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Notting Hill - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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• "the film - "Notting Hill"  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "with Julia Roberts - and Hugh Grant !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "succeeds in giving you - pleasure !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "directed by Roger Michell - and written by Richard Curtis !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "his followup five years later of - "four Weddings and a Funeral" - he as film journalist !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "in the course of duty - had to watch many romcoms - where he could see !"

 

 

 

 

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• "how very many screenwriters - had tried to imitate the Richard Curtis touch - and failed !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "he enjoys it - and whenever it is showing on TV as he flicks channels - he always finds himself stopping to watch !"

 

 

 

 

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• "Hugh Grant plays a shy - floppy-haired bookshop owner !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "a lonely divorced guy - who has a Welsh mate called Spike !"

 

 

 

 

• "who falls in love - with a Hollywood A-lister - played by Julia Roberts !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "his heart gets broken - so does hers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "then they get - unbroken !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "Notting Hill is - in its contrived way - a very romantic film !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "with an intense - heartfelt quality !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "he has wondered - how much it was based - on a real experience ?!"

 

 

 

 

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• "of romance between - celebrity - and civilian !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "both often ask themselves - if living together - is even possible ?!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "Julia Roberts plays a movie star - Anna Scott - and realises that the only way !"

 

 

 

 

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• "she can get a personal meeting with Grant - and to conceal their affair from the papers !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "is to hide him in plain sight - to get him to come to a presentation - for the press in a hotel !"

 

 

 

 

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• "and pretend to be one of the many journalists - lining up for interviews - with her !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "it is a good scene - and well-observed - the watchful PRs - the submissive interviewers !"

 

 

 

 

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• "the photocopied press handouts - it is all pretty faithfully rendered !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "a very real part of the film-making world - that he has never seen in any other film !"

 

 

 

 

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• "there are passionate speeches from Julia Roberts - it is one of her best films !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "her denunciation of the British tabloids - who finally discover the truth !"

 

 

 

 

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• "it concentrates on the district Notting Hill - a montage scene specifically shows !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "lovelorn Grant - mooching about the streets - all the year round !"

 

 

 

 

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• "the press conference scene at the end - is very well done !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Landlords - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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• "figures described - the UK’s buy-to-let market - after the financial crisis !"

 

 

 

 

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• "landlords - tax breaks ! - ( £ 14bn ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "analysis by Wriglesworth Consultancy - for the lender Landbay !"

 

 

 

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• "described returns - landlords ! - ( 1,400% - in 20 years ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Police Unit - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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• "a UK national police unit - had used undercover officers !"

 

 

 

 

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• "almost 9,000 people - of political groups !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the unit had used techniques - campaigners - who were listed on the secret database !"

 

 

 

 

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• "paid informants - political campaigners - environmental campaigners !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "senior officers - familiar with the workings - had indicated !"

 

 

 

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• "that many of the campaigners - had no criminal record !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Social Media - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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• "documents from Raytheon - described a program - called "Riot"  !"

 

 

 

 

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• "a software - of a security firm !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "information from websites - included Facebook - Twitter - and Foursquare !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "an analytics system - of the cyberspace !"

 

 

 

 

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• "data from - social networking websites - was shared !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "people's movements - and tried to see future behaviour !"

 

 

 

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• "the controversial techniques - were criticized by civil liberties - and online privacy groups !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Undercover Police Scandal - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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• "a senior United Nations official - had called on the British government !"

 

 

 

 

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• "to launch a judge-led public inquiry - into the unbelievable case of - Mark Kennedy !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "and other undercover police officers - protest groups !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "Maina Kiai - a UN special Rapporteur - was "deeply concerned"  !"

 

 

 

 

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• "non-violent groups - exercised their democratic rights - to protest !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "this groups - were not engaged in - criminal activities !"

 

 

 

 

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• "the duration - and suspicion it had caused - were unacceptable in a democracy !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "it was a clear violation - of basic rights protected under the - "Human Rights Act"  !"

 

 

 

 

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• "and more generally under international law - such as the right to privacy !"

 

 

 

 

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• "there should be a judge-led public inquiry - paving the way for reparations !"