© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-tange Recent reviews written by member tange en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_431612792452?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author tange - It was with great interest that I picked up a copy of one of the latest books to come out of the CAMRA (CAMpaign for Real Ale) bookshop. As a beer drinker and someone who loves the area I live in, it was the perfect book for me to read! Written by Bob... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~431612792452 Tue, 27 May 2008 12:57:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_431612792452?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_425995701892?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author tange - Following on from my review of Michael Foreman's War Boy I thought I would re-read, and consequently review, the sequel After the War Was Over. I had really enjoyed War Boy, so tackled the follow on book with enthusiasm. I wasn't disappointed either!... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~425995701892 Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:56:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_425995701892?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_425995439748?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author tange - After reading the wonderful older children's picture book War Game by Michael Foreman I was reminded that I must read one of his other books again. This one jumps from the First World War setting of War Game to the Second World War and the childhood of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~425995439748 Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:51:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_425995439748?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_425995308676?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author tange - ...."Thank God. We'll have a game when this nightmare's over." It’s about time for another book review. Once again I’ve been raiding the children’s book shelves, but it’s back to the Second World War and I’ve been looking at an excellent picture book... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~425995308676 Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:47:06 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_425995308676?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_368625618564?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author tange - Some beers present me with a bit of a dilemma. They sound really nice and I want to try them, but I often wonder if I will be disappointed. This is how I felt about St. Peter’s Lemon and Ginger Spiced Ale ~ I’d heard conflicting reports and the general... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~368625618564 Tue, 29 May 2007 13:37:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_368625618564?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_368472198788?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author tange - I have found when visiting other places that even people who haven't heard of Chesterfield have heard of St Mary & All Saints Parish Church ~ even if they don't know that they have! They probably know it by its more regularly used name of the Crooked... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~368472198788 Tue, 29 May 2007 06:08:45 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_368472198788?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_365418024580?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author tange - I went out for lunch with my parents a while ago, after a shopping trip to the MacArthur Glen Retail Park. We stopped at a pub on the way home, at a place called Winsick (not too far away from Chesterfield), at the New Inn. I asked for a pint of Magnet,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~365418024580 Tue, 22 May 2007 12:05:51 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_365418024580?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_210479451780?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author tange - We have just got back from another excellent long weekend to Belgium. This time we used Ostend as our base and were traveling with a party of 17 adults. The trip cost us £200 pounds each and this included our transport (in a 16 seater coach ~ the extra... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~210479451780 Mon, 7 Nov 2005 06:04:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_210479451780?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_209868525188?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author tange - It seems I am always either just about to go, or just returning from, Belgium at the moment. As it happens I have not long since got back from a trip based in Ostend and have once again managed to re-try and get to know some beers during our long weekend... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~209868525188 Mon, 31 Oct 2005 12:14:29 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_209868525188?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_208929394308?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author tange - For the next in my Dr Who DVD reviews I am jumping way back in time (which seems somehow appropriate for a review about a series that features time travel) to a story made in the 1960s. This six part adventure features the original and first Doctor Who,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~208929394308 Thu, 20 Oct 2005 09:49:16 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_208929394308?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_197608509060?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author tange - I have been pining for Dr Who since the end of the most recent series starring Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper. My hubby has banned me from watching the DVDs of that series until a suitable time has elapsed, so I have been watching my classic Who... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~197608509060 Mon, 3 Oct 2005 17:05:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_197608509060?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_189492924036?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author tange - We have just (boo hoo) returned from our yearly trip to Whitby. This invariably involves a few trips out to pubs and villages in the surrounding countryside and around the coast. On the last day of our lovely week we decided to revisit Robin Hoods Bay... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~189492924036 Tue, 12 Jul 2005 10:59:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_189492924036?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_186144231044?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author tange - Before I tell you about the DVD it's necessary for me to give you a basic plot outline of the story...if you don't want to know, skip the next three paragraphs. The TARDIS materialises on the planet Telos and the Doctor and his companions discover... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~186144231044 Wed, 15 Jun 2005 14:01:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_186144231044?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_186041011844?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author tange - I've been a fan of Suzanne Vega since I first heard her haunting voice on the radio in the late 1980s. I didn't know who she was and asked around to find out what the song I had heard was called and who the singer was. I discovered the song was called... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~186041011844 Tue, 14 Jun 2005 11:49:01 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_186041011844?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_185462066820?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author tange - In the next of my post-visit to Belgium reviews I have decided to concentrate on another bottled Belgian beer with an excellent name. This one goes by the name of Piraat (Pirate) and is produced at the Van Steenberge Brewery. ~~~THE BREWERY... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~185462066820 Tue, 7 Jun 2005 14:07:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_185462066820?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_181355908740?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author tange - As part of my job I like to keep up to date on the books people are talking about, or are GOING to be talking about. When a colleague told us about Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn at a staff meeting, I was intrigued and had to order it to check it out for... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~181355908740 Wed, 27 Apr 2005 10:56:48 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_181355908740?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_179954814596?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author tange - We have a magazine in the library that is designed primarily for members of Reader's Groups (it's called New Books Mag). I like to have a look in it too because it gives snippets from books and some book reviews by members of the public. This is usually... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~179954814596 Thu, 14 Apr 2005 04:50:06 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_179954814596?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_179729829508?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author tange - I am always pleased when a book is recommended to me by a friend. Often people think that, because I work in a library, I have mysteriously read every book in the world. Therefore, they expect me to tell them about titles and which authors to read... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~179729829508 Tue, 12 Apr 2005 06:15:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_179729829508?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_179459755652?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author tange - The next installment in my foray through my Dr Who DVD collection sees us back in the sixties and the days of black and white television. I got my copy of The Seeds of Death from www.sendit.com (seems to be my regular retailer at the moment) for £14.99... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~179459755652 Sat, 9 Apr 2005 11:21:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_179459755652?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_178221190788?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author tange - In honour of the new series of Doctor Who I am continuing to work my way through my collection of Classic Dr Who DVDs. This time I am zooming back in time to the Seventies, and the era of Tom Baker, for an atmospheric adventure called Horror of Fang... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~178221190788 Tue, 29 Mar 2005 11:12:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_178221190788?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_177323216516?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author tange - I had forgotten how much I enjoy reviewing the Dr Who DVDs in my collection. I also really look forward to the new ones arriving through the post. My Ghost Light DVD is no exception! Our copy of this release came from www.sendit.com where we got it... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~177323216516 Mon, 21 Mar 2005 09:00:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_177323216516?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_177034661508?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author tange - Peter Davison is my favourite Doctor Who so far. With the new TV series looming fast, I thought it was time to review one of my favourite stories and favourite Doctors in celebration of this event. The DVD I will be reviewing is The Visitation ~ our copy... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~177034661508 Fri, 18 Mar 2005 08:53:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_177034661508?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_175848001156?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author tange - At work we have a very useful section down in the Children's Library called The Parents Collection. On these shelves we stock a variety of fiction and non-fiction books and videos that are designed to help parents answer questions and learn about... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~175848001156 Mon, 7 Mar 2005 16:56:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_175848001156?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_175297564292?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author tange - We had some really good beers at Chesterfield Beer Festival this year. My favourites (as always) tended to be the darker beers ~ the stouts, milds and porters. For this reason my feet directed my body to Cairngorm Black Gold. I have tried (and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~175297564292 Wed, 2 Mar 2005 18:03:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_175297564292?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_174341787268?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author tange - We try to get to Whitby, in North Yorkshire, at least once a year and while there we usually sample one or two beers. Last time was no exception ~ we sampled PLENTY and one of them came from further afield than Yorkshire. This was a beer that had... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~174341787268 Tue, 22 Feb 2005 16:01:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_174341787268?linkin_id=8003929