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...“Services are on the floor, and we are paying more tax,” said Emma Gardiner, director of the South Norwood community kitchen, a “pay-what-you-can” café and social hub in the borough’s north....
...: Mother and Baby homes — another side to the story / From Professor Michael Ryan, Dublin, Ireland...
...Arthur Conan Doyle lived in Tennison Road, Norwood, setting for one of the first Sherlock Holmes stories....
...The Life and Death of Sherlock Holmes , by Mattias Boström, translated by Michael Gallagher, Head of Zeus, RRP£25, 597 pages Roger Lewis is author of ‘The Life and Death of Peter Sellers’ (Century)...
...house in the central Historic district $5m An estate within 10 miles of Philadelphia city boundaries Photographs: Bloomberg; Steve Hamblin/Alamy; Getty Images Letter in response to this article From Michael...
...Michael Moffitt Princeton, NJ, US...
...According to Michael Jones of Knight Frank, the properties that sell the fastest are those that appeal to buyers wishing to take advantage of the good sailing on offer....
...During a recital in Miami, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas asked one that was squirming to move. Violinist Kyung Wha Chung scolded one who was coughing during one of her concerts in London....
...It’s legal [but] it’s just that foreign currency transactions require a lot of documentation, and must be done in person,” says Michael Klibaner of Jones Lang LaSalle’s Greater China....
...“Top-end prices on Menorca are down 20 to 25 per cent as against 50 per cent for the rest of the market,” warns Michael Cunnington of MJC Associates, an English-speaking Balearics agency which also represents...
...Salvador Dalí Auction October 17 Roseberys, West Norwood A vast collection of Dalí works, including several etchings, make up 170 lots from £200-£60,000....
...They are from all parts of the UK and noticeably from international markets, particularly Europe, Russia and East Asia,” says Michael Jones of Knight Frank estate agency....
...Michael de Pelet says that in 2007 his office negotiated the sale of two homes, each over £1.3m, but since then owners of Sherborne’s best period houses have stayed put....
...Just beyond the Golden Triangle is St Michael’s Green, which has seen prices rise by £150 per sq ft in the past two years....
...“Prices actually fell only briefly at the end of 2008 and bounced back strongly in 2009 and 2010,” says Michael Ball, professor of urban and property economics at the UK’s University of Reading....
...Several of these are owned by executives working in London, while a few are occupied by celebrities such as TV show host Michael Parkinson....
...certain age may recall the London of the 1970s, when the capital was identified around the world with people as diverse as the artist Francis Bacon, the charismatic racing driver James Hunt and cockney actor Michael...
...Michael Lim, of estate agents Savills, says: “There are no homes in or alongside the circuit but F1 has helped turn the Marina Bay area into a successful retail and business location....
...Past owners there have included Tommy Hilfiger and Ayrton Senna; current ones are footballers Michael Owen and Teddy Sheringham....
...And Sam Michaels, who runs an agency in Melbourne, Australia, admits: “We’ve had nightmares with parking issues, which have upset police and neighbours....
...Kudos to the researcher who dug that one up. 7.33 KS: Tessa Jowell has been re-elected in Dulwich and West Norwood, increasing her majority. 7.31 KS: Phil Woolas, the immigration minister, is apparently...
...Michael Green, another partner and a former brand manager for Pret A Manger, Häagan-Dazs and Marks & Spencer, says: “Nevis offers what most Caribbean locations promise – unspoiled quiet and quality....
...A much smaller and more exclusive affair is Allamanda at Anse Galet: 22 homes in a six acre gated estate built by Michael Richings, a British restaurateur and hotelier living on St Lucia since 1984 and now...
...The Hampton Inn in Norwood, Massachusetts, composts all its food waste, and the Lenox in Boston has waterless urinals....
...A card included in the prospectus for its most recent school, Harris Academy South Norwood, includes a bonus linked to pupil performance, an outstanding teacher prize of £100 a year, up to 50 per cent subsidy...
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