Broadway or bust!

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May 13th 2017
It's Mothers Day here on Sunday. I know this not because I Googled it, oh no, I know this because it's been promoted on every ad break, news broadcast, weather forecast (and latterly on massive advertising boards) for the past two weeks. I've long felt that the scale of expenditure expected in our country for Mother's Day is unacceptable but we pale into insignificance compared with the US. I'm le ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more