The Beginning

Day 1: Leaving Bilston for Cooler Climes

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September 30th 2009
9:45 PM At 4.00AM this morning I awoke to the sound of some tuneless noise thumping a repetitive beat somewhere nearby. I opened my right eye and turned towards my clock radio, confirming that it was, most definitely, 4.00 in the morning and that my clock radio was working, even if it wasn’t producing the kind of music normal human beings listen to. The left eye, at first, failed to open, joi ... 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