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300 years of Gulliver’s Travels: The Whitehaven connection…
300 years of Gulliver’s Travels The Whitehaven connection… by Danni Murphy Three hundred years ago, Jonathan Swift published a book that would become one of the most famous works of English literature. Gulliver’s Travels first appeared in 1726, taking readers on extraordinary journeys to lands inhabited by tiny people, giants, flying islands and intelligent horses. […]
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A Blue Plaque for Britain’s First Black Policeman
It was believed that Norwell Roberts, who joined the Metropolitan Police in 1967, had been Britain’s first black police officer. However, in 2006 Cumbria Constabulary revealed the employment records of John Kent over 130 years earlier. John Kent held a role in the Maryport police force from 1835 to 1837 before being transferred to Carlisle. […]
