From My Front Door

Looking Out On The World

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January 8th 2007
This is a view from my front door. In a few hours time I shall be leaving to go round the world. I shall be away for exactly 7 weeks. I'm getting a lift to Durham Teesside Airport from where I shall fly to Heathrow for my evening connection to Japan. In about 27 hours I should be arriving in Tokyo. I'm very excited and also very tired as it's gone 2.00am and this, my first, brie ... 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