Glasgow Cathedral

At last...

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August 23rd 2006
So here I am in the home of Belle & Sebastian, one of my all time favourite bands, who I'm sure most of my friends have never even heard of. Nice. To clarify, I'm in Glasgow, which I'm told is friendlier than Edinburgh, even if you can't even begin to decipher the Glaswegian accent. My first day there, I spent all morning trying to get myself to Kelvingrove Gardens over in the student district ... 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