Category: London

Natural History Museum pterodactyls

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’ Lost World

Do you remember the famous Steven Spielberg’s thrillers of the 1990s – Jurassic Park and The Lost World? Do you know who was the first to think of dinosaurs being alive? This was over 100 years before Michael Crighton’s Jurassic book, which became the basis for the film. This idea

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Morden Hall Park

Morden Hall Park and Snuff Mills

Извините, этот техт доступен только в “Американский Английский”. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. Now a National Trust property, the Morden Hall Park occupies the land, which in the middle ages

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Coronation of Elizabeth II

Coronation of Elizabeth II

2 June 1953 was the coronation day of Elizabeth II. The 26 year old Elizabeth became Queen on the day her father, George VI died, on 6 February 1952, but it was required to have a period of mourning and also lengthy preparations were needed for the coronation ceremony. By

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Frank Matcham and His Theatres - A Flair for Magic

Frank Matcham and His Theatres — A Flair for Magic

If you’ve ever been to the London’s Coliseum, the home of English National Opera, you will always remember the special feeling when you saw its interior for the first time – a kind of intimacy combined with baroque-like opulence, when the Victorian era met the Edwardian one. This was the

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Chiswick House

Извините, этот техт доступен только в “Американский Английский”. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. In the beginning of 17th century the aristocratic Boyle family bought an estate in Chiswick with a

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