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		<title>Bottom</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alt Albion</dc:creator>
		
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This is so funny – I love this series.
It always makes me laugh- can’t beat British comedy!


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		<title>Check out VV Brown</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/check-out-vv-brown/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think she&#8217;s great!  Love both these songs!


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		<title>White Air Festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:51:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alt Albion</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[sports]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=884</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I went to this last year – it was amazing.  So much fun – I wish they had something like that over this side of the world.  I found this on you tube and had to post it…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3JEf66wSDA
If you’re in the UK for this anytime I would definitely recommend going.  This year its held at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Cribs &#038; Fleet Foxes</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/the-cribs-fleet-foxes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:46:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alt Albion</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Reasons to love the UK]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[british music]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[new bands]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=882</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Cribs new album is out soon – the first one with Johnny Marr former guitarist for The Smiths.
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2009/08/the_cribs_-_new.html
 
Also Fleet Foxes are worth an ear- bit of a folk band but are pretty good
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrQRS40OKNE&#38;feature=related
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		<title>Charity shop shopping in the UK</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/charity-shop-shopping-in-the-uk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/charity-shop-shopping-in-the-uk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:46:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alt Albion</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Fashion]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Reasons to love the UK]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Charity Shopping]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[shopping]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Charity shop shopping in the UK is the best.  You never know what you will find.  Where ever I go, one of my first stops in each town is the local charity shop.  For designer bargains you can’t beat London but I’ve found that outside of London you pick up the best bargains.  I’ve brought [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Little People</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/the-little-people/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/the-little-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alt Albion</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[little people]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[














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		<title>UK adventures #3</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/uk-adventures-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/uk-adventures-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alt Albion</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[altalbion]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Amber]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[code for something]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[liverpool]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Manchester]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=853</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Amber wrote a great piece over at Code for Something about the AltAlbion tour&#8217;s adventures in Liverpool and Manchester, well worth checking out.
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		<title>Wierd Science</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/wierd-science/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/wierd-science/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:32:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alt Albion</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[almasty]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[loch ness monster]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[richard freeman]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[They spend their lives searching for the Almasty, the yowie, big foot and the loch ness monster. They are called Cryptozoologists and David Farrier caught up with one of the greats; Richard Freeman when we were in London and asked him if he ever gets scared? Video after the jump.


]]></description>
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		<title>Portmeirion</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/portmeirion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/portmeirion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alt Albion</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[the prisoner]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wales]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=847</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the places I really wanted to visit when we were in the UK was Portmeirion, the location for cult sixties show &#8220;The Prisoner&#8221; starring Patric McGoohan (yup that really was his name). Video after the jump.


The backdrop for the show was the stunningly bizare villiage of Porteirion on the west coast of Wales.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Karl Pilkington</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/karl-pilkington/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/karl-pilkington/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:23:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alt Albion</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Campbell Live]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Nightline]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[TV3]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While we were over in the UK, David farrier managed to catch up with karl Pilkington.  Check out the interview after the jump.

As seen on TV3 Campbell Live

Then later on TV3 Nightline

Good eh!?
And incase you need a fix of Ricky&#8230;

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		<title>How best to avoid Jet lag, a non-scientific test; Method 1</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/how-best-to-avoid-jet-lag-a-non-scientific-test-method-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/how-best-to-avoid-jet-lag-a-non-scientific-test-method-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alt Albion</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Air NZ]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[drunk on a plane]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[maya]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=790</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So, I&#8217;ve done this Auckland to London thing and back quite a few times now.  I&#8217;m becoming a bit of an old hand.  I&#8217;ve flown via Singapore, via Bangkok, via KL and every time I&#8217;ve done it I&#8217;ve experienced some degree of shameful exhaustion upon arrival.  &#8220;Great to see you but I&#8217;m going to bed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spitalfields/ Sunday Up market</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/spitalfields-sunday-up-market/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/spitalfields-sunday-up-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alt Albion</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Fashion]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[jade]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[london]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[market]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[spitalfields]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=822</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[located In the East End of London between the vintage shops, galleries, pubs and graffiti of trendy Shoreditch and the nearby the spic and span outlets of Liverpool Street, Spitalfields market is a great place to pick up antiques and collectables of all kinds while Sunday Up Market nearby, close to Brick Lane, offers wonderful [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Camden Market</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/camden-market/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/camden-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alt Albion</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[camden]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[jade]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[london]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=816</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Camden market, located in the infamous center for alternative culture in North London, Camden market is a regular pilgrimage for many an English youngster. There’s a vast selection of things you can pick up here, but it’s particularly good for clothes, jewellery and collector’s items.


The market covers a large area and forms a number of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Win Two flights to the UK with Alt Albion and Air New Zealand</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/win-two-flights-to-the-uk-with-alt-albion-and-air-new-zealand/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/win-two-flights-to-the-uk-with-alt-albion-and-air-new-zealand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 01:29:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alt Albion</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[altalbion]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[competition]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Win two free flights to the UK?  Really? Sweet!
This competition is now closed.  We will be contacting the winner in due course and announce the winner onthis site.
Yup, thanks to the great people over at Air New Zealand we&#8217;ve got two return flights to the UK to give away.

All you have to do is to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>#22 UVA and interaction design</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/22-uva-and-interaction-design/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/22-uva-and-interaction-design/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alt Albion</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Art]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Reasons to love the UK]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Britain leads the way when it comes to live interaction design with the likes of UVA and Joel Gething Lewis hailing from the great isle, and young whipper snappers like Toxi deciding to live in amongst the London urban sprawl.  When you see their incredible work for people like the chemical brothers, Massive Attack, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>#21 Notting Hill Carnival</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/21-notting-hill-carnival/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/21-notting-hill-carnival/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alt Albion</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Reasons to love the UK]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
For two days in August the streets of Notting Hill come alive with up to two million revelers for one of the best street parties in the world; Notting Hill Carnival.  There is the parade of bands and floats that is well worth a watch, or if you are feeling more like just getting a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The best thing about Liverpool?</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/the-best-thing-about-liverpool/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/the-best-thing-about-liverpool/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:33:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alt Albion</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[jade]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[liverpool]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[maya]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=784</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well if you ask anyone in Liverpool they will say the night life.  If you ask me it has to be the accent! Video evidence after the jump.


Liverpool Street B-Boys

She works at an awsome shop called westworld

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		<title>Fake Cavern video evidence</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/fake-cavern-video-evidence/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/fake-cavern-video-evidence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alt Albion</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[beatles]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cavern]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[fakery]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[jade]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[liverpool]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=780</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the video of the Fake Cavern in Liverpool.  See Duncan&#8217;s posts on this fakery here . If you find yourself in this cavern, go back up the stairs, cross the street and into the real one &#8216;kay?


View Larger Map
Jade
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		<title>#20 specialist shopping</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/20-specialist-shopping/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/20-specialist-shopping/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:19:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alt Albion</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Reasons to love the UK]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=770</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Specialist shops are brilliant! The generic high street is taking over, but in the UK I still found lots of amazing people and places that know their stuff inside out.  Aside form all the amazing record stores we discovered (see jade&#8217;s post about mono) there are all manner of stores each dedicated to a singular [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In-van entertainment sytem</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/in-van-entertainment-sytem/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/in-van-entertainment-sytem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alt Albion</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cds]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[edinburgh]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[glasgow]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It seemed like a great idea at the time; eveyone has ten minutes to run into an HMV strore and buy a CD to play in the van.  We&#8217;d been a little light on the sounds while in the highlands and now we were in the lo-lands it was time to pump out the jams [...]]]></description>
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		<title>mono records, Glasgow</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/mono-records-glasgow/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/mono-records-glasgow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alt Albion</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=755</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While we were on our tour we picked up a whole lot of vinyl.  Be ready to do your best number eight at the Air NZ desk when coming home and you should be able to get away with the excess, we did.  Among the great record shops we visited one stood out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Duncan &#038; Duncan became Celtic Fans</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/why-duncan-duncan-became-celtic-fans/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/why-duncan-duncan-became-celtic-fans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alt Albion</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[glagsow]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Old Firm]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Rangers]]></category>

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Maya
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		<title>sixty pictures from the London Eye</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/sixty-pictures-from-the-london-eye/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/sixty-pictures-from-the-london-eye/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:23:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alt Albion</dc:creator>
		
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We had an amazing time, thanks to Craig our wonderful host for the trip.  I almost didn&#8217;t make it to the Eye but I am so happy that I did, highly recomend it to everyone.





















































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		<title>#19: Oakdale Comprehensive School</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/19-oakdale-comprehensive-school/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/19-oakdale-comprehensive-school/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 20:02:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>duncang</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Joe Calzaghe]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Oakdale Comprehensive School]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Steve Strange]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The Manic Street Preachers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wales]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=661</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Those inauspicious buildings above, squat and purposeful, house Oakdale Comprehensive School, an educational institution I&#8217;ve never visited but one which has for one reason or another provided the three key cultural forces to emerge from Wales over the last three decades.
Steve Strange, The Manic Street Preachers and Joe Calzaghe. Strange ran a club night, The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>London A to Zed</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/london-a-to-zed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/london-a-to-zed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Fashion]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[london]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[typography]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=580</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A typographic survey of London. I said I&#8217;d do it in some form or another and here it is! Plenty of choice - do I choose a classic Picadilly P or utilise the rad P spray painted by the skaters at South Bank? Which flashing Ritz letter is most worthy? Banksy or anonymous sticker slapper? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shoreditch</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/shoreditch/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/shoreditch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:50:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=586</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By day Shoreditch is a pleasant wee area, with interesting lanes, street art, cafes and a rad bookstore (Artwords). By night it is another beast all together. The streets fill up, becoming pumping conduits of people having a marvelous time at a million tiny clubs.
One of these is Jaguar Shoes. In a former life DreamBagsJaguarShoes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beachfront Jungle and Walking in the Air</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/beachfront-jungle-and-walking-in-the-air/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/beachfront-jungle-and-walking-in-the-air/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>duncang</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Brighton]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Jungle]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Micky Finn]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Nicky Blackmarket]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[the drovers inn]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The Old Ship]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=648</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Slipping into Brighton as night was falling, short Kushla and David, it felt like a relatively quiet night was in the offing, a graduated return to normalcy before the epic journey home the next day. We had dinner at a cute Italian just off the waterfront, and it looked like the night might hold nothing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;We&#8217;ll Always Have Brighton&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/well-always-have-brighton/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/well-always-have-brighton/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sriwhana</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Royal pavilion]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[west pier]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=644</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Of all the places I have been, who knew that the small seaside resort of Brighton would steal my heart. Paris I have cheated. Brighton stretches along the coast, her neo-classical architecture gracious and stoic, ripples along the impossibly pebbly beach. Driving in at night, the pier all lights and motion looks like small cloisters [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;There shall be but one mistress here, and no master.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/there-shall-be-but-one-mistress-here-and-no-master/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/there-shall-be-but-one-mistress-here-and-no-master/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:09:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sriwhana</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[National Portrait Gallery]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Twiggy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=625</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What is a country without her people? The National Portrait Gallery may sound like a snore, but its a truely wonderful gallery, a memorial to all the lives who have wandered through Britain, and made her what she is.
 I recently became interested in the Tudors, through the light weight drama &#8216;The Tudors&#8217;, starring Jonathan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>#18: Signs on the Tube</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/18-signs-on-the-tube/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/18-signs-on-the-tube/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:39:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>david</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[amnesty international]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=622</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This one c/- Amnesty International. I still don&#8217;t think I understand it properly.
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		<title>London Fashion Week.</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/london-fashion-week/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/london-fashion-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>david</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[fashion zoe morgan jewellery]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=615</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I set off to the Natural History Museum - not for natural history - but for the first day of London Fashion Week.
I don&#8217;t understand fashion very well, so perhaps it was ultimately wasted on me (see photo below), but by lord, I love looking at all the people. And all the people love looking at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Night at Brixton Academy.</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/a-night-at-brixton-academy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/a-night-at-brixton-academy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:59:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>david</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=609</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was a bit panicked I wasn&#8217;t going to get a chance to go to an amazing gig on this trip. This wasn&#8217;t for a lack of exciting shows, more just my apparent need to go to bed at 10pm every night. I&#8217;m some kind of old man in a 26-year-olds body. Heck, as I type this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monsters in London</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/monsters-in-london/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/monsters-in-london/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:16:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>david</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[cryptozoology]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=598</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
While many of my blogging comrades were doing things you should do in London (wine, gigs, beautiful people etc), I jumped in a cab and found my way to the Grant Museum of Zoology at London&#8217;s University College.  Sort of like the UK&#8217;s AUT I imagine.


After looking about in the Darwin building&#8217;s specimen room (some creatures in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the black market</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/black_market/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/black_market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:09:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Duncan</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[records]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[shopping]]></category>

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For as long as I have been a drum and bass DJ I have wanted to visit Black Market records in Soho. It is probably the most famous drum and bass record store in the world, in the spiritual home of bass heavy sounds.

It did not disappoint. The store stocks more than just drum and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>S as in&#8230; Sodom</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/s-as-in-sodom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/s-as-in-sodom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 09:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>duncang</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Anvil: The Story Of Anvil]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sacha Gervasi]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=589</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Upon arriving in London you&#8217;re bombarded with messages to go out to see a show, a band, a comedian. Or a film. One such omnipresent poster was for Anvil: The Story of Anvil. And it worked.
The trailer plays like it&#8217;s mockumentary, but rather than adding to that now rather moribund genre, Anvil is hilariously, heartbreakingly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the Wall</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/on-the-wall/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/on-the-wall/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[london]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=550</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This has been a trip of visual  firsts - my first beautiful Blake prints at Tate Liverpool, the first much lauded Picasso, a few cheeky Warhols and my favourite to date - a piece by modern Brit icon Mr. Banksy.
We found it off Oxford St; the &#8216;discovery&#8217; felt pretty excellent, tucked in behind a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beer and Herstory</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/beer-and-herstory/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/beer-and-herstory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:21:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sriwhana</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Coco Chanel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Duke of westminster]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[london]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=542</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is so much to do in London, that it can be overwhelming. Sometimes just following your nose is all you need to do. We started in Spitalfields and ended in Soho, on a journey involving local pubs, a small Mexican bar, a tired sad hipster joint, someone&#8217;s house, and a downstairs club.

We even managed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>#17: Rough Trade</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/rough-trading/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/rough-trading/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:18:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>duncang</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Reasons to love the UK]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Rough Trade]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Rough Trade East]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The Clean]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The Feelies]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Young Marble Giants]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Any trip to London for a self-respecting vinyl nerd is incomplete without a trip to Rough Trade records, the shop which gave birth to the label which just owned the early '80s, putting out masterpieces by the likes of the Young Marble Giants, The Feelies and The Clean. I'll post clips at the bottom. They are all amazing.]]></description>
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		<title>#16 BBC iPlayer</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/16-bbc-iplayer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/16-bbc-iplayer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Duncan</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Reasons to love the UK]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tech]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bbc]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[iplayer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[radio]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[tv]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[web]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=541</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The BBC were one of the first media companies to embrace our new digital world. The iPlayer was one of the first forays by a major content owner into the scary realm of online content provision.
While others were totally freaking out about their content being &#8217;stolen&#8217; by the theiving public, the BBC through caution to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>#15 Live Comedy</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/live-comedy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/live-comedy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Duncan</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Reasons to love the UK]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[comedy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[laughing boy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[london]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=535</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night Peter and I had the pleasure of checking out some proper English comedy at the Laughing Boy Comedy Club at The Oxford in Kentish Town.
Upstairs at the Oxford is a intimate lounge like environment, complete with plush leather couches. It&#8217;s like having a few comedians over for a beer.
Last nights line up was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HAPPY HAIR DAYS!</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/happy-hair-days/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/happy-hair-days/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alt Albion</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=523</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Im sure everyone that knows me knows i dont really bover with my hair&#8230;its just there&#8230;well not yesterday i was given a gift from god in the form of a gas station! that&#8217; s right a service station&#8230;
thats where i descoverd&#8230;.

only 1 pound!!! and they were GHD&#8217;s WOWWWWWWWWW!
so&#8230;
&#8230;
&#8230;

&#8230;getting there

and it was done !!woah they helped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In the Eastend..</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/in-the-eastend/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/in-the-eastend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:35:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alt Albion</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=517</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well whilst in the east end i deciede to venture off from the group and take a look around the nearby market : SPITAFIELDS, held on thursdays&#8230; I was very lucky to catch it as i am not from the east end and was unaware of it  &#8230;the closest i have been to it before [...]]]></description>
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		<title>#14 Comic book men</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/14-comic-book-men/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/14-comic-book-men/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alt Albion</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=510</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Where ever you go your bound to find the ultimate experience when entering a comic shop! 

Think of simpsons and your not far off the sterotype of a &#8216;comic book guy&#8217;, we managed to catch up with a fantastic comic book guy in manchester and he fit in nicely with our expectations..it&#8217;s always facinating when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ice Cream joy!</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/ice-cream-joy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:31:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alt Albion</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=470</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This place is magical&#8230; forget disneyland&#8230;.the magic begins inside here! 

oh yes my eyes were watering in owe as i approached this fantastic place&#8230;i&#8217;d like to thank all those who made it possible mainly: the cows, for producing such beneficial milk (good old cows), my mum, for taking introducing me to there and last but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alternative shopping</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/alternative-shopping/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/alternative-shopping/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Duncan</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=395</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Shopping in the UK is amazing. Cheap (even with the crazy crap exchange rate working against us), massive selection and friendly helpful staff in almost all stores. I am not going to bore you with the details of all the regular shopping though, suffice to say it is rad. Jump in for my summary of crazy shopping destinations in the UK..]]></description>
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		<title>Honey I&#8217;m Home</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/the-greatest-city-in-the-world/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/the-greatest-city-in-the-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=488</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the last 24hrs I have I walked a couple of New Zealanders from Commercial St down Brick Lane, into Vibe bar for a quick half, to the Jewish Deli that is always open for a bagel (or baigel). To Liverpool St via Spitalfields market, a tube to Old St (for the sake of it) a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wasabi</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/wasabi/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/wasabi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:35:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=471</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have a theory about proximity to greatness. The closer you are, the more you are empowered or some waffle like that. People move places because all the best things of the world collect in one pool and you get the best of everything&#8230; Anywho, being in one of the world&#8217;s greatest cities gives you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SMILEEE</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/ice-cream/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alt Albion</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In my hand i hold GOLD&#8230;well chocolate gold&#8230;anyone who&#8217; s anyone will know what im on about when i say i was in chocolate heaven!

yes that smiles real &#8230;dining in the famous Marine Ices (Ice cream parlour in Chalk Farm, near Camden town)
I have been a loyal fan of this place as long as i [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hyde Park: A Dream Come True.</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/hyde-park-a-dream-come-true/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/hyde-park-a-dream-come-true/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:05:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>david</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=453</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Always wanted to come to London&#8217;s Hyde Park. I enjoy parks and heard this one was particularly good. And it was.

Here are some of the parks amazing features:








aaaaaaaaaand&#8230;

Good, eh?

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		<title>William Blake at Tate Liverpool</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/william-blake-at-tate-liverpool/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/william-blake-at-tate-liverpool/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sriwhana</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=431</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Liverpool has more galleries than any other city in the UK, aside from London. With only one day to explore, the obvious choice is the Tate Liverpool.
Luckily I was able to catch the William Blake show River of Life. Blake although considered a madman in his time, is now seen as the shining knight of Romanticism [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Magazine Invented Manchester</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/magazine-invented-manchester/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/magazine-invented-manchester/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>duncang</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=438</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Howard Devoto, a diminutive figure, now with an odd resemblance to Dr Evil, appears at centre stage. It's dark and green, though it will soon become apparent that he's in a pink pastel suit and your eyes just devour him.
"Here is the idea. Here is the explanation of what happened," he intones in that marvellously creepy pantomine voice of his. ]]></description>
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		<title>#13 Basement Jaxx</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/13-basement-jaxx/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/13-basement-jaxx/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alt Albion</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=433</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Personaly I think Basement Jaxx are the #1 reason to love the UK.  On record the are great, but live they are amazing. Video after the jump.
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		<title>#12 The chemical Brothers</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/12-the-chemical-brothers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/12-the-chemical-brothers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alt Albion</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The chemical brothers live at the roundhouse, video after the jump
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		<title>#11: Peaches Geldof&#8217;s Tattoos</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/peaches-geldofs-tattoos/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/peaches-geldofs-tattoos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:39:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sriwhana</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=421</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Brits really love their tabloids. From a 13 year old father in a devil mask, to Peaches Geldof frolicking on the beach, they are grossly compelling, and a great way to pass the time in airports and hotel lobbies.
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		<title>Somewhere in Time</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/somewhere-in-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/somewhere-in-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sriwhana</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=357</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are ever in Liverpool take a wander up Renshaw street where you'll find some amazing vintage shops. I stumbled across Lessas shop up some stairs- seem to have lost the address, but if you do find her she is a tough nut to crack, but once you do, you'll be blown away by her knowledge and passion. ]]></description>
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		<title>March Of The Spoons</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/march-of-the-spoons/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/march-of-the-spoons/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=410</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A geeky cutlery update. I suffered serious shock and horror in Liverpool when there wasn&#8217;t a single Beatle encrusted spoon to be found. Not even one with Paul&#8217;s foppish grin. One themed with a bit of Brit Pride feat. the liver bird sufficed.

Manchester - described as Barcelona of the North by Lonely Planet is obviously [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vintage Manchester</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/vintage-manchester/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/vintage-manchester/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Vintage shopping in new cities is always a lot of fun, especially when you are given a personalised itinerary complete with coffee breaks. These shops are in the Northern Quarter of the city - the creative indie hub of Manchester.
+ Retro Rehab - reworked vintage pretties in a cute lil shop with flamingo wallpaper.
+ Rags [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Things that surprised me about Glasgow.</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/things-that-surprised-me-about-glasgow/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/things-that-surprised-me-about-glasgow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[1. The food.
Restaurants in Glasgow are good. The quality of the meals I ate in Glasgow was probably better than anywhere else. And all of that fried stuff? Well if you go to the right place it&#8217;s actually good too, so shut up.
2. A bewildering abundance of charity shops
The streets are littered with second hand, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Above The Permafrost</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/tell-me-how-im-supposed-to-breathe-with-no-air/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/tell-me-how-im-supposed-to-breathe-with-no-air/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>duncang</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=376</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Manchester from the ground was frankly, pretty depressing today. We felt the first rain of the journey on our cheeks and the grimly mismatched architecture just seemed kind of vulgar. Not on an Auckland level - none of the modern buildings seemed in imminent danger of collapsing due to abject flimsiness - but after the sublime prettiness of parts of Edinburgh and Liverpool it certainly seemed a step down. ]]></description>
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		<title>The Prettiest Girl in Manchester</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/the-prettiest-girl-in-manchester/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/the-prettiest-girl-in-manchester/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:32:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sriwhana</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=375</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[English Rose, The Rose of Tralee. The Uk woman lives in mens hearts, the paragon of beauty. Riding the waves of myths and legends. Sirens on the rocks like Girls Aloud. ]]></description>
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		<title>PRET</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/pret/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/pret/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:07:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Pret/Pret-a-manager is brilliant. A chain store done really well is always a joy to find. This one hooked me in with promises of free wifi, decent coffee and a good attitude. On closer inspection it provided an awesome brand story, cool packaging and writing, nice people and free wifi. Mmmmm wifi. I had a latte, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Liver Bird</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/the-liver-bird/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/the-liver-bird/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:44:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=359</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I took an early morning walk down to the docks in Liverpool and saw the most wonderful architecture. On the edge of the river you&#8217;ll find Liver Building - the most famous in the city. It&#8217;s a big building, built in 1911. You can&#8217;t miss it - it&#8217;s the one with twin clock towers and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Got Me</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/you-got-me/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/you-got-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:28:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>duncang</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The original piece I wrote about The Cavern, amongst other things, for the Real Groove website is below, some holds true, some has been overtaken by events. But I&#8217;ve unmasked a serious fraud.
The original post:
So I&#8217;ve arrived in Liverpool, a little tired after Optimo but otherwise accounted for, and hit the Hard Days Night hotel, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tate Liverpool</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/tate-liverpool/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/tate-liverpool/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 02:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=340</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You know those moments that force you to look at your life, your neuroses and your clumsy attempts at creativity in perspective and then soundly draw you to the conclusion that you&#8217;re actually a semi-talented insignificant speck?
I&#8217;d really like to recommend one of those to you. I had one today and it was beyond awesome.
William Blake was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hoodlums.</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/hoodlums/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/hoodlums/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:47:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>david</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[When I get to a new place I like to put on my running shoes and go for a run. It&#8217;s a good way to have a look around, and get a bit of exercise without feeling as self conscious as prancing about in your native city. Running through Ponsonby&#8230; yuck.
Manchester was the perfect run&#8230; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>#10: New Zealander&#8217;s Who&#8217;ve Done Gud.</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/new-zealanders-whove-done-gud/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/new-zealanders-whove-done-gud/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:53:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>david</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=339</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rhys Darby. He&#8217;s a kiwi chap. In a new movie. Opening soon&#8230; The Boat That Rocked.
Looks fun.
David.
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		<title>Tea Bagging in Liverpool</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/tea-bagging-in-liverpool/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/tea-bagging-in-liverpool/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:46:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>duncang</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=320</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Wandering through the clean, modern centre of Liverpool today I found myself in front of the great totem to contemporary art and culture that is the Official Liverpool FC Store. Along with the anticipated team strips and posters were some stuff for the more hardcore supporter. Here&#8217;s my top ten ridiculous Liverpool supporter&#8217;s products.
10. Little [...]]]></description>
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		<title>#9: The Pub</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/pub/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/pub/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Duncan</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=329</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The pub here is an institution. You can understand why. It is cold, bleak, and often raining. The pub is warm, dry and full of sweet sweet beer. There are people there. Nice people. The amount of pints we have drunk and shit we have talked since we have been here has been awesome. None [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forbidden Planet.</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/forbidden-planet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/forbidden-planet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>david</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=324</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So I sort of was a bit panicky thinking Liverpool would be all Football heads running about drinking beer, maybe commiting crimes etc - and it sort of is I suppose - but it&#8217;s also quite civilized. 
I can tell it&#8217;s civilized because it has what every civilized place has: A toy store. A toy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>crime seen?</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/crime-seen/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/crime-seen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 01:53:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alt Albion</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=314</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just to let you know, been in the UK for four days now and have yet to see the hoodies and violence promissed to us by the local papers.  I shall have to keep on looking down the dark alleys and talking to complete strangers in the middle of the night and see if that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scotland eh? loch lomand adventures</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/scottland-eh-loch-lomand-adventures/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/scottland-eh-loch-lomand-adventures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 01:51:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alt Albion</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=312</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[let&#8217;s just say now we now know what Dr. who felt like after a tardis experience&#8230; as it appeared we had taken a step back in time , and entered an elmer fudd scenario as we entered loch lomand..we stepped back 100 years in time and were amongst, quite literally surrounded by the dead prey [...]]]></description>
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		<title>#8: Burial</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/8-burial/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/8-burial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 01:08:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Duncan</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=299</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Burial writes some of the most incredible, moody, gritty, emotionally charged music I have ever heard. I didn&#8217;t fully understand it until I arrived and experienced this part of the world.

Burial has been my haunting sound track for much of the trip thus far, and I will go home with a toally new appreciation for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>#4: Brian and Capes</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/reasons-to-love-the-uk4-brian-and-capes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/reasons-to-love-the-uk4-brian-and-capes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 01:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sriwhana</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=276</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Capes are amazing. I&#8217;d forgotten how amazing until I went on a tour of haunted Edinbugh sites with Brian. His cape tricked me into cultivating a crush on him. In the freezing, misty air a cape cuddle would have been like finding a unicorn in your back garden.


Spong
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		<title>#7: More comedy than you can laugh at</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/7-more-comedy-than-you-can-laugh-at/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/7-more-comedy-than-you-can-laugh-at/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:54:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Right, so I feel like since I&#8217;ve dedicated a whole post to Peep Show, I have to tell you about this in case you haven&#8217;t heard about it.
Fuck empire, imperialism, wealth, brit pop and all that shit. Things like this are why the UK is awesome.

Yeah. That&#8217;s right. You can be first to tell your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yes! Fab &#038; Kinky</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/optimo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/optimo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:52:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Duncan</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=250</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes! Optimo truly was.
Seriously, who has a party on a Sunday night. WTF.
I was insanely tired. I didn&#8217;t want to go out, not really. Twitch and Wilkes are in Australia, how good could this really be? I thought I was going for an hour or so just to get a feel for Optimo and what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>#5: Peep Show</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/5-peep-show/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/5-peep-show/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=249</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Right, so of all the cultural references to cross the GB-NZ border Peep Show has got to be the most successful.
Oh what? You&#8217;re from New Zealand? You haven&#8217;t watched Peep Show before? Okay well that makes you slightly less cool than me but hey, here&#8217;s a clip that I like.
Here begins a love affair for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>#6: Noel Edmonds</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/6-noel-edmonds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/6-noel-edmonds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>duncang</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=275</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I lived in London until I was 10, and as a result experienced many of the annoyances of London life, and few of the pleasures. Thanks Mum and Dad! But one of those I did get to experience while I wasn&#8217;t doing drugs and going to the pub was British TV. Specifically Noel&#8217;s House Party. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>#1: The Royal We</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/reasons-to-love-the-uk-1-the-royal-we/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/reasons-to-love-the-uk-1-the-royal-we/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:54:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>duncang</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=248</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I went to Monorail (not Mono! Apologies Jade) Records today and asked the man behind the counter which Glaswegian bands I needed to pay attention to. He was deliciously perfect for the job, slightly leery about my motives and had a fine, vaguely unnerving grin. But he pointed me in a fantastic direction. The Royal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>#3: Wuthering Heights</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/reasons-to-love-the-uk-2-wuthering-heights/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/reasons-to-love-the-uk-2-wuthering-heights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:53:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sriwhana</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=252</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m always thinking that at some point I will meet the one. Some kind of combination of Heathcliff and Darcy. Wild, handsome and rich. British novels have pretty much ruined any hope that I will ever be satisfied by a man, in much the same way that Twilight and Edward Cullen has raised a generations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>#2: Scottish Vegetable Jokes</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/reasons-to-love-the-uk-2-scottish-vegetable-jokes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/reasons-to-love-the-uk-2-scottish-vegetable-jokes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>david</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Badly told vegetable jokes, that is.

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		<title>No emos in the UK</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/no-emos-in-the-uk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/no-emos-in-the-uk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:06:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>david</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=246</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Right, so I&#8217;m not really one for clubbing, but went along to Optimo last night because it&#8217;s the place to be on a Sunday night. The other guys on the team who love that sort of thing will no doubt give a detailed breakdown, but I just wanted to point out one thing: There were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seriously, you&#8217;re scaring me.</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/seriously-youre-scaring-me/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/seriously-youre-scaring-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 04:06:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=178</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Edinburgh,
I really enjoyed visiting you recently. Your castle still looks great. It&#8217;s nice to see that you look after it even after all these years. I&#8217;m really sorry I couldn&#8217;t stay longer, believe me it would&#8217;ve been really nice. My friends enjoyed themselves too. I hope you don&#8217;t think I&#8217;m being too forward but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Paradise Way</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/the-paradise-way/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/the-paradise-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:31:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>duncang</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=179</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[

We&#8217;re standing nervously in a queue, without quite knowing why. But the longer we stand there the more we&#8217;re certain that it must be the right thing to do. If you&#8217;re not allowed to hail a cab then you&#8217;ve got to join an outlandish queue for one. We&#8217;ll allow that. And if everyone else is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No, you&#8217;re not ghost hunting you&#8217;re going to be quiet and go to bed now.</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/no-youre-not-ghost-hunting-youre-going-to-be-quiet-and-go-to-bed-now/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/no-youre-not-ghost-hunting-youre-going-to-be-quiet-and-go-to-bed-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The telephone rang, piercing the silence of the night, jolting the Captain from his dreamless slumber. 
&#8220;What is it?&#8221; He croaked into the receiver. 
&#8220;Sir&#8230; We.. We&#8217;ve found it!&#8221;
&#8220;Found what, Sergeant?&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s&#8230; it&#8217;s the most Scottish place any of us have ever seen! The scot-meter readings are off the chart! You&#8217;d better get here fast, Captain!&#8221;
&#8220;Where are you!?&#8221;
&#8220;The Drovers Inn, Loch Lomond. And [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oh&#8230; 1 more thing</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/oh-1-more-thing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/oh-1-more-thing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:12:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[scotland]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Scotland is cold. We resorted to this:

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		<title>The Spoon Chronicles</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/the-spoon-chronicles/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/the-spoon-chronicles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=207</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello! What an AMAZING trip it&#8217;s been so far. On this journey I&#8217;ve chosen to hunt down a souvenir spoon from every city we visit. I reckon teaspoons are the ultimate tourist momento. At the end I&#8217;ll hopefully have a collection big enough to make a charm bracelet out of - a la New Zeland jewellery designer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Culture Shock</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/culture-shock/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/culture-shock/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Duncan</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=180</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You will have to excuse me if I am a little incoherant as I write this post, I have just returned from Bairds Pub where I caught the Old Firm game - I am still buzzing. The experience that I had at the pub really summed up the tour so far for me, total culture [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Man with Two Sheep and a Stormy Face</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/man-with-two-sheep-and-a-stormy-face/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/man-with-two-sheep-and-a-stormy-face/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sriwhana</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Art]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=184</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Drovers Inn at Loch Lomond was built in 1705. Among the portraits and taxidermy that cling languidly to its walls were the following beautiful examples of the painting genre.
Man with Two Sheep and a Stormy Face is the best painting I&#8217;ve seen in a long time. 
He could be marrying two sheep, or reading them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scotland is more than the Loch Ness Monster.</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/scotland-is-more-than-the-loch-ness-monster/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/scotland-is-more-than-the-loch-ness-monster/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:23:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>david</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Growing up I was fairly obsessed with books about mystery creatures. While I enjoyed reading about Bigfoot and the Yeti, my all time favourite creature was the Loch Ness Monster. This fitted in with my other major obsession, dinosaurs. For better or worse, my fascination with the Loch never left, and so the opporunity to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sriwhana Spong</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/sriwhana-spong/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/sriwhana-spong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 21:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alt Albion</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=169</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Sriwhana Spong is an Artist
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		<title>Amber Parkin</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/amber-parkin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/amber-parkin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 21:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alt Albion</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=166</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Amber Parkin is a writer often found tapping away at www.codeforsomething.com
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		<title>The Drovers Inn at Loch Lomond</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/the-drovers-inn-at-loch-lomond/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/the-drovers-inn-at-loch-lomond/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:08:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alt Albion</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=161</guid>
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We found out where we will be spending our first night on our tour; The Drovers Inn at Loch Lomond. Rumour has it that the place is haunted so we&#8217;ll get a chance to go all Scoobie!  From their website, it looks like it has a wicked fireplace and a bar fully stocked with local [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amazing UK</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/amazing-uk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/amazing-uk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alt Albion</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=159</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Amazing data visualisations of air traffic, and shipping in the UK from the BBC.



Tanks to five15design on twitter for pointing us to this where we found the above.
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		<title>The votes are in and counted!</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/the-votes-are-in-and-counted/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/the-votes-are-in-and-counted/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alt Albion</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[You're Invited]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=156</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Thank you so much to everyone, we wish we could take you all.  We will be contacting you all individualy over the next day or two to let you know how you fared.  Thanks so much!
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		<title>Miniature art : Little people everwhere</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/miniature-art-little-people-everwhere/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/miniature-art-little-people-everwhere/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:09:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alt Albion</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[slinkachu]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[street art]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=107</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Are &#8220;little people&#8221; the new street Art? Is Slinkachu is the new Banksy?


The artists at AltAlbion got all in a tizz about working with Little people, it seemed like we were on to a first, then someone showed us the Slinkachu book and then we found out that loads of people are doing it! So [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jilkes and Twitch Optimo</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/jilkes-and-twitch-optimo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/jilkes-and-twitch-optimo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:47:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alt Albion</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[jikes and twitch]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=25</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m really keen to go to Optimo in Glasgow to see Jilkes and Twitch.  Check out this video of the boys in action.


The only thing with that video is, just like most videos of Djs playing, you can&#8217;t really get a feel for what it was like to be there.  I think this one sums [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Underground party</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/underground-party/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/underground-party/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:46:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alt Albion</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=23</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[

I&#8217;ve heard so much about these Tube parties going on in London, can&#8217;t wait to get over there and try one out for real. Video after the jump.

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		<title>Welcome to Alternative Albion</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/welcome-to-alternative-albion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/welcome-to-alternative-albion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:45:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alt Albion</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=21</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Welcome aboard the Alt Albion UK tour. You’ll be travelling to the heart of creative Britain, with unfiltered access to the underground, the world-famous and the undiscovered.

Forget about stuffy church tours and touristy cheese. You want to hang out with composers, chill with artists, climb mountains, drink in local pubs, discover new bands and shoot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Duncan Greive</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/duncan-greive/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/duncan-greive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alt Albion</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
Duncan Greive is the Editor of Real Groove magazine.
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		<title>David Farrier</title>
		<link>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/david-farrier/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altalbion.co.nz/david-farrier/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alt Albion</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.altalbion.co.nz/?p=17</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
David Farrier is a broadcast Journalist currently working for TV3.
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