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From third-class seats open to the elements, to the gold-plated interiors of Queen Victoria’s Royal Train, we mark this milestone anniversary with a nostalgic look through the ages
I’d like to know . . . Q Which group or band has won the most BRIT Awards in history? A That title lies with Coldplay, with Chris Martin and co. bagging nine prizes so far at Britain’s premier music a
QWhich country was the first to give women the right to vote? ANew Zealand was the first to enfranchise adult women when it came to voting. The landmark move was made in 1893, following attempts to ch
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Stephen Simmons says the British Embassy in Bangkok helped foster more than a century of excellent UK-Thai relations until Jack Straw and Boris Johnson came along to ...
