Neil in Hoxton

Bye Bye Belfast, hello world!

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June 23rd 2007
So here we are in London, and in fact, just about to leave it, our first stop completed. It has *mostly* been brilliant. There were a few tears leaving our families, of course, and even more tears trying to carry our backpacks round the London underground. I am actually at a loss as to what the benefits of these things are - we only bought them because that's what everyone else seems to use, ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more