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Rethinking the Glorious revolution.(Beyond the Bookshelf)(1688: The First Modern Revolution)(Brief article)(Book review)
British Heritage; 1/1/2010; 660 words; ...has long been dismissed as hardly a revolution at all. Called "Glorious...armed mobs rampaged through the streets of London during the long autumn...reputation of 1688. Pincus paints a clear picture of a country and a society that changed...

American students at Alnwick Castle: study abroad amidst ghosts and battlements.(Hands Across the Sea)
British Heritage; 1/1/2010; 1288 words; ...sometimes at night through rain-washed cobblestone streets, and settling into a castle tower with a life-sized Harry Hotspur galloping right outside their window, have had a bit of pleasant culture shock. There's even...

A day to visit Hereford.(City overview)
British Heritage; 1/1/2010; 1661 words; ...livestock and general markets. A quick look at a city map reveals a surviving medieval street pattern and numerous historic buildings. Heritage...accommodation. Opposite the cathedral on Broad Street is a building bristling with exuberant Victorian carvings...

Selfridges Christmas windows: where the wonder began.
British Heritage; 1/1/2010; 2120 words; ...exactly 100 years, the Oxford Street institution has been a year-round focus for window shoppers...Watteau and Fragonard (perhaps a link between the store and the...opened just nine years earlier a street away?) "The thinking was...

Police arrest illegal shebeen operators; Community angered by arrests as Western Cape Liquor Act takes full effect.(News)
Cape Argus (South Africa); 12/31/2009; 699 words; ...place on Saturday evening, was followed by a mass protest yesterday morning at the police...the crackdown would continue and taken to a higher level, as illegal shebeens were...they were going to dig up trenches in the streets across the community to prevent police from...