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PHOTOS © GETTY<br />
Liquid Lunch<br />
UK<br />
Food menus are<br />
being banished in<br />
Spanish restaurants<br />
across the UK<br />
as the famous<br />
northern Spanish<br />
wine brand, Campo<br />
Viejo, encourages<br />
diners to put drinks<br />
fi rst. Restaurants<br />
including Iggs and<br />
Barioja (iggs.co.uk)<br />
in Edinburgh and<br />
Rebato’s (rebatos.<br />
com) in London<br />
have already trialled<br />
the concept. Upon<br />
arrival diners receive<br />
a wine menu from<br />
their waiter and<br />
choose only what<br />
they want to drink,<br />
not their food. The<br />
chefs then put<br />
together dishes<br />
designed to enhance<br />
the wine’s fl avour,<br />
the food remaining<br />
a secret until it is<br />
served. Wine is often<br />
the most expensive<br />
item on the bill,<br />
so it makes sense<br />
to prioritise it. To<br />
try it this month,<br />
head to London<br />
cookery school Food<br />
at 52 (foodat52.<br />
co.uk), which runs<br />
classes based<br />
on the concept.<br />
campoviejowines.<br />
co.uk<br />
SHORTS | EURO GOSSIP<br />
Swap Shop<br />
VARIOUS<br />
Want to refresh<br />
your wardrobe<br />
without exhausting<br />
your credit card?<br />
Swishing is the<br />
phenomenon<br />
that’s all about<br />
swapping rather<br />
than shopping,<br />
with participants<br />
coming together to<br />
exchange clothes<br />
at live “swishing<br />
parties”. Besides<br />
saving money,<br />
socialising and<br />
gaining fabulous<br />
new threads,<br />
thrifty swishers<br />
Radical<br />
Reverend<br />
BUDAPEST<br />
Spreading the<br />
word of God by<br />
skateboard is<br />
working wonders<br />
for one Hungarian<br />
priest. In a bid to<br />
relate to his younger<br />
parishioners,<br />
45-year-old<br />
Reverend<br />
Zoltan Lendvai<br />
skateboards in<br />
full clerical dress<br />
outside his church<br />
in Rédics, a small<br />
village on the<br />
can feel good<br />
about reusing old<br />
clothes. Upcoming<br />
events include<br />
The Saturday<br />
Swish at Shipton<br />
under Wychwood<br />
in Oxfordshire on<br />
13 November; an<br />
evening at the<br />
Erasmus School<br />
in Brussels on 25<br />
November (see<br />
swishing.be) and a<br />
“mega swish” at the<br />
V&A in London on<br />
19 February to mark<br />
the start of London<br />
Fashion Week.<br />
swishing.org<br />
border between<br />
Hungary and<br />
Slovenia. Footage<br />
of the radical<br />
Reverend has<br />
become a YouTube<br />
sensation, with<br />
more than 800,000<br />
hits. But this isn’t a<br />
new idea – Father<br />
Lendavi says his<br />
inspiration is Saint<br />
John Bosco, a<br />
19th-century Italian<br />
priest who used<br />
games to educate<br />
youngsters.<br />
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