If you are going to be a publican then one thing you have to learn is how not to antagonise your patrons.  One place you can always buy a Remembrance Day Poppy in the UK is in a pub – not though if your publican is Bernice Walsh. New owner of the establishment, Bernice Walsh [...]

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Britain has failed to make it into the top ten of a list of the world’s most successful countries, according to a global survey of wealth and happiness. The UK was placed 12th in a ‘prosperity index’ of 104 nations covering 90 per cent of the world’s population, behind countries including the U.S., New Zealand [...]

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I bet you have watched those certain TV shows and often felt seduced by the thought of living amongst the vineyards in the south of France. That is something we did – for almost six years – and while we saw the winemaking process up close for much of that time and found it fascinating [...]

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