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Draw Down the Stars: Homeward Bound

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May 1st 2011
Nearly 2000 years ago, Northumberland was full of Roman soldiers, but these days there are so few of them that the AA have put up road signs saying ‘Roman Soldiers Wanted’ near the Chesters Roman Fort. This was the first sign we saw that gave a hint that we were nearing Hadrian’s Wall, having taken another lazy breakfast and started the wall-detoured road home around dinnertime. By this ti ... 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