THE BLITZ Where and when did the Blitz start? At 4:56pm on 7 September 1940‚ the air raid sirens wailed as the luftwaffe (the German Air Force)‚ launched a massive attack on London. Around 350 bombers flew across the English Channel from France and dropped 300 tonnes of bombs on the docks and streets of London. Other places that were affected? Other important military and industrial centres‚ such as Aberdeen‚ Belfast‚ Birmingham‚ Cardiff‚ Exeter‚ Glasgow‚ Sheffield‚ Swansea‚ Liverpool
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on when ‘scramble crossings’ should be considered as potential schemes for promoting pedestrian priority. This paper focuses on the proposed scramble or diagonal crossing scheme at Oxford Circus in central London. This has been designed by Atkins on behalf of The Crown Estate‚ Transport for London (TfL)‚ Westminster City Council (WCC) and the New West End Company (NWEC) and was implemented during 2009. The purpose of the paper is to identify some of the existing examples in the UK and overseas and
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in developing the plot. The Importance of Being Ernest is set in the late 1800s in the bustling city of London. The background of the play contrasts the differences in the characters Jack and Algernon as well as further developing the plot line. The Importance of Being Ernest is developed within two contrasting places. The setting that opens the play takes place in the city of London. London is described throughout the play is a busy city full of aristocratic city dwellers. The setting in the
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an assignment for the next morning; she slept most of the day away because she was at a party the night before. She found out that their printer was broken and she went through London City to search for one. Ellie is a teenage girl; she is nineteen and she goes in school at London University College. She lives alone in London‚ and she is tired of school. She blames her parents for involving her in their problems. She thinks that it was their fault that she was doing this bloody course. “Life seems
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Such as after the Great Fire of London in 1666. But in most cases‚ classicism arrived bit by bit. Slowly‚ the vernacular street disappeared and a relatively unified classical one took shape. In some rapidly expanding centres whole new streets and even squares were built‚ but these were
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With reference to a conflict over the use of a local resource that you studies‚ discuss the extent to which all interest groups involved can be satisfied with its outcome (40 marks) Introduction: Definition of a conflict Disagreement caused by the actual or perceived opposition of needs‚ values‚ and interests between people. Examples of local resources Land‚ water‚ objects… Briefly explain why some interest groups can be satisfied with the development Gives jobs (economics)‚ makes country look
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England and France in 1750 to 1820. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. Tarrant‚ N.‚ 1994. The Development of Costume. London: Routledge Ribeiro‚ Aileen‚ 1983. A Visual History of Costume: The Eighteenth Century. London: B. T. Batsford Ltd. Cunnington‚ C. Willett‚ & Cunnington‚ P‚ 1972 Revised‚ A Handbook of English Costume in the 18th Century‚ Page 14‚ Northampton: John Dickens & Co. Ltd. Page 32 Kalinsky‚ N.‚ 1995. Gainsborough. London: Phaidon Press Ltd. Hayes‚ J.‚ 1975. Gainsborough:
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amazing shoe designer who can easily win the heart of every woman. Born to a Czech father and a Spanish mother and raised in the Canary Islands (Spain)‚ Blahnik graduated from the University of Geneva in 1965 and studied art in Paris. He moved to London in 1968 to work at fashion boutique "Zapata" and wrote for Vogue Italia. After showing his portfolio of fashions and set designs to Diana Vreeland‚ she told him that he should design only footwear. In 1972‚ Ossie Clark invited him to create shoes
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