The Wentworth Follies

Advantages: Interesting monuments with plenty of history attached to them
Disadvantages: Charges apply to visit some of them, limited visited times.

...I recently wrote a review on the Wentworth-Woodhouse Estate, one of the finest examples of a Grand Country House and Estate in Northern England. Situated in South Yorkshire about 4 miles North of Rotherham this Estate covers 600 acres and was once the home to one of the richest men in England, the 2nd Marquis of Rockingham, who was twice Prime Minister of England in the latter part of the 1700's. The Grounds to the vast Wentworth Estate contains many attractions. Amongst these are four different structures known as the Wentworth Follies. Each of these monuments which are associated with the 2nd Marquis and his Father, the 1st Marquis of Rockingham, formerly the Earl of Malton were built between 1748 and 1785 have a unique design and structure. Curiously if you look at the doorways to the first three structures in chronological...

micksheff 24.10.2006 · Read review
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Wentworth Woodhouse was my home!

Advantages: A great day out for free
Disadvantages: The house is not open to the public

...Take a look at the picture above of Wentworth Woodhouse. . I lived there! But more about that later....... First of all I will share a little information about this fabulous building. Wentworth Woodhouse is one of Britain's biggest stately homes covering 2.5 acres in the village of Wentworth near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. It is just 6 miles north of Sheffield. It is set in an impressive 150 acre estate. Now for some amazing statistics! The building itself contains over 365 rooms - one for every day of the year! It also has 1000 windows! It is so big that it is alleged that guests were once given confetti of different colours to strew so they could find their way back to their rooms! Wentworth Woodhouse was built around 1725- 1735 and incorporates parts of an earlier 17th century manor house. It is basically two...

Krazikas 17.05.2009 · Read review
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Miller

Advantages: Taste, Goes down easily, Cheap (6 for £5)
Disadvantages: Not the best (though freaking great)

...Just previous to this review I'd had a bottle of San Miguel ("San Awful"- http://www.ciao.co.uk/SanMiguelPremiumLagerReview5632358), then sat down to a bottle of Miller. Thankfully I'd still had a Miller left in the fridge after the previous nights drinking. Miller is one of the few beers that comes in a clear glass bottle (as the beers can be given a malty taste if left in sun light, as can also be seen in Corona extra), Miller is an American 4.7% import from apparently America's second top company. Which they claim as being "America's quality beer", personally I'd agree. Now onto the actual review...well actually it wasn't, the review was started like 2 weeks ago but I never actualy got round to finishing it as my flat mate drank the one I saved so here's the review as I've got one with me. As soon as the bottle opens...

iamasadlittleboy 02.03.2007 · Read review
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  Frank Miller's 300

Advantages: Six packs abound in a graphic and bloodly epic
Disadvantages: Highly stylised violence, perhaps not for everyone

...Background 300 is the second Frank Miller graphic novel to be adapted for the big screen. The first was the critically acclaimed Sin City and the director Zack Snyder has used the same process of photocopying panels from the original comic book to plan out the finished look of his latest movie. The final result is a visually stunning combination of live action and CGI that is remarkably faithful to Miller's original artwork. It is quite literally a comic novel brought to life and the superb quality of Miller's graphic creations are a guarantee of stunning eye candy throughout. Plot Summary The story of the movie is based on the Battle of Thermopylae, 480 BC in which 300 Spartan warriors held off a Persian army of up to 1 million indigenous and mercenary soldiers against all the odds. The two main protagonists are King Leonidas...

britum2000 03.04.2007 (06.04.2007) · Read review
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FREE DVDs

Advantages: Free trial, large choice, post included,new realeases
Disadvantages: see review

...I like movies and I like freebies, so when you get offered both in one swoop you?re bound to accept! I used my two week free trial with this company and remained with them for a couple of monthsbefore moving on to try many other companies free trials (and winning a new DVD player on Tesco DVD rental site on their free trial offer). I then had an email from DVDs 365 asking me to go back, and offering me a free DVD if I did so. I had just left Tesco (with my new DVD player) so I chose to go back with them. ∆◊◊ THE SERVICE THEY OFFER ∆◊◊ Basically it?s like going to a video shop and hiring films on DVD, except you don?t pay for each film you chose ? rather a monthly fee for which you can watch as many movies as you can fit in, for us this is usually around 8 a month (2 a week usually weekends...

dabmim 15.11.2004 · Read review
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Competent, Compelling & Fun (The Innocent Mage - Karen Miller)

Advantages: fun, easy to read, competent, compelling
Disadvantages: shallow and derivative

...with the fantasy archetype, to fulfil his destiny. The Circle, a secret cabal devoted to preserving the old and forgotten Olken magic is watching and gently guiding him, as only he will have a chance of saving Lur when the Wall crumbles in the Final Days. The Innocent Mage, part one of the Kingmaker, Kingbreaker dylogy is an example of a traditional sword and sorcery fantasy which is known as a rather derivative genre, and the skill here lies not necessarily in producing something of startling originality but in using the known tropes in a way that will make for a satisfying, compelling tale that holds together and manages to maximise the page count (and thus the time of entertainment it provides) while maintaining interest and, ideally, leaving the reader asking for more at the end. The Innocent Mage does all that admirably: Karen Miller uses...

magdadh 04.05.2009 · Read review
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Miller homes - Excellent all round

Advantages: Great service, before and after moving in
Disadvantages: None come to mind

...I'm writing this review as I'm shocked by the poor reviews previously given about Miller homes. I've had quite the opposite experience with them. The other reviews seem to be from a number of years ago, so maybe they've sorted out their customer care issues since then, either that or theres a problem in only some regions, I noticed 2 of the 3 other reviews were from Edinburgh and I know Millers customer care is still very regional. Buying the house Anyway, onto my review. About 6 months ago myself and my wife to be set out looking for a new place having only bought our first house 18 months prior to that (George Wimpey new build - another review for another day! :-)). Having been looking around for a while, struggling to find anything in our price range near to where we wanted to be, and struggling to sell our house due to...

geordieg00 20.08.2008 · Read review
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MILLER A WINNER

Advantages: Refreshing, crisp, great taste.
Disadvantages: Smallish head

...the lack of drunks to canoodle with them and continue the spread of their grotesque genes… But the people of Britain adore beer, necking 27 million pints a day, and until some backward prohibition law bars us from throwing it down our necks, we’ll carry on drinking it until the day we die. But there isn’t just one type of beer, there are thousands. This brings me onto my opinion of one of my favourite beers, Miller Genuine Draft. With a 4.7% ABV this American beer isn’t the strongest premium lager but it does the trick after a few :-) It is the original cold filtered beer, and is brewed using a top secret process (so I can’t tell you how to brew it sorry!). It is a very refreshing and crisp beer which makes it a great drink when you get home from a hard days work. The head is small but it is very sturdy...

Barthezz 23.11.2001 · Read review
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Surprising Picture Quality - Panasonic DVD-S54

Advantages: Incredible picture quality when compared to my old non-upscaling player with a scart lead
Disadvantages: Sometimes disc drive can be really noisy when DVD's initially load.

...At first I wasn't convinced by up-scaling DVD player technology but was persuaded after reading an article in "What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision" magazine. Unable to afford a Blu-Ray player my sister and I bought the Panasonic DVD-S54 to match our parents brand new Panasonic TX-32LZD80 LCD television as their Christmas 2008 present. Admittedly it was a slightly selfish purchase as we both live at home and wanted to watch DVDs on the big new TV ourselves! We bought the player from the electrical retailer Comet for about £100 just before Christmas so there were no discounts applied. On Christmas day when opened we found a relatively small box tightly packed with the player in polystyrene packaging. All the components such as cables, remote and manuals were well presented in their own protective plastic bags, to keep them protected. The player...

bobbacon985 12.02.2009 · Read review
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It's Miller Time...unfortunately

Advantages: It's wet
Disadvantages: How long have you got?

...There's a wonderful, wonderland of different, exotic beers out there. Beers to suit all occasions, beers to suit all tastes. Sometimes I like to indulge in a beer that is rich, dark and complex. At other times a simple, thirst quenching combination of hops and malt is all that is needed to hit the spot. I'm not demanding, all that I require is a basic semblance of beeriness. Is that too much to ask? MILLER is the second largest brewer in the USA and has over 20% of that market. It was founded in 1855 in Milwaukee, by a German immigrant who, by an amazing coincidence, was called Frederick Miller. The company was taken over in 1970 by Philip Morris, the tobacco company (no ethical issues there, then). http:www.millerbrewing.com MILLER GENUINE DRAFT was launched in 1986 using a 'special' cold-filtering process which means that...

proxam 12.12.2002 · Read review
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