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Visit to the Carlyle House

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December 28th 2013
Mark took a day off work on 4 October. We decided to visit Carlyle’s House in Chelsea in the afternoon. It took 15 minutes from South Kensington on foot. We walked through the charming residential area with several plaques of celebrities, e.g. Leigh Hunt (Essayist & Poet). The Carlyle House was home for Thomas Carlyle and his wife, and it is managed by the National Trust. I wanted to go to the ... 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