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Literary London and the British Museum

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August 4th 2014
Raphael joined us from Israel last night and of course it is wonderful to be with him. He is obviously thriving. Today we met up with some friends of his from northern hemisphere Shnat. Helen joined us on a literary walking tour of London including places occupied by Virginia Wolf, T.S Eliot and Charles Dickens. We saw the building on which Orwell based the Ministry of Truth in 1984 and had ... 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