Proud to be British!

[SueEllen]

British poets and authors - too numerous to mention.

[Gibbon]

Philistine. You might be surprised at how many modern films and plays are based on his plot lines...

Its also surprising how much Shaky took from Plutarch and even his most famous line from Cicero "esse aut non esse" Disputations I. VII.14, its even in context when contemplating death. BTW saw Hamlet the other week at the cinema with a stream of the recent Bristol Old Vic production, just brilliant.

[vetran]

Its also surprising how much Shaky took from Plutarch and even his most famous line from Cicero "esse aut non esse" Disputations I. VII.14, its even in context when contemplating death. BTW saw Hamlet the other week at the cinema with a stream of the recent Bristol Old Vic production, just brilliant.

great artists steal?

[NigelJK]

The Canal system. Blue touch paper for the Industrial Revolution.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

That I constantly moan about living here, the high taxes, crime, cost of living, declining society, disgraceful education and dying moral standards.....

oh tulip, why am I still here?

[d000hg]

"David Beckham's right foot. David Beckham's left foot, come to think of it."

[Zigenare]

The Canal system. Blue touch paper for the Industrial Revolution.

Stolen from the French by the Duke of Bridgewater while on his Gentlemanly travels.

[vetran]

Stolen from the French by the Duke of Bridgewater while on his Gentlemanly travels.

Nah cross pollination was fair game. They couldn't afford our spinning jenny which was the big innovation.

[NigelJK]

IIRC the first locks were designed by Leonardo ...

[Zigenare]

IIRC the first locks were designed by Leonardo ...

The Bridgewater Canal is one of the few canals that has no locks over its 39 miles, as it follows the contours of the relatively flat land across Cheshire and into Greater Manchester.