While most don't associate Lower Clapton bookshop Pages of Hackney with second hand reads, head downstairs to Field Books, the company's second hand book shop, curated by crime fiction specialist Patrick Mills (though the offerings extend far beyond that genre, and into non-fiction too). Prelo...
Waves crash over houses in the Cornwall's village St Agnes, Britain February 15, 2020 in this still image obtained from social media video. OSCAR MILLER/via REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) - The second storm in a week hit Britain on Saturday, prompting flooding alerts for many parts of the cou...
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London’Chinese community,remained very small for many years;at the start of the 20th century,there were just 545 Chinese people in Britain. After the Second World War,many farmers in Hong Kong lost their jobs and came to London.As Limehouse had been almost destroyed during the war,they sett...
Staring across the Hudson River with wine in hand already sounds like a solid second date. Add ice skating to your plans and you’ve just guaranteed yourself a third date. Ice skating will run you around $17 if you left your skates at home. Whether you hit the rink or not, this is ...
“Ethiopians” in the sayings of the “desert fathers,” on the other hand, pertain to the northwestern desert, particularly in connection with ascetic life around Sketis (or: Scetis) in what is now the Wadi El Natrun valley (where darker-skinned peo...
In her left hand she carries an apple bough, in her right a bowl, on which are worked figures of Ethiopians. I could not guess the meaning of these Ethiopians that are depicted, nor could I accept the views of those [i.e. locals at Rhamnous] who believed ...
This week in travel we bring you hidden Edens and overlooked islands, the secret history of favorite foods, plus the men who survived job loss and marriage failure – and started wonderful new lives on the other side of the world.
Mrs.Brown was tired after her day’s shopping in London,so she went into a restaurant for a cup of tea before catching the train home.When she had ordered her tea,she remembered that she had to buy some medicine for her husband ,who had a cough.“Is there a chemist’s shop near ...
Jack worked in an office in small town.One day his boss said to him,“Jack,I want you to go to London to an office there,to see Mr.Brown.Here is the address.”Jack went to London.When he walked out of the station,he thought,“The office isn’t far from the station.I can find...