You may gawp or flinch, but your pulse, like that of Dr. Lecter himself, will stay disappointingly slow.

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We gawp and we salivate, but then we return to our sadly untelegenic kitchens and fry another egg.

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Certainly lots of people Mr Littlejohn has the statistics gawp at country houses, and like it if the earl mingles with them.

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Sights to gawp at are thin on the ground, but the city streets have enough going on to enthrall even the most disinterested visitor.

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No matter how it began, today the 189sqm of mosaic grotto is a chance to gawp at the 4.6 million cockle, mussel, oyster and whelk shells festooned in elaborate mosaics covering every surface.

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