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ACCOMMODATION AVAILABLE

PARIS ST. GERMAIN week or month charming top floor, elevator, ideal for two people.
email: nicoletta.nicola@tin.it

Magical, golden Dordogne Chateau. Sleeps 15. Beautiful light. 60 acres. Pool. Tennis.
web: www.goursac.com

South-West France: large, detached house in quiet village, sleeps 10.
web: www.maisonlepicvert.com

Book the sun in Provence. Special deals on remaining weeks:
web: www.provencemagique.com

AXARQUIA, East of Malaga: Write by the sea. 1 bed flat available November to March. Views over Med, beach 5m walk, Available November to March. Short lets in summer. Rent negotiable.
email: m.dewey@btinternet.com

Spacious apartment near Venetian Harbour in Chania Crete. Sleeps 5. £100 per person per week inc.
tel: 01603-506595 email: barbara.hyde1@btopenworld.com

ACCOMMODATION WANTED

Wanted: Person to part or co-buy a flat in Clapham.
email: g.alex@btinternet.com

AUDIO TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE

Professional Audio Transcription Service. Prompt, reliable and experienced service. References available. Contact for rates and enquiries.
email: small.house@live.com

BAND FOR HIRE

Brighton based band.
web: www.thecocktailparty.co.uk

BED AND BREAKFAST

London: B&B in comfortable family homes, centrally located, close to tubes, T.V in rooms, double £54.00, single £42.00 pn (prices excluding Olympic period).
tel: 0207 385 4904 web: www.thewaytostay.co.uk

BUSINESS

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web: www.merchantaccountforum.com.

FOR SALE

The Marquise de Ganges fled to this house - don't you need a getaway, too? Delightful duplex apartment, renov, 400 y.o. house, Languedoc, gateway Cevennes National Park.
web: ganges.biz/smap/

HOLIDAYS

Florence, comfortable, quiet and central apartment, sleeps 4.
tel: 0039 0557 309126 web: www.casaparenti.com

London, Bloomsbury, two bed holiday apartment, sleeps six, contact Chris.
email: abethefishpeddler@hotmail.com

Paradis en Languedoc. Winter retreat or summer holiday idyll.
web: www.franceazure.eu

Provence. Leap forward into summer.
web: www.provencemagique.com

Rome (near Spanish Steps) apartment 80sqm for weekly/monthly rental. See images: Living/dining room, bedroom, bath, kitchen, patio.
tel: +39065783777 email: paulahowarth@paulahowarth.net web: www.paulahowarth.net

A house in Sicily?
web: www.sicilianhideaway.co.uk

Chania, Crete Writer's restored stone house in idyllic village. 2 Bathrooms, A/C. Extensive terraces, views. £350pw.
tel: 0207 729 2242

France profonde. Simple, rustic coach house and garden in heart of medieval St Benoit. Two boulangeries, good walks, chateaux and swimming lakes.
web: www.stbenoitdusault.com

South-West France. Comfortable, stylishly restored cottage, sleeps 2, tranquil, private, with expansive views, £200-£335/wk
tel: tel:0033 563795360 email: thelittlehousetarn@yahoo.co.uk web: www.thelittlehousetarn.co.uk

ITALY, UMBRIA, Between Spoleto and Assisi. Authentically restored farmhouse with stunning views over the Spoleto Valley, nestling amongst olive groves below the 10th century castle at Campello Alto. 3 Bedrooms with A/C, 3 Bathrooms, large fully equipped Kitchen, Sitting Room with Open Fireplace, Central Heating, Wireless Internet, Large Pool.
tel: +44 7713638627 web: www.casadelcinguettio.com

ITALY: Between Florence & Siena, magical country house and converted chapel in Chianti hills. Sleeps 6+2.
email: katebolton@onetel.com web: www.convertoie.com

Peaceful retreat rural SW France, or riad Marrakesh Medina, Morocco. Privately managed, exclusive use.
tel: +44 (0)7798 805428 email: info@richardkirker.com web: www.richardkirker.com

Self Catering: 40 mins Cork, absolute peace and quiet in rolling countryside, sea views, architect-built, sleeps 4. From £350pw.
email: aitmachroi@gmail.com web: www.ownersdirect.co.uk/ireland/IR567.htm

Southern Tuscan Hillside. Newly restored spacious one-bedroom apartment in tranquil 17th-century farmhouse, 4 km Monte San Savino with lovely views. Use of garden and laundry facilities. Parking, broadband, central heating. 3km Florence-Rome motorway, 20 mins Arezzo. Own wheels essential. Available from mid-March, rent negotiable depending on length of stay.
email: jlbhodson@gmail.com

HOLIDAY FLATS TO RENT IN SOUTH ITALY
web: cilentoapartments.wordpress.com/

Southern France. Large house, garden, pool.
web: www.micheleuzet.blogspot.com

Tuscany Umbria borders, farmhouse and annex amidst beautiful rolling hills sleeps 7 £400 p.w.
tel: 0207 267 7622 web: www.mytuscanyhouse.com

MODELS REQUIRED

Female student photographer looking for male nude models for an art project. For more information please contact me.
email: malenudeart12@gmail.com

PERSONALS

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London Review of Books 28 Little Russell Street, London WC1A 2HN, UK

We advise respondents to take due precautions when answering personal ads.

Late 20s male, living north of London. Like all aspiring writers, would prefer Paris but have neither money nor mettle for relocation. Rather, have thus far settled for life of mundane pleasures and job stability. Less like Heathcliff, more Sancho Panza (sans corpulence). Seeking: female, close in age, willing to meet a man of no magnitude.
email: servuscallidus@gmail.com

Should you be a mature Renaissance lady who can appreciate the stimulation provided by expert strokes of genius, look for a senior Italian artist anticipating that you are no figment of his imagination.
email: info@vitadimilano.com

Adventurous intellectual couple, late twenties, seek similar female to turn their Bloomsbury square into a triangle. Is this you? Send us a paragraph about yourself.
email: squaretotriangle@gmail.com

woman seeks gorgeous woman.
email: lrb_girl@yahoo.com

Independent, vivacious, warm, slim, attractive, thoughtful woman in her mid 60's with a love of good books, theatre, music and the arts in general. I spend happy times with family and friends. Have travelled extensively and also lived in Italy. Would like to meet a gentleman with intellect and culture, with a sense of fun, to have interesting conversations with and to enjoy shared interests. London.
email: casaliguria1@gmail.com

Hitchcock or Wilder. Eames or Bertoia. Saint Etienne or Portishead. Serra or Riley. Mantel or Mieville. Ashtanga or iyengar. Self-assured, stylish, bookish F academic, 42, seeks sharp-minded, safely rebellious M, with whom to agree or disagree about art, architecture, music, books, film, politics.
email: londonconversations32@gmail.com

PHOTOGRAPHY

Photography Workshops
web: www.36exp.co.uk

PROOFREADER

Proofreading/copy-editing. Highest standard, lowest rates. Novels, theses, academic textbooks, marketing copy, anything you need perfecting.
tel: 07762 126206 email: mcoates@rfmusic.org.uk

PSYCHOANALYSIS

Ready to show up for your life? Psychotherapy can help with anxiety, depression, unsatisfactory relationships etc. Two minutes from Bond Street tube.
tel: 07939 111605 web: www.elizabethmaitreyi.com

RESEARCHER AVAILABLE

Researcher / Personal Assistant available: London-based, MA graduate seeking work in arts, humanities, media, either academic- or professionally-oriented. Very digitally literate, speedy typist, English and French.
email: library.timing@gmail.com

SHORT STORIES

The Biographical Dictionary of Literary Failure.
web: bdlf.wordpress.com/

SPECIALIST BOOKSELLERS

Books Bought & Sold. Balkans, Russia, C.E. Europe, Central Asia from libraries to single items - travel, history, politics, culture, language.
address: Marijana Dworski Books, Broadaxe Business Park, Presteigne LD8 2LA, Powys. UK tel: 01544 267 300 email: info@dworskibooks.com web: www.dworskibooks.com

WRITERS’ HOLIDAY

Spend a week with writers, publishers and artists in a beautiful hideaway in Northern Provence.
Our courses which are fully inclusive, run in the morning, and afternoons can be spent relaxing in the sun and
exploring this wonderful area. Group discounts available.
web: www.pinkhousecourses.com

WRITERS’ RETREATS

Writing Fiction By The Sea. Join Prize winning authors Andrew Miller & Tobias Hill for a course in dazzling Vejer, Andalucia. 10-15 Sept. Oil painting, film studies, flamenco workshops.
web: www.arthouseholidays.com

Writing retreats with published authors - Moroccan Sahara
Cafe Tissardmine presents a new season of writing and photography retreats from October 2012 - March 2013 lead by published authors. For bookings and more information on the price and dates please visit our website.
email: karen@cafetissardmine.com web: www.cafetissardmine.com

Autumn Writers Retreat at Casa Ana, Andalucia,
14 November – 12 December 2012. Writers’ retreats from £220 per week. A room of your own, inspiring surroundings, good food and the company of other writers. Only 5 places available – early booking strongly recommended. “Casa Ana offered a perfect writing environment…” "I came for the Writers’ Month… and my only regret was that it wasn't longer.”
tel: 0034 958 766 270 email: info@casa-ana.com web: www.casa-ana.com/writers-retreats.htm

Autumn Writers Retreat at Casa Ana, Andalucia, 14 November – 12 December 2012. Writers’ retreats from £220 per week. A room of your own, inspiring surroundings, good food and the company of other writers. Only 5 places available – early booking strongly recommended. “Casa Ana offered a perfect writing environment…”
tel: 00 34 958 766 270 email: info@casa-ana.com web: www.casa-ana.com/writers-retreats.htm

WRITING WORKSHOP

Embracing writing to achieve your professional goals. Two residential workshops to be held in Oxford in September 2012. Come and explore your relationship with writing in a comfortable and inspiring setting with the support of two experienced trainers and writing coaches. The workshops are designed for professionals at all levels who write or want to write as part of their job description, to meet their professional development goals, or to enhance their professional profile through publication.
web: www.freedom-to-write.com

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