Murals

Peace Lines

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November 14th 2007
Whenever I tell someone I live and work in Belfast, the most common response I get is 'Really? Is that safe?' Being largely ignorant of the details of Northern Ireland's troubled past, I took the job here without a second thought. Arriving in Belfast those first few days, I had no preconceptions about what to expect, and indeed barely noticed the tell-tale signs of 'The Troubles' still lingering i ... 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