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There are at least 40 different types of rain in Ireland. I should know I spent a week's holiday there staring out windows cataloguing the downpours.

There's the soft rain so constant, almost ephemeral, that hardly anyone notices it. This is idiomatically interrupted by the down pouring of domesticated animals - other types of rain in the 24/7 cycle are torrential, drizzling, pissing, spitting, lashing, soaking, driving, heavy - the list of adjectives goes on.

Ireland's constant rain cycle explains two immediate things to the visitor; firstly why the country is greener then Greenland, it's like one big golf course with housing estates dotted round the fairways. And when it rains the whole of Ireland moves indoors and where better to head for than a pub, or ten (thousand).

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If you have a truly green heart, is it possible to eat out in a sleek London restaurant without waking up the next day with a guilty conscience? Isn't sustainability about itchy woollen jumpers and rock-hard homemade linseed bread?

Welcome to Acorn House, a restaurant that pulls off the unlikely marriage of fine dining with a zero-waste policy.

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Within his series of images entitled "Land of the Free", Schofield attempts to show people in their own homes and environments, dressed up in costumes they wear for special events.

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Last night I dined on something truly special. Suruchi is an Indian restaurant in North London that offers vegetarian and non-vegetarian food.

While they say they specialise in North Indian cuisine, my plate was an exclusive South Indian specialty.

But this restaurant makes little fuss about itself, and for that reason it feels like you've discovered a hidden treasure.

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Today is your last chance to visit a unique  sculptural creation; located next to Liverpool Street station, in the middle of Broadgate Circle, a multi-channel sound installation welcomes tired workers from the City into a series of arcades.

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"One skyline, a seriously large amount of molten metal and a life-sized mould in the shape of, erm, myself."

So went Antony Gormley's shopping list after dreaming up the most brilliant idea to hit British sculpture since the Angel of the North. Unsurprisingly, that was a Gormley too.

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           Prepare to die - Hitcher                       Life's a beach - Paradise Lost

What has happened to Hollywood? Has it reached the end of the line? What are the scriptwriters doing? Is this the decade of remakes, sequels and prequels? Fantastic Four 2, Spiderman 3, Ocean's 13, and so on!

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Yasmin Crowther’s debut novel, The Saffron Kitchen, shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, tells the story of an Iranian woman embittered by guilt and burdened with the pain of lost love.

But thoughts of her love and the warm colours and flavours of Iran are forged in her memory forever, even after moving to the foreign and lush greens of England.

One autumn day, Maryam Mazar, now an old woman, is still mourning the death of her elder sister when she is confronted with her troubled past.

But this confrontation has tragic consequences for her pregnant daughter Sara.

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Child labour. If you think you've heard it all before, think again.

This time it's the forgotten kids of Latin America who take centre stage in Antonio Rosa's powerful documentary.

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I shot this video when I went to the colourful and exciting International Spring Fair at Kensington Town Hall in London last month. 

Over 80 countries were represented there. Everyone was wearing traditional costumes, like the lady from Panama (pictured right) who was wearing the traditional dress of the Central-American country.