Tine with bluebells

Shakespeare, Kew and the Real Harry Potter

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October 8th 2007
Highlight this week has been a London walk (last time we did a London pub walk so this one, called "The Real Harry Potter" was one for the kids. WE went with our friends and learned all about the orin=gins of some of the names and characters from the Rowling books. Great fun and interesting. We saw the inspiration for Diagon Alley (Porchester Ave, where people go to learn about white and black mag ... 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