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 Media Bitch's Diary 30 July
It's a Richard Desmond special this week, as former employees lift the lid on the quirky habits of Five's 'quackers' new owner - although Elle, the Evening Standard, Initiative and NatMags also get a look in
 No decision over Oswestry supermarket
Shropshire planners have failed to decide whether Oswestry should have a new multi-million pound supermarket.
 Iris Gower: Bestselling author whose hometown of Swansea informed her historical romances
The town of Swansea disputes alone with Cardiff the title of Metropolis of Wales, wrote Wirt Sykes, folklorist and United States Consul at Cardiff in 1883. Its situation is very fine, between lofty hills, on a bay so lovely that it has often been compared to that of Naples.
 A quick chat with Pascal Aussignac, chef
Pascal Aussignac, 43, is a Toulouse-born, multiple award-winning chef and restaurant proprietor. He opened Club Gascon in 1998 with his business partner Vincent Labeyrie, followed by Celler Gascon in West Smithfield, Le Comptoir Gascon in Charterhouse Street and more recently Le Cercle in Chelsea.