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    Manchester As You’ve Never Seen It Before…

    Manchester is such a vibrant city and one with such a strong and rich heritage however, for most people who get distracted by London in the South, or even the Northerners in the UK who are really in-the know of Manchester as a city, it still has many ways of surprising you – especially so […] More

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    Arctic Explorer Gets Belated Recognition

    Wikimedia Commons When I took my family to the Orkney Islands of Scotland last year I saw this curious memorial in St. Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall. It’s for an Arctic explorer named John Rae. While the name struck a bell, I knew virtually nothing about him. Most people don’t, and that’s a shame. Rae grew up […] More