Big Ben

London

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May 27th 2003
It was during the 2003 heat wave, so most decisions were about getting shade or air con, including leaving during the second half of Richard III at the Globe Theatre where the umbrella men were selling paper hats, instead, to the groundlings, before heading to Westminster Chapel and so on, but I was too cheap to go to the Tower of London and some other sites, so I'll undoubtedly return someday to ... 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