Westminster Abbey

Rain rain rain

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August 12th 2006
Finally it's raining. Which is bad for me, because it makes it hard to walk around, but it's great I'm sure for everyone else as there's a big drought on at the moment. On Thursday it drizzled a bit too, mostly whilst Marina and I stood outside Buckingham palace waiting for the changing of the guards, only to be told, after waiting 20 minutes that it was only every second day that the chang ... 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