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Britain and America: The Exchange of Views

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

The Economist.com has conducted a poll in both Britain and America to see how our views are similar - and different.

The Economist’s article “Anglo-Saxon Attitudes” asks if our two countries are really that similar in viewpoint, and whether Britain may be more similar to a country like France, for example.

For the full poll data, click here:
http://www.economist.com/media/pdf/FullPollData.pdf

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An Interesting Bit of Royal History

Monday, March 12th, 2007

Tyra (Thyra Haraldsdatter) was the daughter of Harold Bluetooth (Harald Blaatand) and his wife Gyrid. She was born about 947. She married (1) the disinherited Swedish prince Styrbjörn Starke (Styrbjörn Olafsson) and had the son Torkel Styrbjörnsson, who had the daughter Gytha Thorkelsdóttir. Gytha married Godwin, Earl of Wessex and had the son Harold II of England. Styrbjörn died in battle in 986.

She married second Olav Tryggvason, King of Norway, about 995. He died in 1000.

She died on 18 SEP 1000.

(Wikipedia)

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