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300 years of Gulliver’s Travels: The Whitehaven connection…

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300 years of Gulliver’s Travels: The Whitehaven connection…

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3rd September 2026
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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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