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James McAvoy (born 1979) James Andrew McAvoy was born in Glasgow in 1979 and studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. He took his first steps in the acting business in theater performances such as “West Side Story” and “Romeo and Juliet”. McAvoy is known from films like “The Chronicles of Narnia:…

Charles Babbage (1791-1871) mathematician, inventor, political economist. Babbage was born in Walworth in 1791, later studied at Cambridge and fundamentally reformed mathematics. Babbage invented the Analytical Engine, a mechanical computing device that is believed to be the forerunner of the computer. He died in London in 1871. Sir Roger Bannister (born 1929) neurologist and middle…

Yearbook 2008 UK. The revelations in 2007 that several leading Labor politicians did not report money they received for their election campaigns led in January to Peter Hain, minister responsible for pensions and Wales, being forced to resign. Hain was reported to have received over £ 100,000 in conjunction with his candidacy for the post…

Attractions in Edinburgh To experience all the attractions of Edinburgh, it is probably an advantage to be good to the bone. With castles at the top of a volcano and a mountain at the end of the tourist trap the Royal Mile, this is often the case. But Edinburgh also offers culture in the form…