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Grasping Reality with Both Hands (Free subscription) | 15/07/2008
Nicholas Roe in the Torygraph: > Animal friendly restaurants: a dog's dinner - Telegraph: The venue for our unusual date is The Tempest restaurant in Christchurch, Dorset.... So off I go on my blind date, me and a sweet little 18-week-old pup called Muffin: part spaniel, part bichon frisé.... [R]estaurateur Alison Ferhi.... "We recently decided to welcome the whole family," she explains, "and it occurred...
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
Gary Rhodes, the chef with the inimitable spiky hairdo, has become the latest famous restaurateur to expand his gastronomic empire into the West Country. The Michelin-starred chef will open two restaurants in newly refurbished hotels in the historic coastal town of Christchurch in Dorset within months, joining several famous faces who have set up shop in the region including Jamie Oliver and Damien...
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HotelChatter - (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
Lesson Three in Understanding the English: not only do we love trains, antiques , animals and eccentric pubs , we go crazy over seaside holidays. Blackpool if we've got kids, Bournemouth if we're over 60, Butlins if the weather's being English and we want to stay indoors and pretend we're at the seaside. The sazzy HotelChatter choice of English seaside hotels is the Captain's Club Hotel in the teensy...
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Times Online (Free subscription) | 30/01/2008
USP The Captain's Club Hotel to which the bijoux spa is attached is a strikingly contemporary, chic "pad" bang on the banks of the River Stour in Christchurch with superb river views from every room.
