Barcelona

BARCELONA 1

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July 28th 2005
I once execrated to a Spaniard about how I thought that Britain was a filthy place, that it was screwed up in the way many of it's citizens were quite content to disregard their environment and foul it profligately with their refuse. I put it to him that this was one of the real reasons why I would never consider myself a patriot, because I could never have empathy with a nation that for it's ph ... read more

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Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more