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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]
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] Blog: UK is like NZ. Discuss
Date: June 9th 2012
I don’t think you could find two countries so different yet so similar. Britain is as far away from New Zealand as you can get before you start going back again, but sometimes they feel like the same place, superimposed on one another as if we’ve fallen through an Alice-in Wonderland wormhole in the time/space continuum. Or maybe it’s because my first 12 years were spent in E ... read more
Date: June 9th 2012
I don’t think you could find two countries so different yet so similar. Britain is as far away from New Zealand as you can get before you start going back again, but sometimes they feel like the same place, superimposed on one another as if we’ve fallen through an Alice-in Wonderland wormhole in the time/space continuum. Or maybe it’s because my first 12 years were spent in E ... read more
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