Little Britain

are unique, as they are very concentrated. The Chinese population is extremely dispersed, but theirs is an unusual case. The reason for their thin spread all over London is because of the idea that you want to set up a Chinese restaurant that's a little way away from the next one. •Critics concerning the 2001 census However, the 2001 census has been criticized. Recent reports have told us that ethnic "minority" groups outnumber white people in the London Boroughs of Newham and Brent. But this is

of superiority partly stemmed from the early industrial revolution which brought an economic growth which allowed property to become productive and self-expanding . Britain soon needed more raw materials which were far cheaper in the colonies. Added to this was the need to create strategic new political alliances. Thus, by 1820, Britain ruled 26% of the world total population . It was important for the imperial propaganda to convince the English of their natural superiority. Writers such as Bishop

of a sporting contest amongst the countries of the British Commonwealth. He wrote an article in 1891 for the magazine Greater Britain, in which he suggested that 'a festival combining sporting, military and literary events that would draw closer the ties and increase the goodwill and understanding of the Empire'. His suggestion generated a great deal of interest in Britain and the British Colonies. The first structure of commonwealth's games can be found in 1911 during the celebration

Hitler envahit la Pologne le 1er Septembre. Britain and France declare war on Germany two days later. Grande-Bretagne et la France déclarent la guerre à l'Allemagne deux jours plus tard. 1940 1940 * Rationing starts in the UK. Le rationnement commence au Royaume-Uni. * German 'Blitzkrieg' overwhelms Belgium, Holland and France. «Blitzkrieg» allemande envahit la Belgique, la Hollande et la France. * Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Britain. Churchill devient Premier ministre de Grande-Bretagne

last year and feel much better. 18. My boss .... his diary. 19. We met while we .... in France. 20. This picture ... by a friend of mine. 21. We would increase our order if the price .... . 22. ... people live in your town? 23. Very ... towns in Britain have an opera house. 24. I wish you .... me you were coming today. 25. Our sales manager left .... a new job. 26. I look forward .... from you. 27. I started working for my company ... . 28. She gave me ... useful information on hotels in Cambridge

mushrooms and store fish. “We’ve seen people use them for billiards,’’ said Molly Bihet, author of several books on Guernsey’s wartime history. “They’re solid and they’re warm because they’re well insulated.’’ Until recently, the occupation has been a little-known footnote to World War ll history. The harbor was bombed in 1940, killing 41 civilians. Half the population and most of the schoolchildren were evacuated, and all residents not born on the island were deported and interned in camps. Thousands

population was one of the basic factors of growth - if there were no men, there was no one to work on the machines -the growth was partly due to the decline in the death rate but mostly to the increase in the birth rate. -the population of great britain 7 million and half in 1750  10 800 000 in 1801( first census)  23 100 000 in 1861 - this population boom had consequences: there were more mouths to feed, and more people to dress, in general there were more needs to satisfy due to an increase

have consistently favoured the idea this ponderous and overwhelming resistance has always seemed a mystery. Winston Churchill, 1936. The idea of a fixed link between Britain and France was first mooted by a French engineer in 1802, much to the horror of the British military, who had recently secured the Peace of Amiens. Little came of the project and many of the others that were proposed over the years, save a collection of entertaining drawings. The first project to actually start digging was

"Single 0" game in 1842, which was brought to America around the same time.  It was the Americans who added the "Double 0" to the wheel, thus creating a different version ( the American Roulette). The origins of the roulette wheel itself are a little more ambiguous.  Some sources espouse that the 17th century mathematician, Blaise Pascal, created the wheel.  There is also information supporting the theory that the Chinese invented the wheel, and that it eventually made its way into Europe by Dominican

it promotes the idea of co ownership, as was hoped in the nationalisation of 1945 particularly with the coal industry which had an unpleasant history of industrial relations, although this did not come to fruition in the UK’s case, as industry did little to involve workers in their overall running. The issue of externalities also comes into play in the case of nationalisation. Firms which engage in economic activity create externalities, i.e. cost and benefits to society. If the firm is private