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A few years ago, my young naïve self-settled down to watch the Grand National with some family, only having just coming out of my ‘family is un-cool’ teenage mentality I don’t recall having any other previous memories of this highly popular, yearly ‘sporting event’ that my family watched. I say ‘sporting event’ reluctantly, because what...
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Today marks the start of Royal Ascot 2014; five fun filled days of quintessentially British fare in the heart of Berkshire. But besides the champagne quaffing and obsessive betting, Ascot is renowned for its strict codes of conduct when it comes to fashion. If its not the length of one’s skirt, its the width of...
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So, once more, the World Cup is about to grace our TV screens – in our living rooms, our pubs, basically everywhere. World Cup fever is unavoidable, impossible to escape, and normally my worst nightmare. I loathe football. It is the world’s most boring sport, it is 90 minutes of my life I will never...
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