Now you think of Harry Potter and you automatically think of Daniel Radcliffe who played his part in all the movies. But Radcliffe wasn’t the first choice and not even the second. The part was first given to Liam Aiken, …
It’s called Toshimaen the amusement park that has closed this summer to make place for a new Harry Potter theme park that will open in 2023. The Toshimaen park had been opened since 1924 and this is a major change …
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Besides the film studio which will open in Dagenham, there will be another studio which is due to open in Berkshire in West London. The University of Reading has in fact signed an agreement to build a £ 200 million …
There is a well-known portrait of a little girl dressed in white who has been said for years to be the writer Jane Austen. The portrait in question has belonged to the Rice family for generations and they are in …
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This is the old home of the entrepreneur Fred Karno who discovered both Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel over a century ago. Here the two actors rehearsed and worked before becoming successful in Hollywood. The property on Southwell Road in …
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This dictionary is over 100 years old and it is still very current and worth a look. It’s not a normal dictionary and the definitions are often ironic or sarcastic. It will at least make you smile. Ambrose Bierce was …
Designed by sculptor Michael Condron and opened in 1998 by Carol Vorderman, the sculpture stands seven metres high. It is situated at one end of Crown Square in Woking Town Centre. The “War of the Worlds” was mainly written …
