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*Text Based File - Book Review of the novel "Never Let Me Go"

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*Text Based File - Book Review of the novel "Never Let Me Go"

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"Never Let Me Go" is one of the famous novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, and it was adapt to movie in 2010. The text file is its book review from a reliable newspaper website.

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It was regard as the symbol of Wales since 1840s. There are two kinds of Welsh hat: slightly tapering crowned Welsh hat and drum shaped Welsh hat.

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Gerne: Alternative R&B
Its music video was filmed in cities in India, and it also featured Indian Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor, which present the synergistic culturer

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Coldplay - Hymn For The Weekend (Official Video)

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A British band consist by Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland, Guy Berryman, Will Champion. Is is consider as the band that follows  the footsteps of The Beatles and Godsmack.

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Kazuo Ishiguro is the british novelist who born in Japan, and grew up in the UK. In 2017, he acquired the Nobel Prize in Literature from the Swedish Academy, and describe him as the writer "who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world"

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An Artist of the Disconnected World Kazuo Ishiguro and his works

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*Text based file -Bohemian Rhapsody - By Queen - Lyrics

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*Text based file -Bohemian Rhapsody - By Queen - Lyrics

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It a six minute song consist with an intro, a balled segment, an operatic passage, a hard rock part and a reflective coda, but without chorus, which is pretty unusual.

Since it released as a single in 1975 October, it stay on the top of UK Single Chart for nine weeks and sell over a million copies by the beginning of 1967.

It’s consider as one of the greatest rock song of all times.

The most influential music magazine Rolling Stone stated that its influence "cannot be overstated, practically inventing the music video seven years before MTV went on the air."But non of the Queen’s member explained what does it mean in publish.
Music link: https://youtu.be/fJ9rUzIMcZQ

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It forms a snapping sound when opened.
The crackers are mostly pulled by two people at the Christmas dinner table.
A tradition Christmas

Video

What's inside a Christmas cracker?

The history of Christmas cracker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ndeg-cGN4vw

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Britisher toss their wishes letter to into the fire, because they believe the smoke of fire will carry their wishes straight to the Santa in North Pole

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People cannot turn their back to the Queen, they have to always face her with their front face. To turn their back to the Queen is a sign of rudeness and disrespect

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When the royal family are out to travel, they have to bring at least one black outfit. It’ll be used while there are relative died during their travel. When they came back, they can dress in a proper dress, which shows respect.

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When the queen is having dinner with special guest, there’s a chat order.
The queen will speaks to the person sit in the right during the first course, and the left during the second course

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Sit like a Royal. Their legs must be kept together,
women aren’t allowed to cross their legs at the knees, only allowed at the ankles.

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The royal baby wears a specific outfit in the first time they went to a English church. The flowy, lace and satin dress (as picture below) has used in royal baptism since 1841
In 2015, the Queen decide to make a exact duplicate, because it’s already wear over about 60 royal babies.

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Not allowed to publish the gender of the baby until he/she born

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picture from https://www.britroyals.com/arms.asp

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Bog Snorkeling festival was recognize as the weirdest festival in the world, and it takes place in Llanwrtyd Wells, the smallest town in Britain. Players has to snorkel a 60 foot cold and murky mud bog without using any swimming strokes.

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2015 World Bog Snorkelling Championships in Wales

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Burning The Clocks - Brighton 21.12.2014

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Maypole is a decorated pole that people dance round in celebrations on May Day. This tradition began in 600 years ago, this traditional activity can bring people more closer.

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Maypole Dance - The School in Rose Valley (SRV)

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Mushy Peas is the food that served with Fish and Chips. It has different use in different location through England. For example, in Northern England, people put Mushy Peas in the snack “pie and peas”
Mushy Peas Recipe: https://www.thespruceeats.com/traditional-mushy-peas-recipe-435950

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Fish and Chips is a famous British food that spreads over the world. During the 1800s, the tradition in England of fish battered and fried in oil was prevailing, and it was record in many contemporary literatures. According to the record, the first fish and chips was invented by Jewish boy in Western London in 1860s. After that, the amount of fish and chips’ shop rapidly increase in the United Kingdom

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The English breakfast is the well-known culture of UK, most of the tourist will enjoy their English breakfast during the travel.
The traditional English breakfast mainly includes

Bacon

Fried

Scrambled Eggs

Grilled Tomatoes

Fried Bread or Buttered Toast

Fried Mushrooms

Sausages (bangers)

Black Puddings

Bakes Beans

Bubble and squeak

A mug of Tea or Coffee

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*Gallery - The Dance of Albion, by William Blake

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*Gallery - The Dance of Albion, by William Blake

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Albion is England, a personification of this island

He symbolises England's political awakening and liberty

The element of a naked man stands on a rock in a sunrise, rising above the material world, welcoming the dawn, was coined at a time of revolution and repression

His limbs unbend and reach out as far as they can, and each limb is free of others, symbolize he's absolute liberation

Nowadays, historian regard this artwork as a cruel irony, a bitter protest or an impossibly remote ideal

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The Royal Shrovetide Football Match is a "Medieval football" game played annually on Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday

Played in Derbyshire, England Since 12th century

Shrovetide football played between "Two towns" in Derby

The game is played with a special ball, larger than a standard football, which is filled with Portuguese cork to help the ball float when it inevitably ends up in the river.

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Takes place in Shetland, on the last Tuesday in January

The festival involves a procession of up to a thousand people formed into squads who march through the town or village in a variety of themed costumes.

The biggest fire festival in Europe

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Up Helly-Aa 2011, Lerwick, Shetland Islands

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Only approximately 600 people can still speak fluent Cornish

In ancient world, because some people that use Cornish don’t know how to speak English, it happens some argues and injustice.

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Kid's reaction when eating black pudding for the first time

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The red telephone box, red post box and the red London bus was well-known as a symbol of Britain

It was designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (1880- 1960)

By the end of the 1930s there were 20,000 K6 telephone boxes in use all over the UK.

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Double L is a common used consonant in Welsh language, especially in the name of place.
How to pronounce the “Double L” in Welsh?
https://youtu.be/h22kNL89csk

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One of the oldest language in Europe

Evolved from Brythonic, the main language spoken in Wales, England and Southern Scotland when the Romans invaded in 43AD.

Welsh began to emerge as a distinctive language between 400 and 700 AD – early Welsh poetry survives from this period.

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A language spoken natively in Wales. It has also been known in English as "Cambrian", "Cambric" and "Cymric".
The people that speaks Welsh were decreasing from 2001~ 2011, but in 2013, the amount of resident speaking Welsh increase again, which shows the possibility of popularizing Welsh.

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(the powerpoint file is too large, so it's a PDF file)

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I want to preserve the culture of United Kingdom in the Kaleidoscope project. UK is a country that possess multiple ethnic, it forms a colorful culture in language, art work, music etc. Even in the modern world, British music is still popular and worldwide. In this project, I will be mainly discovering the unique and interesting cultures in United Kingdom.