Entrance to Tate Modern

London Calling - to the Faraway Towns

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January 22nd 2009
Amanda and I spent a couple of days in London before returning to Billericay for Christmas. Our first day in London we walked to the Tate Modern art museum from our hostel and saw many interesting works of art. I really liked it, but I think Amanda was just putting on a brave face for me, I know she really doesn’t like that kind of stuff—what a wonderful sister, huh? After the Tate Modern w ... 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