Arts & Humanities > French Language Tips for learning the gender of French nouns

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The English language is the odd man out when it comes to gender, as nouns in most languages are either masculine or feminine. Whilst it is obvious that men, boys, brothers and uncles will be masculine and women, girls, sisters and aunts will be feminine, there often seems to be neither rhyme nor reason for the gender of other... More..

Food & Drink > Restaurant Reviews Restaurant reviews: La Tasca Chain, UK

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Bristol's new branch of La Tasca is on the top level of the spanking new Glass House at Cabot Circus. Two of us had travelled by train and took about twenty minutes to walk from Temple Meads to Cabot Circus. My younger son lives in Bristol and had been able to get a bus right to the shopping centre. On the ground floor of the... More..

Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Three Colours Blue

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I have to admit I am a lover of French films, but also a lover of films that concentrate on people, relationships and feelings rather than action and excitement. Three Colours Blue fits the bill for me perfectly. The first part of a trilogy the second being Three Colours White and the third Three Colours Red it is French bu... More..

Business > Finance & Insurance Magazine review: Moneywise (UK)

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I have to admit at the outset that I received a copy of Moneywise free of charge and am rather glad that I did not pay the cover price of GBP4.25, although it is a worthwhile magazine for certain people which is why I have awarded four stars. The front cover of the October issue shows a photograph of seven people, presumabl... More..

Food & Drink > Restaurant Reviews Restaurant reviews: Cafe Parisien, Portsmouth, England

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I quite often go for lunch in Southsea on a Saturday, but on this occasion I needed to visit Blackwell's bookshop near Portsmouth University, so it was a good opportunity to have lunch at the nearby Cafe Parisien for a change. As the Cafe is popular with university students and staff, I thought perhaps Saturday would be a rel... More..

Travel > United Kingdom A visitor's guide to the Spinnaker Tower, Portsmouth, UK

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I'll always remember the 12th October 2008 as a day of perfect weather a cloudless blue sky, virtually no wind (southerly, 9mph), warm but not uncomfortably so. The suggestion to visit the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth seemed like a good one. I had been admiring its curvaceous shape for two years; it had been one of those in... More..

Food & Drink > Restaurant Reviews Restaurant reviews: Doggett's Coat and Badge, London

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I haven't exhausted the restaurants of my home town Southsea by any means yet, but I was tempted up to London for the day by the double attraction of Francis Bacon at Tate Britain and Mark Rothko at Tate Modern. Huge servings of culture that required a break in between for sustenance, to cleanse the palette if you will pardon... More..

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