In the stocks

Shakespeare and Sleet!

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March 31st 2010
Geo: 52.2819, -1.58447Last day of winter….and what a day of it! We had heard that a cold snap was coming, and the news weather was talking about snow and sleet in Scotland, but we were very surprised that the temperature was 1.5 degrees Celsius, when we drove off to Warwick Castle. (Heating still off, but we rang the landlady to politely complain! The cottage was actually still surprising ... 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