Jewel in the Crown

Londinium

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January 31st 2006
I'm sure you all thought you'd escape my pictures while I'm stuck here in the U of K awaiting my next little sojourn out of the country, but no! Here are few pictures taken along the South Bank of the Thames. The South Bank stretching from the Design museum at Butler's Wharf in the east to Vauxhall and MI6 in the west has to be one of my favourite walks in London. The fact that you can walk al ... 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