How much of Britain has been built on?
GREAT BRITAINTotal area 231,264 km2 Building area 3148 km2 That’s 1.4% or about the same as Gloucestershire. SCOTLANDTotal area 79,105
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Bridges of London by Lis Watkins
Lis Watkins
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Freedom in the World (2017)
Freedom in the World is a yearly survey and report by the U.S.-based non-governmental organization Freedom House that measures the
Read More“Landlordism Causes Unemployment”, showing an octopus strangling London (1909)
Landlordism Causes Unemployment It paralyses the building trade; It Pauperises the Peasantry; 12 Landlords “own” (?) London, taking £20,000,000 a
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First ethnographic maps appeared in the 19th century to reveal the distribution of distinct ethnic groups and languages. They focus on parts of the colonial world in which the ethnic distribution was only coming to be studied by Western scientists and those regions of Europe and Asia where the geography of ethnicity differed with political borders.
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Languages of the British Isles in the 18th century
In the 18th century, English in the British Isles underwent significant transformations, solidifying its status as the predominant language. While regional dialects persisted, the influence of the London dialect, fueled by the growth of trade, administration, and literature, played a central role in shaping a more standardized form of English.
Read MoreThe Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms, CA. 800
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