Advantages: Stylish, lots of functions
Disadvantages: Difficult to clean, clock controls clumsy

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Advantages: Leaves skin silky and ready for self-tanning products
Disadvantages: Expensive

...For all of you who have read my explorations into the world of sunless tanning you will know that thorough exfoliation BEFORE applying any product is essential for a good result. This means that no matter how much you fork out for a fake tan, the result will almost always be dodgy and somewhat streaky. To help me get the elusive natural tan, without the streaks, I reached for a bottle of St Tropez Body Polish (which is Step 1 in the ST sequence; Step 2 is moisturising, 3 the actual application of the fakie) about 2 years ago when I first tried the ST (St Tropez) range. I got this a part of a set but individually the 240ml bottle retails at about £10 which may seem quite expensive (and certainly more than most high street brands) but this product does last for an extremely long time. Packaging ************ The packaging... Read review

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Advantages: Wonderful enamels collection. Central location.
Disadvantages: Industrialised.

...and the Birmingham Art Museum. Both are located in the West Midlands, about 1 ½ hour train ride from London. The Bantock has an absolutely outstanding collection. Enamel ware has retained its popularity to this day. Not only is it beautiful, but it also can be a good form of investment. Quality pieces can bring hundreds of pounds at auction. If you're interested in buying some pieces, the best places to find them are probably the auction houses. Try Christies at 8 King St. St James, London or Sothebys ,which is located at 34/35 New Bond St,London. Remember though these beautiful pieces were produced in places like Bilston and Wednesbury and if you are just interested in viewing them,go to Wolverhampton !... Read review

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Advantages: You may learn something new.
Disadvantages: You may not want to.

...-piri chicken when the Portuguese cook it. 10. Long Hair or Short Hair? I have long, I’d like to have short but have not got the guts to have it cut off. I’m a wimp when it comes to my hair. 11. Ray (Big Brother) or Scott (Big Brother)? Hmmmm sorry I’m lost, I don’t know, I can’t stand big brother. The 1st one was ok but now it has been dragged out for too long. Plus I got a big kiss for Craig the winner of the 1st in St James Palace. 12. Star Trek or Star Wars? Ah sorry did I fall asleep there? Not for me thank you. Not my taste. 13. Teletubbies or Tweenies? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm???????????????? 14. Horse or Donkey? Erm… another tough one. It will have to be horse I think and my reason, well I don’t really have a reason. They look cuter. 15. Shark or Dolphin? Sharks are beautiful but so... Read review

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Advantages: A wonderful place with so much to see and do
Disadvantages: You need to spend at least a day to see it all

...No visit to New York would be complete without a stroll in Central Park. This 843 acre park stretches from 59th St at it's southern most point to 110 St in the north - some 51 blocks! The park like any big city park provides an oasis of peace and quiet sometimes needed in a hectic city. It is only once you are in the park it's self you realize how big it is and peaceful. Only when you look at the tree line do you realize as you see the Skyscrapers peering throw that you are indeed still in a major city. But it definitely offers that much needed tranquility as well as some wonderful sights to see. If you compare it with say Hyde Park in London then it shines out as a park that has something for everyone and you'll understand why New Yorkers are so proud of their oasis in the madness that is New York. It was way back in 1856... Read review

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Advantages: comfortable room, friendly staff, mezzanine
Disadvantages: none

...ROGER WILLIAMS HOTEL – 31st St. & Madison Ave. – NYC Imagine this --- Your car pulls up to an unpretentious building on a NYC street corner. You step out and experience a feeling akin to safety. (Yes, in NY). It is clean. It is busy, but it is quiet. You pull open a heavy glass door (feeling of security) and step inside. Immediately, your eyes widen to capture vastness, a grand piano and breathtaking pillars that seem to rise to the sky. Glistening sun and earth tones cause a feeling of warmth to seep to your very core. Instantly, a bellhop approaches and offers to take your bags. Your feet follow him, but your head keeps turning back to marvel. At the front desk, a very friendly clerk greets you in a very friendly manner. The check-in process is quick and handled with courtesy and respect --- no confusion... Read review

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Advantages: Opens your eyes to what really goes on behind closed doors
Disadvantages: Very graphic, may be too upsetting for some

...them as they are separate books, but needless to say I was shocked by what happens in the first chapter of The Lost Boy and its definitely on my list of must have's for Christmas. I encountered lots of emotions during this book, hate, sympathy, sorrow, despair and downright anger and that was the way I was feeling! We all know that it exists but this book makes us face up to it, in a stark way that may make us feel uncomfortable, child abuse is still something we are still sweeping under the carpet, My God, donkey sanctuaries get more charity money than any child charities do. We know we should all do something about it, but have we got the guts to do so? Please go to www.nspcc.org.uk and do what you can. This book touched me in ways that I never knew existed, a must read for everybody. Publisher: Orion Media, 5 Upper St... Read review

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Advantages: All the food & drink
Disadvantages: none that i know of

...I must start by saying that i grew up in Melbourne and spent the best part of 20 years there. Now living in London I still pine for the unaffected, easy-going lifestyle that Melbourne engenders. Where to begin... Get a hotel near the centre of town, anywhere with a 3000 postcode is good or aim for the food and drink centres of St Kilda, Fitzroy, Carlton or Prahran. The airport is only half an hour from the city and i would recommend getting a taxi (about $AUD25). Hotel prices are going to vary quite a lot depending on where you stay, but hostels are plentiful in the above areas and average around $AUD30 a night - they are without a doubt the cleanest and best looked after hostels in the world. At the higher end of the market the central business district is full of 3-5 star hotels, ranging in price from $150 - $400 a night... Read review

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Advantages: Contains 2 entire multiple disc series
Disadvantages: Not everyone favourites included, most of these repeated on satellite

...the work they would require. Open All Hours ---------------------- My p.p.personal favourite! A classic standing the test of time, just like Roy Clarkes other creations such as Keeping Up Appearances and Last Of The Summer Wine. The st.st.stuttering shopkeeper by the name of Albert Arkwright, always lusting after Nurse Gladys Emmanuel and barraking and harming his nephew Granville. Filmed on location in the Balby area of Doncaster, you really get a sense of old fashioned British shopping habits before the big boom of supermarkets. If you watch the series back to back, you will see obvious changes including new signs and new scales, although that vicious spring clip just seemed to get more vicious! The first scene always tended to be outside the shop and encompassed the opening credits. My favourite sees Arkwright painting an advert... Read review

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Disadvantages: ~

...again. Strangely. Strangely familiar. It was just like a holiday. Camping. In the country. But then not going home afterwards. Most of the children had asked after a while, when they'd be going home. So a school was built, and they learnt that 'home' was a transferable concept. Or that maybe it didn't exist at all. It was a sad time among the very young…for they remembered the friends left behind. Jamie three floors down….and Alice from school….and the ginger tom on the corner of High St & St Leonards, and the piebald pony at the top of Church Lane… The grown-ups didn't seem to miss anyone. Liossa watched their haunted worried expressions: she saw the lines of long days and exhausted nights; she saw the fear when the droughts came and food was short; but she never saw amongst them the searching for a familiar face that each child... Read review

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