Hints and tips:
...All you’re short of now is a pub, so try The Cock Tavern on Mare Street. For cocktails, it’s not cheap but the Artesian bar at The Langham hotel on Portland Place is lovely....
...So finally we had this week about the systemic cultural and institutional problems at the MoD that have led to this colossal cock-up of procurement....
...“Cock-exalting canvases would never be understood by Soviet public,” Birch quotes him as saying....
...One source of delicious friction is the intergenerational conflict over social change. In the latest series, Sam and her middle daughter discuss gender identity and pronouns....
...As title suggests, it’s about the eye-watering cock-ups that have spelt doom for powerful corporations....
...It’s a wacky adaptation of Charles Dickens that emphasises the surreal humour of the novel, told through self-aware narration that recalls Winterbottom’s adaptation of Tristram Shandy, A Cock and Bull Story...
...“Back in the day, a lot of perry pears had nicknames — this one was Startle Cock, because of its diuretic effects.”...
...I’m cock-a-hoop....
...“If you don’t feel the food, it won’t be delicious.”...
...RA opted for the brew Roundhead from the Two Cocks Brewery in Berkshire....
...glass of champagne) 31 St Thomas Street, London, SE1 9QU; shangri-la.com/london ——————————————- More (alternative) tea … At Mark Hix’s chicken-and-beef redoubt, Tramshed, afternoon tea consists of a “cock...
...The main design element, Damien Hirst’s formaldehyde-filled tank ‘Cock and Bull’, featuring a cow and a cockerel, reflects the menu....
...Merkel: What delicious cheese! Sarkozy (to himself): That’s her second helping. Merkel: You really should try some, David, it will calm you down....
...Growers in Sauternes and Barsac are cock-a-hoop over the quality of the 2009 vintage....
...I understand that the reason for Mr Brown’s equanimity was that neither he nor Mr Darling realised quite what a cock-up it was....
...And half the charm of the place is the delicious smell of melted chocolate wafting over it....
...Delicious accounts of high intrigue and low cunning in the courts and consulting rooms of Europe more than compensate....
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