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September 7th 2007
Last weekend was a fairly tame one. Saturday I went to the New Islington Urban Folk festival which was a free festival on the grounds of a new housing development just outside the city centre - think East Perth during the redevelopment phase. Lots of random, local folk and rock type acts with a smattering of poetry, electro and other activities. Everything was well run and it was quite fun ju ... 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