Giving up on the property dream

According to the Observer's Business swction, 'Young people [are] giving up on the property dream': only a third of 18-24-year-olds think owning a home is right for them'Good! Home owning has become such a no-brainer that it has encouraged the sharks and the ahysters to predate on the house buying process, while treating the house renting service as unworthy of attention. Perhaps...
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The Apprentice – spoofed

#Apprentice: See the video (sound needed – 6 minutes long) at http://preview.tinyurl.com/ob364k – it’s brilliant!
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Blacksmiths Inn, Ninfield

Just back from the Blacksmiths Inn, Ninfield, for its re-opening, following the extensive refurbishment carried out by Peter and Denise Slinger.They have a good range of real ale: Timothy Taylor, Adnams Broadside, the truly ecellent Northiam IPA and the ubiquitous (but always good) Harveys Best Bitter.Food is a strong point, too: good quality pub grub, locally sourced.The Slingers deserve to do...
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The Chicago Way by Michael Harvey

Thoroughly enjoyable and highly recommended, this is Harvey's debut and is (IMHO) excellentWritten in a Raymond Chandler style, it is fast-paced with a good plot and a non-cheating twist towards the endI am looking forward to more from Harvey, and thoroughly recommend him as a writer of detective/mystery booksWhat do YOU think?
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"Broken Skin" by Stuart Macbride

Slightly slowly, I have now finished this. Though I felt I was getting into it at ab out the halfway/two-thirds point, it seemed to go slightly off the boilI enjoyed the way the main character (a DS) was drawn – very believable, but “supportable”. was less happy withe the rater cartoon-like DIs who were his bossesI guess the characters are being built up into a set of players...
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"Mustn’t Grumble" by Joe Bennett

Invited to travel round England and write about it (and the English), Bennett decided to use H V Morton’s “In Search of England” as a sort of route map [note to self: must find a copy of Morton’s book]Bennett has tried (though not very hard) to identify “Englishness”. In the end, he thinks it is encapsulated in the BBC’s “Antiques Roadshow”...
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