looking good on stage

Regent St. Colin Firth Switching on the Christmas lights

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November 4th 2009
Last night, I walked down Regent Street towards Oxford Circus but the road was blocked by an ever increasing crowd gathering around a stage - and then I remembered that the Christmas street lights were being switched on in 4 places across the city but couldn't remember who was doing the honours at Regent St - so I waited, along with about 5,000 others who merged with a crowd of around the same siz ... 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