Typical Cambridge Day

Trinity Week 5

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May 29th 2009
Today we should have an interesting day . . . Yesterday had a lecture in one of tallest spires of Oxford and of course later climbed to the top. But this posting is all about pictures. My boat didn't row on to Summer Eights this week but chch (Christ Church) still has 4 boats . . . Saturday will determine it all -- blades of glory or blades of grass? Notably, this week took two day trips, one ... 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