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The river Thames at Kew overlooking the river. A busy little path runs beside the river, linking the town and houses fronting the river and leading further East towards the City.
This is the UK National Archive for all records, claimed to hold oveer a 1000 years of records. The ...
World’s largest collection of living plants. The organisation employs more than 650 scientists and ot...
The nineteenth century Orangery, built by Sydney Smirke for the Rothschild family who also worked on ...
The Gothic Ruins on the east side of the Gunnersbury Park, just off the North Circular. These ruins a...
The nineteenth century Orangery, built by Sydney Smirke for the Rothschild family who also worked on ...
Gunnersbury Large Mansion is now the Gunnersbury Park Museum, which contains a collection of local hi...
Gunnersbury Arch, just off the Large Mansion and overlooking the great lawns that are usually occupie...
The Gunnersbury "Small Mansion" is pretty big and overlooked a lake which might be restored. The outs...
Located between the Round Pond and the main buildings, the cafe and childrens' playground can be foun...
Europe is generally agreed to be the birthplace of western culture, including such legendary innovations as the democratic nation-state, football and tomato sauce.
The word Europe comes from the Greek goddess Europa, who was kidnapped by Zeus and plunked down on the island of Crete. Europa gradually changed from referring to mainland Greece until it extended finally to include Norway and Russia.
Don't be confused that Europe is called a continent without looking like an island, the way the other continents do. It's okay. The Ural mountains have steadily been there to divide Europe from Asia for the last 250 million years. Russia technically inhabits "Eurasia".
Europe is presently uniting into one political and economic zone with a common currency called the Euro. The European Union originated in 1993 and is now composed of 27 member states. Its headquarters is in Brussels, Belgium.
Do not confuse the EU with the Council of Europe, which has 47 member states and dates to 1949. These two bodies share the same flag, national anthem, and mission of integrating Europe. The headquarters of the Council are located in Strasbourg, France, and it is most famous for its European Court of Human Rights.
In spite of these two bodies, there is still no single Constitution or set of laws applying to all the countries of Europe. Debate rages over the role of the EU in regards to national sovereignty. As of January 2009, the Lisbon Treaty is the closest thing to a European Constitution, yet it has not been approved by all the EU states.
Text by Steve Smith.
