Tower Bridge

Beating the Heat

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July 26th 2008
OK - it's HOT! I don't mean mildly warm and pleasant. I mean hot and humid. What a contrast this is to last weekend. Sunday night, I was at the pub with friends. We were in jeans, jumpers and winter coats. Today? Shorts and golf shirts are almost too much to bear. I guess I shouldn't complain - it is July, after all. But, one of the reasons I live in England is so I won't have to deal wit ... 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