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Reader's Letter - A hand of friendship across a warzone
10 Aug 2006
With regard to the articles on the Middle East conflict (28 July 2006), I want to point out that it was not my intention to equate the Hezbollah with the Lebanese people – some of whom are friends of mine. ...
View issue Harpers 11 August 2006
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Wines in the Weekly
10 Aug 2006
THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH A new column from SUSY ATKINS talks up the virtues of New World Riesling. ‘Don’t be distracted by the endless bottles of Chardonnay or Sauvignon Blanc from these parts of the world – dig around in the antipodean...
View issue Harpers 11 August 2006
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The Analyst: The Fat Duck
27 Jul 2006
Neil Beckett makes his way to The Fat Duck in Bray, Berkshire, where he finds a list rather less eccentric than the food for which the restaurant is so famous, yet worthy of a three-Michelin-starred restaurant anywhere in the world. ...
View issue 28 July 2006
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No Middle East promise
27 Jul 2006
What is happening in the Middle East doesn’t bear thinking about. ...
View issue 28 July 2006
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LETTERS: 28 July
27 Jul 2006
Location, location, location I thought Tom Stevenson’s comment about how interesting it is that people’s views on London wine tasting venues differ so much (‘Challenged’, Harpers 21 April) neatly summed up the difficulty venues have in convincing prospective clients that their...
View issue 28 July 2006
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Wines in the Weekly Press
21 Jul 2006
Moore extols the virtues of English wines; Rose recommends Roussillon; and Atkin, the wine trade’s poet laureate, waxes lyrical on Elizabeth Bennett Browning. Meanwhile MacQuitty says Old and New World wines are ‘just different’. Christian Davis reviews the reviews ...
View issue Harpers 21 July 2006
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One man’s meat…
21 Jul 2006
New Zealanders have to endure being mistaken for their trans-Tasman neighbours with regular monotony. Yes, there’s that antipodean twang, which as a new Kiwi I must admit to having confused myself. And the country does admittedly share numerous characteristics with Australia....
View issue Harpers 21 July 2006
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Chips with everywine?
13 Jul 2006
Centuries may have passed since Guelf squared off against Ghibelline, the ‘Bianchi’ against the ‘Neri’, the Capulets against the Montagues. The elections are over, Prodi has sneaked past Berlusconi, the condemnations and recriminations of the past year or so are behind...
View issue Harpers 14 July 2006
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Blending in
12 Jul 2006
While Jim Murray and the wider SWA membership will no doubt continue to disagree with each other on the use of the term ‘Blended Malt Scotch Whisky’ to describe a blend of malt whiskies (‘In the mix’, Harpers, 23 June), it...
View issue Harpers 14 July 2006
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Shame the spongers
12 Jul 2006
You can always trust good old reliable Gluck to hit the nail straight on the head. His excellent article (‘Return of the sponger’, Harpers, 23 June) highlights a parasite that should be eradicated as soon as possible. ...
View issue Harpers 14 July 2006
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