Hyperballad: Where Streets are Gates, Gates are Bars and Bars are Pubs
October 22nd 2011 Streets in York are generally called Gates, which might sound a little strange but it rang a bell of familiarity with me; when we visited Iceland, streets there were Gatas. And there, surprisingly, is the link between our song inspiration and our chosen destination, between Bjork and York. Having seen the song direct us to Hull and then change our minds because it didn’t look very interesting,
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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 
