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Putting America Behind You on Cape Cod

It was my first visit to Cape Cod off season. After hoofing along the sands for an hour or so, I happened to look back at my receding tracks; amazingly, they were as natural as those of the shore birds as...

2 comments    massachusetts cape cod
Superbowl XLIV in Miami, Fla. Who will win the Superbowl?79

NFL Football 2009 Midseason Report-Standings-Power-Ranking

NFL football Midseason Report and Power Rankings. Which teams are the Superbowl XLIV front-runners to play at LandShark Stadium in Miami, Florida? NFL Playoff tickets and Superbowl Packages; should you plan for playoffs?

4 comments    football nfl super bowl
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How to Find A High Paying London Job

As in America, online job search engines seem to have become increasingly popular and in London and surrounding areas. Several such job search engines are...

8 comments    careers hubchallenge jobs
Winston Churchill's famous "V for Victory!" gesture.90

Operation Sealion - how Britain prepared for the Nazi invasion in 1940

As Winston Churchill, the new Prime Minister, put it, “the Battle of France is over, the Battle of Britain is about to begin"

32 comments    history england world war ii
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Redheads: Myths, Legends, and Famous Red Hair

Throughout history, redheads have been feared and revered, loathed and adored, degraded and exalted. Here's an amusing look at the myths, legends, and a photo gallery of famous redheads with insightful quotes about the head of red!

195 comments    entertainment hair ireland
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Working Class Life in the 1930's

The 1930s in England was a time when the Government rode roughshod over the already impoverished working class. Birkenhead where my mum and grandparents lived in the 1930s had the workers and the unemployed...

36 comments    love life advice
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An Ode to the Big Blue Wrecking Crew

In September of 2007, I was given the rare opportunity to attend the New York Giants home opener at Giants Stadium. Just as soon as I was offered the ticket to go and see my favorite team in the known...

18 comments    football nfl new york
Catherine of Aragon in c. 1503, as the widowed Princess of Wales83

King Henry VIII and his six wives - love, marriage, and children

Every English schoolchild knows the rhyme, "divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived", about, in turn, Katherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Katherine Howard, and Catherine Parr. This article is about Henry the man - his loves, his wives, his children. Famous for having six wives, Henry is said to be the only English King to have had more wives than mistresses.

29 comments    history king henry viii tudor
"There are many words for walking."87

Along The Pilgrim's Way

There’s something about this road, something indefinable but alluring. It calls to you, beckoning you along the way.

18 comments    travel england walking
A picture of the upper reaches of the River Severn - the longest river to pass through England.  This photo was taken in Wales.  88

What is the longest river in England?

What is the longest river in England?  There are many rivers in England but which is the longest?  This article gives an answer to these two questions, along with lists of the top 10 longest rivers in...

15 comments    river thames river severn
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