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The greatest creative challenge?

Last night I had dinner with Danny Boyle and Stephen Daldry who between them are responsible for the opening ceremony for the 2012 Olympics (Stephen is in fact responsible for all the ceremonies and Danny specifically for the opening ceremony).

Park Life

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, July 6, 2010 — Culture

John David Penrose is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Weston-super-Mare

Let’s begin with a statement of the blindingly obvious: there’s a lot more green space in our towns and cities than you’d expect.

Why we do like to be beside the seaside

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, June 30, 2010 — Culture

John David Penrose is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Weston-super-Mare

An interesting report from Sheffield Hallam University brings welcome news for the tourism industry. Welcome, that is, in the sense that it helps dispel some of the received wisdom that the seaside tourist sector is in dire straits, following the historic increase in overseas holidays being taken by Brits.