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The Gower Peninsula in south west Wales is a particularly scenic coastal area which projects towards the Bristol Channel. It is close to Swansea in the most westerly part of the former historic county of Glamorgan.
Jasper Maskelyne (1902–1973) was a larger than life character who practised conjuring on a grand scale for military purposes. From a famous family of English stage magicians, he offered his services as a wartime illusionist and escapologist during the Second World War.
Dating from 1185, the Temple Church in central London was once the English headquarters of the legendary Knights Templar, and the site of their mysterious initiation ceremonies. Since the downfall of the Templars in 1307, it has been regarded as the church of the legal profession, whose offices are concentrated in the surrounding area.
Gardeners may get annoyed with the humble and prolific dandelion, to be found growing rampantly all over Britain, but we would surely be sorry to lose this cheery wild flower, and they are vital to the survival of pollinating insects. And for amusing children!
It's hard to believe, but television is still less than a hundred years old. Scottish engineer John Logie Baird gave the world's first demonstration of the concept before 50 scientists in an attic room in central London on 26th January 1926. His early experiments deploying quite crude mechanical picture transfer took place in the seaside town of Hastings in East Sussex and he wrote that his ideas came to him whilst walking in the hills beyond the town.
With its characteristic black and white-striped face, grey fur and short furry tail, the badger looks like no other UK mammal. Stocky, powerfully-built creatures, they typically weigh 10–12kg, with a body length of about 90cm. This makes them the biggest land predator in the UK.
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