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The clock tower in St Albans dates from the 15th century. The cobbled square at its front with circul...
A cheerful balloon seller on St Peters Street in St Albans, that ancient town called Verulamian when ...
This is an experiment to see if I could make something that would look like a 3D photo gallery by att...
Great view from here can see all the way to the Abbey cathedral in St.Albans to Shenley tower which a...
You are in a hangar on a farm where the prototype de Havilland Mosquito aircraft were built in 1941 i...
Around 1940 or 1941 four prototypes of the Mosquito aircraft were built in this hanger in great secre...
You are in a hangar on the farm where the four prototype de Havilland Mosquito aircraft were built in...
These Mosquitos stand in the very place where the first prototypes were built in great secrecy by de ...
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.
