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For those of us who are not intimately familiar with the intricacies of British history - it is often difficult to distinguish between Great Britain, the United Kingdom, England and Scotland. The terminology just sort of blends together, and is so often interchanged in the media.
Actually, Great Britain refers to the political union which resulted between England and Scotland. At one point this union also included Ireland.
On that note, let's take a moment to consider all things British.
Actually, Great Britain refers to the political union which resulted between England and Scotland. At one point this union also included Ireland.
On that note, let's take a moment to consider all things British.
New Art & Photography
Forest Glade With Waterfall
Man In The Sea
Wreck on Bray Strand
Brig Running Up Channel
Edwin Hayes
Madeline after Prayer
Powder Boy
Charles Dickens
A Scene from 'Undine'
Daniel Maclise
William Mulready
The Fight Interrupted
The Young Brother
Tick-Tock
Othello
The Sonnet
Caerhun in Caernarfonshire in North Wales, Tynygroes Post Office, 1920s
Dorset, Bournemouth, Holdenhurst Road c.1920 - Showing Vintage Trams and Horses and Carts
The Shieldfield Inn, in 1974. Newcastle
The Parish Church of St Peter, Liverpool
Lancashire, Manchester, Market Street
Glamorgan, Cardiff, Duke Street and Castle 1930's
Glasgow, Municipal Buildings and George Square
London Thames, 1930
Algernon Charles Swinburne
D. H. Lawrence
Rudyard Kipling
Thomas Hardy
Aleister Crowley
Lord Byron
Emily Jane Bronte
Anne Bronte
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Isaac Watts
Robert Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
John Milton
Lewis Carroll
Robert Burns
The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with Sun
Isaac Newton
The Body of Abel Found by Adam and Eve
The Ancient of Days
Elohim Creating Adam
William Blake
William Shakespeare
Portrait of a Young Woman
Silence
Ezzelin and Meduna
Fresh Literature
- While three men hold together...
Quote by Algernon Charles Swinburne - Change in a trice the lilies...
Quote by Algernon Charles Swinburne - Wasted Love
Poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne - Before Sunset
Poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne - Sleep
Poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne - Cleopatra
Poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne - The Salt of the Earth
Poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne - Let Us Go
Poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne - Eight Years Old
Poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne - William Shakespeare
Poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne - Hope and Fear
Poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne - Ben Jonson
Poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne - The business of art...
Quote by D. H. Lawrence - Money is our madness...
Quote by D. H. Lawrence - God...
Quote by D. H. Lawrence - Death...
Quote by D. H. Lawrence - Be a good animal...
Quote by D. H. Lawrence - All that we know is nothing...
Quote by D. H. Lawrence - Baby Tortoise
Poem by D. H. Lawrence - Silence
Poem by D. H. Lawrence
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