Balancing act

Portobello Road

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May 3rd 2008
The buying and selling at Portobello Road markets might be frantic, but any walking is limited to a slow shuffle. You have to feel sorry for residents as they inch along in their cars, trying to force a gap in the swarm of tourists and shoppers hunting second-hand bargains and stupid bags made entirely of zippers. On the topic of residents, one pastel house has a sign saying writer George Orwe ... 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