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Aug 31, 2026
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  1. Article · Aug 31, 2026 · George Francis Lee

    Chefs say Michelin Guide at risk of ‘losing credibility’ over suspected lack of inspectors - AOL (opens the original)

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    How many inspectors does it take to review the country’s best restaurants – a pinch, a baker’s dozen? For more than a century the answer has been kept secret by the world’s authority on good food: the Michelin Guide. But the French tyre company’s famous hotel and restaurant reference book has been challenged by chefs, restaurant critics and diners, who question whether the guide has enough of its anonymous inspectors to adequately review and monitor the eateries that are included each year. Foun

  2. Article · Aug 31, 2026 · George Francis Lee

    Chefs say Michelin Guide at risk of ‘losing credibility’ over suspected lack of inspectors (opens the original)

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    While Michelin keeps its staff numbers secret, industry insiders say the guide cannot keep up with the thousands of restaurants in the guide How many inspectors does it take to review the country’s best restaurants – a pinch, a baker’s dozen? For more than a century the answer has been kept secret by the world’s authority on good food: the Michelin Guide. But the French tyre company’s famous hotel and restaurant reference book has been challenged by chefs, restaurant critics and diners

  3. Article · Aug 30, 2026 · George Francis Lee

    ‘It’s therapy by stealth’: the adult fans helping Lego build its billions in sales - AOL (opens the original)

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    In a cosy cafe in Kingston upon Thames on the outskirts of London, nine people gather in the early evening to drink and talk. To the casual observer it may look like a book club, but when the friends reach into their bags it’s not paperbacks they produce – but packs of Lego. Geoff Lay, who organised the gathering, worked in software development before recently starting Noble Brick, a Lego-focused events organisation. “I was one of those kids where you couldn’t go into my bedroom because the floo

  4. Article · Aug 30, 2026 · George Francis Lee

    ‘It’s therapy by stealth’: the adult fans helping Lego build its billions in sales (opens the original)

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    A growing number of people are rediscovering their love of plastic bricks in later life and boosting the Danish company’s bottom line In a cosy cafe in Kingston upon Thames on the outskirts of London, nine people gather in the early evening to drink and talk. To the casual observer it may look like a book club, but when the friends reach into their bags it’s not paperbacks they produce – but packs of Lego. Geoff Lay, who organised the gathering, worked in software development before recent

  5. Article · Jul 20, 2026 · George Francis Lee

    The one change that worked: I tried the ‘no poo’ method – and it transformed my hair (opens the original)

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    When I gave up washing my hair, the first two weeks were the worst. But I was determined to follow my barber’s advice ... In 2025 I’d not had a paid-for haircut in about five years, preferring to ask my ex to cut it with kitchen scissors in the bathroom. But now I was in my late 20s and single and I decided that it was time to look more grown up. Not knowing the first thing about looking after my hair, I felt that a trip to an establishment that offered something beyond a short back and side

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