Peter Bjorn and John

Bank Holiday

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August 27th 2007
Back in Manchester after my Bank Holiday weekend in London, and am now sitting here watching highlights from the Reading and Leeds festivals on the tele. Naturally I now wish I’d gone to the Leeds festival, but after half a day at Get Loaded in the Park, I doubt I could cope with a full 3 day festival. The Get Loaded festival was pretty good, in a way very similar to the Big Day Out back home ... 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