The Queens

The greatest ever test - Edgbaston, Ashes 2005

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January 26th 2008
“I reckon England will win this series,”, said Simon Hughes, unconvincingly on TV in a panel interview. The camera zoomed out to inlclude in shot a sceptical Merv Hughes (who’d have believed he could be so expressive through such a 'tasche) looked at him distainfully asnd said “do ya really believe that?”. The camera panned back to poor Simon. One look at his rather flushed face, an ... 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