The Recommended Directory

The Sunday Times (online subscription here for further details) published an article by Vincent Crump detailing the best 10 recommended romantic hide-away villages, taken from les-plus-beaux-villages-de-france.org . The villages are: Lyons-La-Foret (Normandy) St-Suliac (Brittany) Montsoreau (Loire) Charroux (Auvergne) Baume-Les-Messieurs (Jura) Eguisheim (Alsace) La Bastide-Clairence (Aquitaine) Conques (Aveyron) Roussillon (Luberon) Sainte Agnes (Cote d’Azur)

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The Independent Newspaper published David Phelan’s recommended top new gadgets featured at the world’s biggest electronics exhibition, the IFA in Berlin. Here are 8 of them: (fuller details here) The Sony 3D experience Sony Tablet S Samsung Galaxy Note Native Union Play Video memo pad LG PenTouch TV Samsung Multiview MV800 camera Sharp 8K4K TV [...]

The Guardian has published guides for major cities recommending hotels, restaurants, nightlife and activities for the following cities; click on the city to be taken to the guide: London Amsterdam Barcelona Berlin Instanbul New York Paris Rome Let us know your favourite bits of your favourite cities…

The Daily Telgraph’s Christopher Middleton has recommended 5 of the best places to view the splendour of the English autumn here . In summary, the locations are: 1. Royal Botanic Garden, Inverleith Row, Edinburgh 2. Calke Park, Calke Abbey, Ticknall, Derbyshire 3. Castell Coch, Tongwynlais, nr Cardiff 4. National Arboretum, Westonbirt, Gloucestershire 5. Exbury Gardens, [...]

The Daily Telegraph has taken a look at available autumn breaks and recommended the best get-away places for the sun, here

The Daily Telegraph has published a list of the ranking positions of the the top UK universities – a summary is set out below. See the full article here. The world ranking is in brackets: 1. (1) Cambridge 2. (5) Oxford 3. (6) Imperial College, London 4. (7) University College, London 5. (20) Edinburgh 6. [...]

The Sunday Times reviewed the operating systems of the latest tablet computers (full article via special offer subscription here) The paper recommended the Apple’s iOS as the best – 5 out of 5 stars – powering the Apple iPad2.  32 Amazon customers have given the Apple iPad2 4 plus stars (hover mouse over the picture [...]

Mens Health Magazine (Subscription details here) in an article titled “Grow Your Own Pharmacy” lists six common ailments which can be effectively dealt with using easy to buy, or grow, plants, saving a fortune at the pharmacy. These are: Athlete’s Foot Garlic/sage/lavender – Use 2 bulbs of garlic to 100 ml of vinegar, crushed sage [...]

We had a look at the rough and tumble waterproof and shockproof cameras currently available, and what various sources were recommending. There is some measure of agreement about the waterproof and shockproof cameras to shortlist, but not about the best, particularly if you take account of user reviews at Amazon. One of the cheapest cameras [...]