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It was the first time that the All England Club held an Olympic tournament. Tennis was not part of the Olympic programme in the 1948 London Games, while at the 1908 Games, also held in London, the competition was held at Wimbledon's old site in Worpl
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Brands Hatch is a circuit in Kent which is well known for motorsport - it was the venue for many British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986. However, during the Paralympics, Brands Hatch will play host to a variety of road cycling events, featuring ove
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With stunning views overlooking the River Thames and the Docklands area of east London, Greenwich Park has held royal interests since it was first inherited by King Henry V's brother, the Duke of Gloucester in 1427. With famous features such as The R
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The largest exhibition of Leonardo da Vinci's drawings of the human body is on display at the Queen's Gallery at Buckingham Palace. During his lifetime, Leonardo made thousands of pages of notes and drawings on the human body. He wanted to understand
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The name Garrard is synonymous with British crown jewels. In the mid nineteenth century. Garrard was appointed crown jeweller for the British royal family and since then it has served six successive sovereigns. Join Helen on her visit to Garrard and
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For a lot of Londoners Time Out is the best guide for entertainment. This weekly entertainment listings magazine has just become free. At a time when everyone is trying to tighten their belt this piece of news has put a smile on everyone's face. We a
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Can you imagine that seven puppets can grab the attention of hundreds of people and make them happy or sad? Well, thats Punch and Judy - a popular puppet show that has been going for at least 350 years. Although it started from Covent Garden in Londo
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In this week's On the Town, Rosie and Li discuss a very old, big, grey stone. The Rosetta Stone might not be much to look at, but it has a fascinating history. It was made in 196 BC in Ancient Egypt. The text on the stone is written in three ancient
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In this week's On the Town, Li and Neil look at New Broadcasting House - a new landmark for London. It's the new home for people working for the BBC in London. It's our new headquarters. It's the first time that people from different parts of the org
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This week's question is about pronunciation of an English word. Do we say either with a long 'i' sound or either with a long 'e' sound? Nuala, our BBC Learning English language expert, told us that we can use any of those pronunciations. One is not b
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This week's question is a very common question from learners of English. Should I say 'you and me' or 'you and I'? In this programme Jo Hunter and Feifei Feng from BBC Learning English talk us through the rules. They explain all about personal pronou
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This week's question is about a British English word - 'cheers'. We had an email from Jo Jo who has observed that it's a word people use instead of thank you and wants to know more. Cheers is perhaps more commonly known as something people say before
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This week's question comes from Lok and they want to know what the word cos means. Quite simply it is a short form of the word because. Native English speakers often shorten this word, no doubt because it's easier to do that. Words are joined togethe
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Programme Summary 节目梗概 Zhihong asks about extremely, exceedingly and keenly. These three words are all fairly formal and we are more likely to read these words than hear people say them. The word extremely means very. But it is slightly stron
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Programme Summary 节目梗概 Sun Cha from Urumqi gave us this week's question. He is living in the UK at the moment and he says he has heard people use the word loo and wants to know what it means. Basically loo is a British English word people say
