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Is it a pub? Is it a bar?

You beady-eyed Qypers might have noticed that there’s a category section on your reviews now. This means that you can help other people find your places even easier. You know how it is. Sometimes you just really want a Pan-Asian restaurant in London Bridge and nothing else will do.

So do fill this bit out. You’ll get extra points soon once the catagories are checked by the Qype elves. After all, you don’t want to find that your posh frock bistro is actually a greasy spoon do you?

You can also tag more than one category. Which means that if you can’t decide if somewhere is a cafe or a bar or a pub you can tag them all. And we suggest you do. Then the Qype searching system will be even better and everyone will love your reviews and give you great feedback and we’ll be very impressed with you and think you’re brilliant.

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Siany on June 23rd 2008 in Qype, reviews

Enhance those reviews

You might have noticed over the past few days that it’s now possible to embed images in your reviews.

Previously you could only upload your pics to a place’s gallery, but now you can show off your best shots within your review just by placing the url of the image file between two exclamation points, like this:

!http://farm1.static.flickr.com/126/329059538_946fa95ccf_m.jpg!

The photo will appear in the body of your review, like this (you can see this review on the site here):

image insert example

And it’s not just pictures you can add. If you feel like really pimping your review then you can put certain words in bold by surrounding them in asterisks (*like this*), put words in italics using underscores (_like this_), and link to other pages simply by posting the url (www.qype.com for example).

Happy formatting!

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Rob on March 18th 2008 in Qype, features, reviews

Paxman reviews his pants

It’s hard not to love Jeremy Paxman. From his infamous questioning of Michael Howard to his brilliant if sometimes rather rude handling of the teams on University Challenge, the man hardly puts a foot wrong.

Today though it seems the hardened reporter has left the comfortable world of politics and current affairs behind and moved on to much more dangerous territory: underwear!

Yes, it’s been revealed today that Paxo has penned a scathing email to Marks & Spencer complaining about their pants and socks.

The respected journalist and broadcaster apparently told the Daily Mail: “I’ve noticed that something very troubling has happened. There’s no other way to put this. Their pants no longer provide adequate support. The other thing is socks. Even among those of us who clip our toenails very rigorously, they appear to be wearing out much more quickly on the big toe.”

Marks and Spencer have fought back saying that “the quality of our underwear is probably the highest it’s ever been,” and M&S chief executive Stuart Rose has even agreed to meet to try and resolves what Paxman has dubbed a ‘mighty battle’.

Taking a glance through our users’ reviews of M&S stores across the country, it’s obvious that many people prefer the store’s grub to its undies. “A little pricey, but it is reliable on quality,” says dmj1962 of the chain’s food selection, while Ellieb claims that “The wide selection of fresh fruit and vegetables is better, I would say, than any supermarket around!”.

For a comment on the sock and pant situation though we have to go over to our reviewer Kittles who had previously suffered terrible mental anguish at the hands of “the most hideous enormous grannies pants” but was pleasantly surprised to see recent M&S modernisation had brought about a bit of an undergarment revolution:

Times have changed and, along with those hideous Grannie knickers, it’s quite possible to find some decent lingerie and decent prices, a good place for singlets, plain tees and socks too.

So there you have it: M&S, good for pants and socks!

Mr Paxman, if you’re reading this, please feel free to submit your own review. We look forward to your considered thoughts on the age old ‘boxers versus briefs’ debate!

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Phil on January 21st 2008 in Shops, reviews