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Carling’s Home Draught: Get It While It’s Cold!

The Gent — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:00:09 +0000

You may remember I recently got sent a homebrew kit by iBrew, a final review of which is coming up shortly. Obviously someone saw the review and wanted to show me an alternative to my homebrew needs. Enter: Carling Home Draught. The name is deceptive, as it isn’t a kit that you put time and effort into to, slowly creating your own Carling with love, sweat and tears (depending on how easy you find homebrewing). It’s a lot simpler than that. The Carling is already in the homebrew bottle, the ...

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Book Club: “The C Word” by Lisa Lynch

Leanne — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:00:47 +0000

‘Carrie Bradshaw fell in Dior, I fell in Debenhams. It was May 2008, and it was spectacular. Uncomfortable heels + slippy floor + head turned by a cocktail dress = thwack. Arms stretched overhead, teeth cracking on floor tiles, chest and knees breaking the fall. It was theatrical, exaggerated, a perfect 6.0. And it was Significant Moment #1 in discovering that I had grade-three breast cancer.’ Recently we were invited to attend the event ‘Bowling For Boobies’, at which I met a wonderful lady called Lisa. ...

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iBrew – Is Homebrew The Future?

The Gent — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:00:00 +0000

As The Gent, my job here is to get involved with all things for the modern man, and that means I’m pretty much up for anything. But when I got offered the iBrew kit to review, it was something I’d never considered before. Here was an opportunity to brew my own lager at home, 20 pints initially, and with the World Cup, the worlds biggest sporting event, happening at the very same time. So I decided I would face this head on. After all, I love lager, and the iBrew ...

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I’ve Got Festival Fever…

Leanne — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:26:47 +0000

In my opinion, British Summer leaves a lot to be desired. By the look of the sky today we have seen the best of the summer and should pack up our scanty clothing and drag back out the woolies. Unless of course, like me, you are coming down with a bad case of Festival Fever… I love festivals. Love love love. I love getting muddy. I love camping. I love drinking with a BBQ breakfast and I love waking up with a tent dripping on my head. I love wearing scanty ...

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Let’s Get Sexy… With Rigby & Peller

Leanne — Wed, 26 May 2010 13:33:06 +0000

I am a modern day woman and, much to my own disappointment, I don’t always have time to pick matching underwear as I rush to get ready each morning. In fact, on my second date with Bear I actually said to him ‘I’m not wearing matching underwear so if I am hit by a bus please whip off my knickers so I’m not embarrassed for eternity.’ (Don’t worry, I made sure that on the third date it all matched. I liked him so I put on the good stuff.) As I ...

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Electoral Reform: Let’s Spice Things Up!

The Gent — Fri, 14 May 2010 08:00:51 +0000

First of all, a confession. I recently wrote my guide to voting and an article on hung Parliaments. People even started privately asking me for advice on voting, politics, the different parties and their policies. However I feel compelled to admit that I have never voted before. Five years ago I didn’t really care to be honest. Maybe it was the fact that I’d never voted before which played a part in building my interest and wanting to write about it. Of course the TV debates, the closeness of the ...

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David vs Goliath in the FA Cup

The Gent — Thu, 13 May 2010 08:00:08 +0000

That’s right ladies and gents, it’s that time of the season again to prepare ourselves for the FA Cup Final. This season, which will see the 129th FA Cup Final, will see two teams who are at polar opposites in the Premiership battle it out for the trophy. But what’s gone on, particularly with Portsmouth, that has led to such a catastrophic fall from grace in as little as two years, and how have Chelsea improved to become Premier League Champions again? For Chelsea, it’s been a return to the Mourinho-era ...

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‘The Tree Of Seasons’ by Stephen Gately

Leanne — Wed, 12 May 2010 09:49:01 +0000

By now you will probably all have heard that before he died Stephen Gately was writing a children’s book, which had taken him the last three years of his life to write. On that fateful holiday to Mallorca last year he only had a few pages left to write and had told his husband, Andrew Cowles, how he intended to finish the story. After his death, his nearest and dearest knew how much it meant to Stephen to get the book published. We probably all remember the cherubin faced Stephen smiling ...

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Hung Parliament: What Does It Mean?

The Gent — Wed, 05 May 2010 08:00:32 +0000

We’re only a day away from the Election 2010 and it still looks a strong possibility that there could be a hung Parliament. The Conservatives in particular will have you believe that this is a dangerous thing to happen, that it will affect the economic recovery and put the country in grave danger. So I thought I’d look at what it all means, when it last happened and whether what the Conservatives say is actually the truth. A hung Parliament happens when no single party has a majority, or over half ...

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The English Gentleman: Where Art Thou?

The Gent — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:14:48 +0000

I like to consider myself a gentleman. An English Gentleman at that. I feel it’s only right to hold the door open for a lady (and gent to be fair), offer to pay the bill, and offer your coat should your partner be cold. But it seems that chivalry is dead, and that less and less women believe that the English Gentleman still exsists. A whopping 89% infact, according to a recent survey. However, half of the women surveyed considered their other half to be a gentleman. On this basis, ...

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