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Getaway to Glasgow

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July 10th 2007
So with Adam off to Glasgow for a few days work, I took the opportunity to not go to work and instead follow him to this Scottish city hoping to see what all the fuss was about. Or more to the point - to see why I hadn't heard much fuss about it. We assumed Glasgow was just some ugly, industrial city that didn't have much in the way of sights or stuff for the keen tourist - so we were plesantl ... 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