Affinity Sutton: New homes at Graylingwell Park
The innovative scheme located on the former Graylingwell hospital site in Chichester incorporates 750 new homes, a range of community amenities, public open space, enhanced historic parkland, commercial accommodation and artists studios.
Littlehampton Carnival 2016 Part 1
Littlehampton Carnival 2016 was on 9th July . People from Kerala (southern state in India) participated for the first time in the History of Littlehampton. We won 2 prizes one for colourful Category and runnerup for decorative catagory.
This is truly because of a good team work.
The Butterfly Lion | Pre-Show Talk | Chichester Festival Theatre
Dale Rooks (Director) in conversation with Kate Mosse about our production of Michael Morpurgo's The Butterfly Lion. Running in the Minerva Theatre until 15 November.
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Chichester Festival Theatre is one of the UK’s flagship theatres, renowned for the exceptionally high standard of its productions as well as its work with the community and young people. Situated in a cathedral city in West Sussex between the South Downs and the sea, the Festival Theatre’s bold thrust stage design makes it one of England’s most striking playhouses; a studio theatre, the Minerva Theatre, sits nearby.
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Portraits and photography at curtain-raising London Art Fair
From famed British artists to emerging international galleries, London Art Fair is starting the cultural year with a bang.
While traditional mediums like painting and sculpture remain dominant, photography is gaining an ever-greater presence.
A self-portrait by British painter and draughtsman, Lucian Freud.
It was one the artist personally wanted to take back, therefore ensuring it never saw the light of day, but nonetheless offers insight into his style and perceptions of himself.
Here at London's Art Fair, the so-called 'premier fair for modern British and contemporary art', 128 galleries are exhibiting some of their most prized pieces.
Now in its 27th edition, the fair is hosting a variety of national and international galleries including Pallant House Gallery from Chichester (around 60 miles south of London).
They've curated a unique exhibition which focuses on paintings, drawings and sculptures by some of Britain's leading figurative artists of the twentieth century.
Named 'The Figure in Modern British Art', the collection seeks to show how different British artists have approached the human figure in different ways.
We've brought a selection of works from our permanent collection under the theme of the figure and we've tried to be representative of the collections to give a story around the evolvement of the figure within British art, says Marc Steene, executive director of Pallant House Gallery.
So, starting from (Walter) Sickert working through to Graham Sutherland and more abstract approaches, through to the Lucian Freud I'm standing by here. Showing the breadth and depth of our collections, but also helping to show the figure has inspired artists in many different ways.
I think British art has its own character, but obviously influenced by what's happening in the rest of the world, says Steene.
I think there's an eruditeness and intelligence about British art that's slightly different from what happened in the rest of Europe. I think there's a sort of psychology and insight you see, I think.
As much as the fair is a spectacle for attendees, it's also a shop window for art buyers and this year, hopes are high.
Having surveyed exhibiting galleries at the event, London Art Fair found that 51 percent were optimistic about the prospects for growth in the art market during 2015.
Only 4 percent predicted a worse year during the coming 12 months.
We see here across the fair there's certainly a buzz and galleries have brought some very bullish, strong works that have a very strong price point at the upper-end, says London Art Fair director, Sarah Monk.
With that, it sends a very strong, confident message to those serious collectors about the strength of the market and that now is a strong time to make those acquisitions.
London Art Fair's survey also found that the around a third of exhibiting galleries think increased opportunities to show work abroad will have the most impact on the art market.
A chance many are taking, according to Monk.
I think there's definitely a sense that the market will continue to improve, she says.
We did a poll of research with our galleries just ahead of the fair and certainly there was a feeling that they didn't expect things to get any worse, that they felt positive. They see that it's certainly important to them to continue to do fairs and I think increasingly so for international galleries to have that platform in London and look at ways of galleries within the UK presenting themselves.
It's not just UK-based galleries - like Pallant House Gallery - exhibiting here at the fair.
Around 14 percent of exhibiting galleries here are from outside the UK, hailing from emerging art centres like Milan and Toronto.
They included metallic models of the Eiffel Tower.
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Young Start-up Talent - Gatwick Diamond Showcase 2015
Lingfield Park Marriott Hotel & Country Club welcomed Young Start-up Talent (YST) and its 2015 Gatwick Diamond finalists to the stage for the showcase. It was revealed that Imrich Berta with his business ‘Happy Go Sushi’, a student from Central Sussex College was the winner of this year’s prize fund. Imrich is hoping to make a success of his Sushi Home Delivery company having noticed a gap in the local market. With plenty of experience working as and training with chefs, Imrich’s quality product could just fill the gap.
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Chief Information Officer from Gatwick Airport said “There is so much talent. I think it’s important we encourage young people to start up their own business. We love being part of encouraging that. The finalists are all very impressive. They are such a different array of ideas, from Sushi to IT to stage make-up, its great”
Matthew Tyson of Richard Place Dobson and supporter of the initiative since its inception five years ago added “I think all of the finalists could have been worthy winners. I’ve been very impressed with the quality this year, they have had coaching to help them along and they’ve all been doing really well. The stands look fantastic, the evening was excellent and well put together.”
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Entrepreneurs who made it through to the 2015 Gatwick Diamond Final included:
Christopher Foster:
21 year old Christopher Foster, who wants to provide a platform for students and businesses to connect to one another by creating his website, ‘Student Engine’. Christopher is focusing predominantly on Start-up businesses and argues that his platform makes the process of applying or uploading jobs easy, quick and manageable.
Bethany Landskroner:
24 year old Bethany Landskroner is passionate about her already up and running performing arts company ‘Terra Nova’. She is looking to instil confidence and new skills in both adults and children and offers the first session free to newcomers. Bethany is hoping to expand across Sussex in the coming years.
Rhian Gillah and Conor Haskins:
16 year old business duo, Rhian Gillah and Conor Haskins have produced a unique Theatrical Prosthetic and SFX Make-up company which provides materials and applications for a small fee using the creative talents of Rhian and Conor’s business flair.
Will Bower:
Sussex graduate, Will Bowers, is moving forward with his successful company, ‘Royalty Three’, a creative, corporate video production agency. With plenty of practice in the field, Will wants to produce videos primarily aimed at the younger generation.
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Young Start-up Talent CIC is a community based project whose aims are to help 16-25 year olds with an entrepreneurial flair for business and make their dreams a reality. The initiative promotes innovation, entrepreneurship, leadership and talent development.
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Sponsors making up the 2015 process include:
- Mayo Wynne Baxter Solicitors
- Richard Place Dobson Accountants
- Gatwick Airport
- Thales
- British Airways
- Lingfield Park Marriott Hotel and Country Club
- Basepoint Business Centre
- Media Word Waves
- Creative Pod
- Chichester College
- University of Brighton
- Crawley Observer
- West Sussex County Times
- Mid Sussex Times
- Crawley Borough Council
- Crawley Town Centre Partnership
- Nvision Coaching
- Fastsigns
- extech.co.uk
-Reigate & Banstead Borough Council
- S4B shredding
- Beta Futures
- Lotus HR
- GatwickDiamondJobs.com
- Horsham District Council
- Let’s Do Business
- MCR Print
- Gatwick Diamond Business Association
- Crawley Town Football Club
- McDonalds
- Young Enterprise
- Heart FM
- BLOC Hotels
- Federation of Small Business
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Cultural Heritage: Conservation and Rural Regeneration
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The cultural heritage lecture series are jointly organized by INTBAU Cyprus and Faculty of Architecture, Eastern Mediterranean University.
Cultural Heritage: Conservation and Rural Regeneration
by Dr. Aliye Menteş
28th Mach, 2017
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Dr. Aliye Menteş completed her first degree in Architecture at Eastern Mediterranean University in 2005 with high honours. The same year she moved to England, Oxford and undertook the MSc Historic Conservation course (Oxford Brookes University negotiated programme with the University of Oxford). She wrote her dissertation on Adaptive Re-use of Ottoman Hans and completed the course with a merit. After getting professional experience in historic conservation and architecture fields through working for several practices in London such as SAVE Britain’s Heritage, she went back to Oxford Brookes University in 2009 to undertake her PhD on historic building conservation with a focus in rural regeneration and sustainable tourism. She completed her dissertation on ‘Tourism-led Rural Regeneration in the Eastern Mediterranean: Conservation of Traditional Buildings, and Community Implications’.
Since 2009 she has been researching and working in practice on both national and international initiatives regarding to conservation and regeneration. In the UK two important projects include a survey and a re-listing project in the channel island of Jersey working with conservation and regeneration specialist Aylin Orbaşlı, and Townscape Heritage Initiative in historic towns in England, Scotland and Ireland working with Alan Reeve.
In 2013 she came back to Cyprus and since two years she has been working as a lecturer at Girne American University lecturing ‘Principles of conservation and restoration’ and ‘Architectural design studio in heritage context’. Her enthusiasm in conservation, restoration, adaptive re-use and rural regeneration continues to grow and she is eagerly combining her academic position with working in real life projects in Cyprus and abroad. Currently these include a sustainable tourism and rural regeneration consultancy at İvriz Archaeological and nature protection site in Konya, led by Koç University, cultural heritage consultancy on restoration and adaptive re-use projects of a mud brick and stone building in Arabahmet, Nicosia for Chamber of Architects and a private project in Bellapais, Kyrenia.
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Bhojpuri folk songs in Mauritius, Geet-Gawai_bho
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Description: Geet-Gawai is a traditional, pre-wedding ceremony combining rituals, prayer, songs, music and dance performed mainly by Bhojpuri-speaking communities in Mauritius. Taking place at the bride or groom’s home, it involves family members and neighbours. Married women sort items like rice and money in a piece of cloth while others sing songs to honour Hindu gods and goddesses. Next, everyone dances to uplifting songs. An expression of community identity and collective memory, it is transmitted by families, community centres, and academies.
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Boston, Lincolnshire
Boston (/ˈbɒstən/) is a town and small port in Lincolnshire, on the east coast of England. It is the largest town of the wider Borough of Boston local government district. The borough had a total population of 64,637 at the 2011 census, whilst the town itself had a population of 35,124 at the 2001 census. It is due north of Greenwich on the Prime Meridian.
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Godalming
Godalming is a historic market town, civil parish and administrative centre of the Borough of Waverley in Surrey, England, 4 miles SSW of Guildford, traversing the banks of the River Wey in a hilly, heavily wooded part of the outer London commuter belt and Green Belt which is the Greensand Ridge. Godalming is 30.5 mi southwest of London and shares a three-way twinning arrangement with the towns of Joigny in France and Mayen in Germany. Friendship links are in place with the state of Georgia and Moscow. James Oglethorpe of Godalming was the founder of the colony of Georgia.
Godalming is regarded as an expensive residential town, partly due to its visual appeal, favourable transport links and high proportion of private housing. In recent years it has been ranked the UK's third most desirable property hotspot, voted the fourth best area of the UK in which to live and judged in 2013 to have the highest quality of life in Great Britain.
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Winchester
Winchester is a city, county town of Hampshire. The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government district, and is located at the western end of the South Downs National Park, along the course of the River Itchen. It is situated 68 miles (109 km) south-west of London and 13.6 miles (21.9 km) from Southampton, its other closest city. At the time of the 2001 Census, Winchester had a population of 41,420.
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Sarah Brightman
Sarah Brightman (born 14 August 1960) is an English classical crossover soprano, actress, songwriter and dancer. She has sung in many languages, including English, Spanish, French, Latin, German, Italian, Russian, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese and Catalan.
Brightman began her career as a member of the dance troupe Hot Gossip and released several disco singles as a solo performer. In 1981, she made her West End musical theatre debut in Cats and met composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, whom she married. She went on to star in several West End and Broadway musicals, including The Phantom of the Opera, where she originated the role of Christine Daaé. The Original London Cast Album of the musical was released in CD format in 1987 and sold 40 million copies worldwide, making it the biggest-selling cast album of all time.
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Royal National Theatre | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:02 1 Origins
00:05:33 2 Theatre building and architecture
00:05:43 2.1 Theatres
00:06:02 2.1.1 Olivier Theatre
00:07:03 2.1.2 Lyttelton Theatre
00:07:22 2.1.3 Dorfman Theatre
00:08:02 2.1.4 Temporary Theatre
00:08:56 2.2 Architecture
00:11:20 2.3 Foyers and interior spaces
00:12:39 3 NT Future
00:13:00 4 National Theatre Studio
00:14:06 5 National Theatre Live
00:16:00 6 Learning and participation
00:16:09 6.1 Connections
00:16:47 6.2 On Demand. In Schools
00:18:04 7 Outdoor festivals
00:18:13 7.1 River Stage
00:19:00 7.2 Watch This Space
00:20:56 8 Artistic Directors
00:24:10 9 Notable productions
00:24:19 9.1 1963–1973
00:27:01 9.2 1974–1987
00:30:05 9.3 1988–1997
00:32:26 9.4 1998–2002
00:34:43 9.5 2003–2014
00:37:40 9.6 2015–present
00:42:01 10 Gallery
00:42:10 11 See also
00:42:34 12 Notes
00:42:43 13 Bibliography
00:43:49 14 Further reading
00:44:10 15 External links
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The Royal National Theatre in London, commonly known as the National Theatre (NT), is one of the United Kingdom's three most prominent publicly funded performing arts venues, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Opera House. Internationally, it is known as the National Theatre of Great Britain.From its foundation in 1963 until 1976, the company was based at the Old Vic theatre in Waterloo. The current building is located next to the Thames in the South Bank area of central London. In addition to performances at the National Theatre building, the National Theatre tours productions at theatres across the United Kingdom.Permission to add the Royal prefix to the name of the theatre was given in 1988, but the full title is rarely used. The theatre presents a varied programme, including Shakespeare, other international classic drama, and new plays by contemporary playwrights. Each auditorium in the theatre can run up to three shows in repertoire, thus further widening the number of plays which can be put on during any one season.
In June 2009, the theatre began National Theatre Live (NT Live), a programme of simulcasts of live productions to cinemas, first in the United Kingdom and then internationally. The programme began with a production of Phèdre, starring Helen Mirren, which was screened live in 70 cinemas across the UK. NT Live productions have since been broadcast to over 2,500 venues in 60 countries around the world.
The NT had an annual turnover of approximately £105 million in 2015–16, of which earned income made up 75% (58% from ticket sales, 5% from NT Live and Digital, and 12% from commercial revenue such as in the restaurants, bookshops, etc.). Support from Arts Council England provided 17% of income, 1% from Learning and Participation activity, and the remaining 9% came from a mixture of companies, individuals, trusts and foundations.
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Billie Jean King | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:32 1 Early life
00:04:57 2 Career
00:07:18 2.1 The early years: 1959 through 1963
00:10:04 2.2 1964
00:11:18 2.3 1965
00:13:16 2.4 Prime competitive years: 1966 through 1975
00:13:30 2.4.1 Overview of these years
00:16:12 2.4.2 1966
00:17:45 2.4.3 1967
00:20:18 2.4.4 1968
00:23:02 2.4.5 1969
00:25:46 2.4.6 1970
00:28:31 2.4.7 1971
00:31:42 2.4.8 1972
00:35:29 2.4.9 1973
00:39:10 2.4.9.1 Battle of the Sexes
00:41:30 2.4.10 1974
00:43:14 2.4.11 1975
00:46:22 2.5 The later years: 1976 through 1990
00:46:35 2.5.1 1976
00:47:42 2.5.2 1977
00:55:05 2.5.3 1978
00:57:40 2.5.4 1979
01:00:40 2.5.5 1980–1981
01:04:43 2.5.6 1982–1983
01:08:21 2.5.7 1984 to present
01:09:55 2.6 Activism within the tennis profession
01:10:06 2.6.1 Player compensation
01:12:16 2.6.2 Push for gender equality
01:15:28 2.7 Other activities
01:17:47 3 Awards, honors, and tributes
01:17:58 3.1 Tributes from other players
01:19:32 3.2 Awards and honors
01:24:18 4 Playing style and personality
01:28:16 5 In popular culture
01:29:29 6 Personal life
01:32:48 7 Grand Slam statistics
01:32:58 7.1 Grand Slam single finals
01:33:13 7.2 Grand Slam tournament timeline
01:33:34 8 See also
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Billie Jean King (née Moffitt; born November 22, 1943) is an American former World No. 1 professional tennis player. King won 39 Grand Slam titles: 12 in singles, 16 in women's doubles, and 11 in mixed doubles. She won the singles title at the inaugural WTA Tour Championships. She often represented the United States in the Federation Cup and the Wightman Cup. She was a member of the victorious United States team in seven Federation Cups and nine Wightman Cups. For three years, she was the United States' captain in the Federation Cup.
King is an advocate for gender equality and has long been a pioneer for equality and social justice. In 1973, at age 29, she won the Battle of the Sexes tennis match against the 55-year-old Bobby Riggs. She was also the founder of the Women's Tennis Association and the Women's Sports Foundation. She was also instrumental in persuading cigarette brand Virginia Slims to sponsor women's tennis in the 1970s and went on to serve on the board of their parent company Philip Morris in the 2000s.
Regarded by many in the sport as one of the greatest women's tennis players of all time, King was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1987. The Fed Cup Award of Excellence was bestowed on her in 2010. In 1972, she was the joint winner, with John Wooden, of the Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year award and was one of the Time Persons of the Year in 1975. She has also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year lifetime achievement award. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1990, and in 2006, the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City was renamed the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. In 2018, she won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award.
England | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:55 1 Toponymy
00:06:43 2 History
00:06:52 2.1 Prehistory and antiquity
00:11:39 2.2 Middle Ages
00:17:18 2.3 Early modern
00:22:57 2.4 Late modern and contemporary
00:27:36 3 Governance
00:27:45 3.1 Politics
00:30:52 3.2 Law
00:32:40 3.3 Regions, counties, and districts
00:36:16 4 Geography
00:36:25 4.1 Landscape and rivers
00:39:55 4.2 Climate
00:41:25 4.3 Major conurbations
00:42:39 5 Economy
00:48:18 5.1 Science and technology
00:51:24 5.2 Transport
00:54:44 6 Healthcare
00:56:55 7 Demography
00:57:04 7.1 Population
01:00:37 7.2 Language
01:03:41 7.3 Religion
01:08:03 8 Education
01:12:06 9 Culture
01:12:15 9.1 Architecture
01:15:15 9.2 Folklore
01:17:57 9.3 Cuisine
01:20:34 9.4 Visual arts
01:23:00 9.5 Literature, poetry, and philosophy
01:26:15 9.6 Performing arts
01:29:53 9.7 Cinema
01:32:38 9.8 Museums, libraries, and galleries
01:34:28 10 Sports
01:45:33 11 National symbols
01:48:28 12 See also
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England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west. The Irish Sea lies northwest of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest. England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.
The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Palaeolithic period, but takes its name from the Angles, a Germanic tribe deriving its name from the Anglia peninsula, who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in the 10th century, and since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century, has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world. The English language, the Anglican Church, and English law – the basis for the common law legal systems of many other countries around the world – developed in England, and the country's parliamentary system of government has been widely adopted by other nations. The Industrial Revolution began in 18th-century England, transforming its society into the world's first industrialised nation.England's terrain is chiefly low hills and plains, especially in central and southern England. However, there is upland and mountainous terrain in the north (for example, the Lake District and Pennines) and in the west (for example, Dartmoor and the Shropshire Hills). The capital is London, which has the largest metropolitan area in both the United Kingdom and the European Union. England's population of over 55 million comprises 84% of the population of the United Kingdom, largely concentrated around London, the South East, and conurbations in the Midlands, the North West, the North East, and Yorkshire, which each developed as major industrial regions during the 19th century.The Kingdom of England – which after 1535 included Wales – ceased being a separate sovereign state on 1 May 1707, when the Acts of Union put into effect the terms agreed in the Treaty of Union the previous year, resulting in a political union with the Kingdom of Scotland to create the Kingdom of Great Britain. In 1801, Great Britain was united with the Kingdom of Ireland (through another Act of Union) to become the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. In 1922 the Irish Free State seceded from the United Kingdom, leading to the latter being renamed the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Bournemouth
Bournemouth /ˈbɔərnməθ/ is a large coastal resort town on the south coast of England directly to the east of the Jurassic Coast, a 95-mile (153 km) World Heritage Site. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 187,503 making it the largest settlement in Dorset. With Poole to the west and Christchurch in the east, Bournemouth forms the South East Dorset conurbation, which has a total population of over 400,000.
Before it was founded in 1810 by Lewis Tregonwell, the area was a deserted heathland occasionally visited by fishermen and smugglers. Initially marketed as a health resort, the town received a boost when it appeared in Dr Granville's book, The Spas of England. Bournemouth's growth really accelerated with the arrival of the railway and it became a recognised town in 1870. Historically part of Hampshire, it joined Dorset with the reorganisation of local government in 1974. Since 1997, the town has been administered by a unitary authority, giving it autonomy from Dorset County Council although it remains however part of the ceremonial county. The local council is Bournemouth Borough Council.
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England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west. The Irish Sea lies northwest of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest. England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.
The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Palaeolithic period, but takes its name from the Angles, a Germanic tribe deriving its name from the Anglia peninsula, who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in the 10th century, and since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century, has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world. The English language, the Anglican Church, and English law – the basis for the common law legal systems of many other countries around the world – developed in England, and the country's parliamentary system of government has been widely adopted by other nations. The Industrial Revolution began in 18th-century England, transforming its society into the world's first industrialised nation.England's terrain is chiefly low hills and plains, especially in central and southern England. However, there is upland and mountainous terrain in the north (for example, the Lake District and Pennines) and in the west (for example, Dartmoor and the Shropshire Hills). The capital is London, which has the largest metropolitan area in both the United Kingdom and the European Union. England's population of over 55 million comprises 84% of the population of the United Kingdom, largely concentrated around London, the South East, and conurbations in the Midlands, the North West, the North East, and Yorkshire, which each developed as major industrial regions during the 19th century.The Kingdom of England – which after 1535 included Wales – ceased being a separate sovereign state on 1 May 1707, when the Acts of Union put into effect the terms agreed in the Treaty of Union the previous year, resulting in a political union with the Kingdom of Scotland to create the Kingdom of Great Britain. In 1801, Great Britain was united with the Kingdom of Ireland (through another Act of Union) to become the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. In 1922 the Irish Free State seceded from the United Kingdom, leading to the latter being renamed the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Portsmouth | Wikipedia audio article
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00:04:57 1 History
00:05:06 1.1 Early history
00:06:40 1.2 Norman to Tudor
00:12:14 1.3 Stuart to Georgian
00:17:39 1.4 Industrial Revolution to Victorian
00:21:23 1.5 Edwardian to Second World War
00:25:20 1.6 Post-war
00:30:36 2 Geography
00:36:00 2.1 Climate
00:37:41 3 Demography
00:40:19 4 Government and politics
00:42:47 5 Economy
00:47:32 6 Culture
00:50:43 7 Literature
00:53:13 8 Education
00:55:54 9 Landmarks
01:00:46 10 Gunwharf Quays
01:03:02 11 Southsea
01:06:06 12 Religion
01:09:14 13 Sport
01:12:07 14 Transport and communications
01:12:17 14.1 Ferries
01:13:55 14.2 Buses
01:14:39 14.3 Railways
01:15:32 14.4 Airport
01:16:47 14.5 Canal
01:18:27 14.6 Possible public transport projects
01:19:19 15 Media
01:22:04 16 Notable residents
01:26:06 17 See also
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Portsmouth ( (listen)) is a port city in Hampshire, England, with a total population of 205,400 residents. The city of Portsmouth is nicknamed Pompey and is mainly built on Portsea Island, a flat, low-lying island measuring 24 square kilometres (9 sq mi) in area, just off the south-east coast of Hampshire. Portsmouth is the only island city in the United Kingdom, and is the only city whose population density exceeds that of London.Portsmouth is located 70 miles (110 km) south-west of London and 19 miles (31 km) south-east of Southampton. With the surrounding towns of Gosport, Fareham, Havant and Waterlooville, Portsmouth forms the eastern half of the South Hampshire metropolitan area, which includes Southampton and Eastleigh in the western half.
Portsmouth's history can be traced back to Roman times. A significant naval port for centuries, Portsmouth has the world's oldest dry dock. In the sixteenth century, Portsmouth was England's first line of defence during the French invasion of 1545. By the early nineteenth century, the world's first mass production line was set up in Portsmouth Dockyard's Block Mills, making it the most industrialised site in the world and birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. Portsmouth was also the most heavily fortified town in the world, and was considered the world's greatest naval port at the height of the British Empire throughout Pax Britannica. Defences known as the Palmerston Forts were built around Portsmouth in 1859 in anticipation of another invasion from continental Europe.
In 1926, Portsmouth was officially elevated in status from a town to a city. The motto Heaven's Light Our Guide, a reference to the city's eight-pointed star and crescent moon emblem, was registered to the City of Portsmouth in 1929. During the Second World War, the city of Portsmouth was bombed extensively in the Portsmouth Blitz, which resulted in the deaths of 930 people. In 1944, Portsmouth was the pivotal embarkation point for the D-Day landings of 6 June 1944. In 1982, a large proportion of the task force dispatched to liberate the Falkland Islands deployed from the city's naval base. Her Majesty's Yacht Britannia left the city to oversee the transfer of Hong Kong in 1997, which marked for many the end of the empire. In 1997, Portsmouth became a Unitary Authority, with Portsmouth City Council gaining powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined, responsibilities previously held by Hampshire County Council.
Portsmouth is one of the world's best known ports. HMNB Portsmouth is considered to be the home of the Royal Navy and is home to two-thirds of the UK's surface fleet. The city is home to some famous ships, including HMS Warrior, the Tudor carrack Mary Rose and Horatio Nelson's flagship, HMS Victory (the world's oldest naval ship still in commission). The former HMS Vernon naval shore establishment has been redeveloped as a retail park known as Gunwharf Quays. Portsmouth is am ...