the reindustrialization of a former mining region

That's close to what I have to put up with, only I don't think Little Ms. Bitchypants is sleeping with anyone at the office. She sure acts like it, though.

• Would you like another pint, mate?

Pompadour was the moving spirit in the elegant refurbishment of most of the royal residences, and in the development of a number of minor residences such as Crécy, Bellevue and the Trianon, in all of which she indulged the king's penchant for intimacy and privacy.