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Petit Mange, 29 Magdalen Road, St Leonard's, Exeter
Sunday 30 October 2011
Are the flavours big enough at Petit Mange, Exeter's new neighbourhood bistro?
Four O Nine, 409 Clapham Road, London SW9
Sunday 04 September 2011
They're not making it easy to get into Four O Nine. Is it worth it?
Album: Tinariwent, Tassili (V2)
Friday 26 August 2011
Due to the uncertain political situation in their Malian home base of Tessalit, Tinariwen did what comes naturally to nomads, upping sticks and relocating to a tent in the Algerian desert to record Tassili.
The 10 best cookies
Wednesday 17 August 2011
Crunchy or chewy? Studded with chocolate chips or stuffed full of oats? Whichever way your cookie crumbles, check our this scrumptious selection...
At last! Lyster the laggard is on his way
Tuesday 26 July 2011
Britain's laziest bird has finally left the country. Lyster, one of five cuckoos fitted with satellite navigation trackers by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), departed from Norfolk on Sunday night and is now to be found resting up in central France.
The 10 best ice cream makers
Friday 22 July 2011
With school holidays and summer sun (fingers crossed) just around the corner, we’ve got the scoop on the coolest way to make frozen desserts...
Bitter in the Mouth, By Monique Truong
Friday 15 July 2011
The work of Asian-American writers is all too often described as "bittersweet", but in Truong's case this label is exactly right. The teen heroine of her second novel is different from the other girls in Boiling Springs, North Carolina.
Sun, sandstorms and scorching heat
Wednesday 29 June 2011
Album: Juju, In Trance (Realworld)
Thursday 09 June 2011
Juju is Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara, supported by a rhythm section of drummer Dave Smith and bassist Billy Fuller, the quartet recording the seven tracks of In Trance live in single-take sessions.
Gecko shock for Ebay belt shopper
Tuesday 17 May 2011
A gallivanting gecko has turned up safe and well after hitching a 100-mile ride inside an envelope following an internet shopping mix-up.
Tests on immigrants 'miss most TB'
Thursday 21 April 2011
Screening procedures for tuberculosis in immigrants in the UK are missing the majority of cases, new research has revealed.
Call to cut VAT on ice cream
Wednesday 13 April 2011
Ice-cream makers and sellers have called for a cut in VAT to boost sales.
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- 2 Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
- 3 US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
- 4 Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
- 5 Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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