the Jewish money lender who fits that description perfectly. The decadent adventurer, Bassanio, has lost the money his friend, Antonio has lent him and has the cheek to borrow more. Antonio is forced to borrow off Shylock in order to make the loan. The condition Shylock stipulates is a pound of flesh should the loan not be repaid when agreed. It's an odd choice but the Christians are pretty nasty to him so he is very bitter. Off Bassanio goes in search of a rich wife again and does very well. He meets Portia who is loaded and all he has to do is pass a guess-the-casket test to win her heart. She fancies him so she cheats the test with a poem in which all the rhymes end in 'ed' and therefore point him to the lead...

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Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Advantages: Great acting
Disadvantages: Unimaginative song writing

...When i found out that Tim Burton and Johnny Depp were doing another colaboration i didn't even need to know anything else about it, i knew it would be something special. Yet i found myself feeling slightly dissapointed at the end of the movie. The acting was fantastic from a brilliant cast Johnny Depp as Sweeney Todd, Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs Lovett, Alan Rickman as Judge Turpin and Timothy Spall as Beadle. However it is not the acting that was in question. I have seen other Tim Burton musicals, Nightmare Before Christmas the more popular which most people know, and in comparisson to this Sweeney Todd's songs were very repetitive. Yet songs aside, the interpretation of Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street brings me to the conclusion that there could bot have been a more perfect person to direct this movie, Tim...

Tozlator 27.01.2009 · Read review
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