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  • The house that you build

    Anyone who has ever tried to construct a self-assembly chest of drawers will recognise that they are always more complicated that they look, so you will probably recoil in horror at the thought of putting together a flat pack house. In the last few

  • Elstree Bistro and Bar has star appeal

    You may not expect to find an awar-winning restaurant in the middle of an airfield, but everything about Elstree Bistro and Bar at Elstree Aerodrome exceeds expectations. Despite the restaurant being in the aerodrome itself, it is not just a venue

  • Mayor’s hypocrisy knows no bounds

    I listened to Mayor of London Ken Livingstone's heartfelt speech following last Thursday's bomb atrocity with mounting disgust. I believe hypocrisy knows no bounds. Last year, despite loud protestations, he invited terrorist-supporting Islamic extremist

  • Former MP continued to hold surgeries

    On her weblog, the constituency's Lib Dem MP Lynne Featherstone describes the high demand for advice surgeries and says that one of the factors for this was because, during the election, there was no sitting MP to hold surgeries. This is not quite correct

  • Teamwork and planning essential to road scheme

    The Green Party say building more roads is stupidity'. Knocking down homes and shops to build more roads is utter madness'. Some largely unaffected people propose an unfunded and unsightly motorway, which would cause a massive destruction of houses,

  • Benefits of Olympic Games far outweigh the costs

    What a pity it is, when London, very much against the odds, secured the 2012 Olympic Games that people should complain about the cost of staging such an event. Yes, the games will cost money, nothing is for nothing. But look at the enormous benefits

  • European vitamin directive is ill-conceived

    The European Court of Justice has recently upheld an ill-conceived EU directive that could see a number of vitamin supplements disappearing from the shelves of the UK's health food stores within the next few weeks. Conservatives, alongside celebrities