(View of Queens House and Canary Wharf from Greenwich Park) The Royal Parks of London are green spaces in the capital of the United Kingdom, which properly belong to the British Crown. These are generally old hunting reserves of the … Read More
Administrative area: Greater London Status: Sui generis; city and ceremonial county Administrative headquarters: Guildhall Roman settlement: c. 47 AD (Londinium) Wessex resettlement: 886 AD (Lundenburh) Subdivisions: 25 wards Government • Local authority: City of London Corporation • Lord Mayor: Fiona … Read More
Type: Commercial port Construction: Roman Draught: 14.5 m in Stanford-le-Hope Tonnage: 350,000 tonnes Length: 150 km Traffic: 48.7 Mt (2011) and 1.93 million TEUs (2011), 12,500 ships Activities: hydrocarbons, chemicals, tea, tobacco, oilseeds, raw materials, rare metals Area: 1600 ha … Read More
Artist: Paul Van Hoeydonck Year: 1971 Type: aluminium Dimensions: 8.5 cm (3.3 in) Location: Moon, Hadley Rille Fallen Astronaut is a small aluminum sculpture representing a stylized astronaut in a space suit. This statue, which measures about 8.5 cm high, … Read More
Type: Stock Exchange Location: London, United Kingdom Founded: 1801; 213 years ago Key people: Christopher S. Gibson-Smith (Chairman), Xavier Rolet (CEO) Currency: GBP No. of listings: 2,864 (as of December 2011) Market cap: US$3.2 trillion (Dec 2011) Volume: US$1.7 trillion (Dec 2009) Indexes: FTSE 100 Index, … Read More
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) denotes measures that serve to that Web pages in the organic search engine ranking in the unpaid search results (natural listings) to appear in higher places. Search engine optimization is a branch of search engine marketing. … Read More
Jacks or Better is the most common variation of video poker. Payoffs begin at a pair of jacks. Full pay Jacks or Better is also known as 9/6 Jacks or Better since the payoff for a full house is 9 … Read More
(Reuters‘s headquarters in Canary Wharf.) London is one of the leading communication centers in the world with the presence of a large number of communications companies. Most major British media and all major national television networks, including BBC News, the … Read More
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(The Royal Albert Hall hosts many concerts.) London is one of the world capitals of classical and pop/rock music. The city is the seat of one of the four major record companies, EMI Group, and countless musicians, bands, orchestras and … Read More
London has a range of the most important museums in the world. This is also the city in the world that has the largest number of galleries and art museums per capita. Museums are found in all areas: art, science, … Read More
