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Top 10 facts about George Bernard Shaw
26 июля, 2016
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Top 10 facts about George Bernard Shaw

The Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw was born 160 years ago on July 26, 1856. 1. He hated the name George and always preferred to be called simply Bernard Shaw. 2. He is the only person to have won both a Nobel Prize (for Literature in 1925) and an Oscar (for the screenplay of his play Pygmalion in 1938). 3. Born in Dublin...

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Anger as council officials say UK city is ‘too multicultural’ to celebrate St George’s Day
25 апреля, 2016
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Anger as council officials say UK city is ‘too multicultural’ to celebrate St George’s Day

AN ENGLISH city council REFUSED to host St George’s Day celebrations because the area is “too multicultural”. Bristol City Council allowed the national day to pass without a single event for the patron saint, despite its history dating back to 1222. Council chiefs said 91 different languages are spoken in the...

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Princess Diana looks over Prince George in new photos of Kate and William’s living room
24 апреля, 2016
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Princess Diana looks over Prince George in new photos of Kate and William’s living room

  A TOUCHING photo of the princes with their mother Princess Diana can be seen in the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s living room for the first time. Never before seen pictures of Prince William and Kate’s newly decorated living room at Kensington Palace reveal the personal touches the couple have placed around...

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