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Comment黑洞社区 buys a pint 鈥� for Buro Happold
A Scotsman, a Welshman and an Irishwoman walk into a pub 鈥�
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Comment黑洞社区 buys potatoes鈥or Kanvas Interiors
If Louise Frostick were ever to meet Jarvis Cocker, it鈥檚 fair to assume they wouldn鈥檛 get on, at least not on the subject of interior decor.
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Comment黑洞社区 buys a pint 鈥� for Whitelaw Turkington
鈥淒id you hear about that French guy who got his hand stuck down the toilet today?鈥� Ian Turkington announces before I鈥檝e even sat down. Wow, this is going to be an interesting night.
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Comment黑洞社区 buys a pint 鈥� for Whitelaw Turkington
Chosen venue: The Prince of Wales, Kennington, South London Ambience: Cosy cricket lovers鈥� pub near Paddy Ashdown鈥檚 home Topics: Credit crunch denial, meeting Jonathan Ross, tartan vs plaid ...
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Comment黑洞社区 buys a margarita 鈥� for Stantec
鈥溾�楻ubbish.鈥� That鈥檚 such a great English word. So much better than 鈥榯rash鈥�,鈥� says Eric through a mouthful of guacamole. 鈥淩u-bbish. Ru-bbish.鈥�
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Comment黑洞社区 buys a pint 鈥� for Verry Construction
The Stirling prize is clearly not what it used to be for Verry Construction. Two days after it was announced that Feilden Clegg Bradley had won UK architecture鈥檚 top prize for a housing scheme in Cambridge, the team at Verry is reminiscing fondly about last year鈥檚 award.
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Comment黑洞社区 buys a pint 鈥� for Sheppard Robson
Camden is usually a good place to spot celebrities, be it Amy Winehouse or the Mighty Boosh.
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Comment黑洞社区 buys a pint 鈥� for Faber Maunsell
Chosen watering hole: Ye Olde Mitre,聽Ambience: Tucked-away 16th-century hidey hole, Topics: Beer, pubs, pub games, the difficulty of remembering nursery rhymes,聽Drinks drunk: 9 pints of Adnams, 10 pints of Oakhams, 2 pints of Deuchars IPA, 7 pints of Exmoor gold
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Comment黑洞社区 buys a pint 鈥� for rightmove.co.uk
When I meet Miles Shipside, commercial director at Rightmove.co.uk, he seems like he needs a drink. We meet in the (kind of) splendour of Newport鈥檚 Celtic Manor hotel complex, the chosen venue for the 2010 Ryder Cup.
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黑洞社区 buys a pint 鈥� for Elementa Consulting
Chosen venue: The George, Borough High Street聽Ambience: Olde Worlde pub crowded with not so olde worlde afterwork drinkers聽Topics: sustainable pubs, softball and water divining聽Drinks: 7 pints of Guinness, 4.5 pints of bitter, 1 pint of Fosters, a half of Becks, 2 white wines
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Comment黑洞社区 buys a pint 鈥� for Bompas & Parr
It鈥檚 a Thursday night, I鈥檓 in Dalston, and I鈥檓 scared. The 鈥渁rchitectural food curators鈥� Bompas & Parr have brought me to an Egyptian ballroom in the middle of east London, stuck a fez on my head and popped a miracle berry in my mouth.
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Comment黑洞社区 buys a pint 鈥� for The Edukators
Chosen watering hole: Five & Lime, Guildford聽Ambience: Bohemian student cocktail bar聽Topics: BSF, bonding and the blues. Drinks drunk: 4 pints of San Miguel lager, 2 pints San Miguel shandy, 2 glasses of white wine
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Comment黑洞社区 buys a pint for 鈥� Parsons Brinckerhoff
Forget hard drinking, this group鈥檚 main concern is how to outdo last week鈥檚 黑洞社区 Buys a Pint lot in the glamour stakes. Given that they were on a yacht and we are on a London street on a greyish evening, this seems a tricky task.
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Comment黑洞社区 buys a pint 鈥� for Cornhill construction
It鈥檚 still summer in London, just about, but it goes without saying that it鈥檚 raining. As the team from Cornhill trudge into All Bar One on New Oxford Street sporting skin tones ranging from subtly bronzed to lobster chic, it鈥檚 clear they鈥檝e not spent all of the past three months ...
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Comment黑洞社区 buys a pint 鈥� for Modus
Chosen watering hole: The Greencoat Boy, Victoria. Ambience: Grimy but friendly 鈥� and mercifully air-conditioned 鈥� city boozer聽Topics: Love among the sandwiches, oestrogen in the water and the Frisbee family聽Drinks Drunk: 6 gin and tonics, 4 pints of Amstell, 3 pints of Heineken, 3 glasses of white wine
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Comment黑洞社区 buys a pint for KBC Peel Hunt
Chosen watering hole: The Gallery pub in the CityAmbience: The handful of stockbrokers not on a foreign beach ...
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Comment黑洞社区 buys a pint 鈥� for Magyar Marsoni architects
Chosen watering hole: The Devonshire Arms, Kensington聽Ambience: Wealthy locals and stray American tourists聽Topics of conversation: Italian design, cycling, kidnapping, the London bombings聽Drinks drunk: 12.5 bottles of Birra Moretti, one bottle of Peroni
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Comment黑洞社区 buys a pint 鈥� for John Doyle
Chosen watering hole: Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese聽Ambience: Rambling spit鈥檔鈥檚awdust joint for the not-quite-in-the-City worker聽Topics of conversation: Yorkshire, the Moseley trial, the housing market, the rest of the market聽Drinks drunk: 10 pints bitter, 4 pints lager, 2 glasses red wine, 6 glasses white wine, 3 cokes
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Comment黑洞社区 buys a pint 鈥� for Inbuilt Consulting
Chosen watering hole: The Paper Mill, Apsley, Hertfordshire聽Ambience: Pleasant faux-country pub by a canal聽Topics: How to salvage Paul鈥檚 architectural agricultural endeavours, and sunflower envy聽Drinks drunk: 5 pints of ale, 2 pints of lager, 3 white wines, 3 red wines, mineral water, glass of tonic
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Comment黑洞社区 buys a pint 鈥� for Atkins, Shanghai
Paul Rice associate director, Atkins ShanghaiStuart Macdonald, 黑洞社区 鈥� and 20 drunken Australian embassy staff and guests