As the marriage breaks down, Gary's ramshackle building begins also to disintegrate.

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The office in this extraordinarily ramshackle building was just as noisy and smoky as any other newsroom - but while there were plenty of typewriters, the news team was sitting in front of a row of impossibly futuristic machines.

BBC: Happy Birthday, Breakfast - and newsroom computers

Continuing the olde English theme is Ye Olde Mitre (1 Ely Court, Ely Place, Holborn), another historic pub with excellent British real ales, while Jerusalem Tavern (Britton Street, Clerkenwell) is a cosy, ramshackle pub in an 18th century building that offers an interesting range of beers, including a honey porter and grapefruit beer.

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Private home building on 640-acre Staniel Cay is flourishing and gives some parts of the island a ramshackle appearance.

FORBES: Blackbeard's Beach