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		<title>The Cock &amp; Magpies, Smethwick</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/07/04/the-cock-magpies-smethwick/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/07/04/the-cock-magpies-smethwick/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Harvey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Eating out . . . I should know better than most, that it can sometimes be a bit of a lottery, writes 'The Insider'.]]></description>
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		<title>The Royal Oak, Wolverhampton</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/06/13/the-royal-oak-wolverhampton/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/06/13/the-royal-oak-wolverhampton/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:44:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Leggett</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ 

Needless to say, as the recession bites, everybody is looking to cut back on how much they spend on food. The Royal Oak may be the place to go.]]></description>
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		<title>The Rag at Rawnsley, Cannock</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/05/30/the-rag-at-rawnsley-cannock/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/05/30/the-rag-at-rawnsley-cannock/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 08:26:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Leggett</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Is it me, or aren't you sick of those television advertisements telling us that Norwich Union is to change its name to Aviva?]]></description>
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		<title>The Bentlands, Codsall</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/05/16/the-bentlands-codsall/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/05/16/the-bentlands-codsall/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 11:51:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Harvey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This week, we are having a taste of Mexico, writes our dining reviewer, 'The Insider'. A fortnight ago such a statement would probably have caused mild panic among some.]]></description>
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		<title>The Wheatsheaf, Walsall</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/05/03/the-wheatsheaf-walsall/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/05/03/the-wheatsheaf-walsall/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 11:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Walters</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Credit crunch, economic slump, housing crisis – aren’t you just more than fed up of hearing about it all? writes our man 'The Insider'.]]></description>
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		<title>Miller &amp; Carter, Penn</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/05/02/miller-carter-penn/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/05/02/miller-carter-penn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 11:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Harvey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Just where did Miller &amp; Carter get it name from? Our meal reviewer, 'The Insider' mulls over this burning question as he visits a steakhouse in Penn, Wolverhampton.]]></description>
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		<title>Cafe Casita Trattoria, Upper Gornal</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/04/18/cafe-casita-trattoria-upper-gornal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/04/18/cafe-casita-trattoria-upper-gornal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 08:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Leggett</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Who put the pig on the wall to see the band go by? Was it Billy the Boy, Jimmy the Go, Clockweight, Billy on Tho'b, The Pokey Mon or Jacko?]]></description>
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		<title>Ridgacre, West Bromwich</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/04/11/ridgacre-west-bromwich/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/04/11/ridgacre-west-bromwich/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 10:56:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Harvey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Our meal reviewer The Insider follows up a reader's recommendation and finds a most unlikely link with Ol' Blue Eyes . . .]]></description>
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		<title>The Swan With Two Necks, Longdon</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/03/21/the-swan-with-two-necks-longdon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/03/21/the-swan-with-two-necks-longdon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2009 10:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Leggett</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[birmingham]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[black country]]></category>

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

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

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

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		<description><![CDATA[The Swan With Two Necks does not take its name from unusual bird-breeding activities in the area, but from Good Queen Bess's love of ale.]]></description>
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		<title>Woodman Inn, Claverley</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/03/07/woodman-inn-claverley/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/03/07/woodman-inn-claverley/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 11:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Harvey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Our meal reviewer, 'The Insider', takes the advice of Express &amp; Star readers and finds a gem of a pub in Claverley run by a brother and sister.]]></description>
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		<title>Windsor Castle Inn, Lye</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/02/07/windsor-castle-inn-lye/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/02/07/windsor-castle-inn-lye/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 16:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Harvey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Windsor Castle Inn comes highly recommended, writes our meal reviewer 'The Insider". When television wine expert Oz Clarke raves over the food and drink on offer, you have to give it a try.]]></description>
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		<title>The Old Irish Harp, Aldridge</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/01/24/the-old-irish-harp-aldridge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/01/24/the-old-irish-harp-aldridge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Leggett</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[walsall]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever been to one of those seaside hotels, where the beach seems to get further away the longer you spend walking towards it?]]></description>
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		<title>Horns Inn, Slitting Mill, Rugeley</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/01/10/horns-inn-slitting-mill-rugeley/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/01/10/horns-inn-slitting-mill-rugeley/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Harvey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Slitting Mill. What a great sounding name! As regular readers know, our meal reviewer 'The Insider' is a sucker for a cool-sounding moniker, so when a reader suggested eating out at this fine-sounding village on the edge of the Cannock Chase, it just had to be done.]]></description>
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		<title>The Crabmill, Oldswinford</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/12/20/the-crabmill-oldswinford/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/12/20/the-crabmill-oldswinford/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2008 09:32:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Harvey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Our food reviewer The Insider finds it's third time lucky when he enjoys a meal at The Crabmill in Oldswinford.]]></description>
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		<title>Big Pan, Willenhall</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/12/06/big-pan-willenhall/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/12/06/big-pan-willenhall/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 12:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Leggett</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Not a day seems to go by at the moment without another "for sale" or "to let" sign going up outside one of our great British pubs.]]></description>
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		<title>Tillington Hall Hotel, Stafford</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/11/22/tillington-hall-hotel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/11/22/tillington-hall-hotel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Harvey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I was feeling a bit edgy, I don't mind telling you. It was a Friday night, time was getting on, and it was starting to look like this week's Insider would be coming from the nearest chip shop.]]></description>
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		<title>Cafe Munchies, Walsall</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/11/01/cafe-munchies-walsall/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/11/01/cafe-munchies-walsall/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 11:03:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Leggett</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a few yards beyond the imposing facade of Walsall's New Art Gallery lies an oasis of tradition among the host of corporate names that have come to dominate the town centre.]]></description>
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		<title>The Thornescroft, Shipley</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/11/01/the-thornescroft-shipley/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/11/01/the-thornescroft-shipley/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 10:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Leggett</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[When somebody from nearly 200 miles away recommends a restaurant in our region, you just have to take it seriously.]]></description>
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		<title>Jonathans, Oldbury</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/10/25/jonathans-oldbury/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/10/25/jonathans-oldbury/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 10:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Leggett</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Taking a wrong turn can sometimes have devastating consequences.]]></description>
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		<title>Coffee Uno, Brierley Hill</title>
		<link>http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/10/25/coffee-uno-brierley-hill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/10/25/coffee-uno-brierley-hill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 08:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Leggett</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[You don't expect to see mochas and macchiatos in Brierley Hill High Street.]]></description>
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