View from Royal Festival Hall

Friday

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June 29th 2007
Today in the middle of our class someone told us about the car bomb they found near Piccadilly Circus. Our campus is probably about a 25-30 minute walk to that area, so it is not too far. After class we walked to Leicester Square to get theatre tickets, and there is a lot of police activity on the streets. The streets are still busy however and everyone is acting normally for the most part. I gu ... 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