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A shortage of event loos could scupper your plans You may remember back in 2012, the world famous Glastonbury festival being cancelled. While the vast majority of people had it put down to a shortage of police officers due to the London Olympics, the festival organiser Michael Eavis, also recalls a shortage of portable loo hire being one of the main reasons to shut down the event. The huge shortage in and around the capital meant a significant lack of event loos everywhere else. Despite Glastonbury

My interest in architecture grew due to a number of reasons. Apart from the fact that studying architecture meant getting a chance to explore new places and sites, it is also the only profession where I could have something that I've designed, realized in real life. Growing up in a culturally rich and diverse country like India, I’ve always been fascinated by how every city has it’s own unique characteristics. With further research, I realized architecture is not only about designing and construction

CDSM Scheme Executive Summary: Introduction: The current construction site (CDSM interpretation centre scheme) is located in Combe Down village on the east side of rock hall lane near Combe Road. The CDSM interpretation centre scheme is part of £161 million Comb Down Stone Mine project which is estimated about £1.5 million and compromise of eight residential houses, one residential flat and one interpretation centre. History back ground: Historical aspects are long associated with the city of Bath

What a great weekend, I do not know which was my favorite event. One minute I was at the Royal Palace of Henry VIII and another minute I was in Stonehenge. No matter what happen, I will remember this weekend for the rest of my life. Thursday, we all woke up really early to travel to the Royal Palace of Henry VIII. Our tour guide Heather, gave us the entire tour of the place. My favorite part of the tour was the clock due to the fact it was a 24 hour clock telling which day, month, and season it

Class is a social construct that society employs to compel individuals to follow conventional roles. These societal roles are also dependent on gender as it can be seen in the two novels. In Jane Eyre and Northanger Abbey, the authors both use the bildungsroman of two young women to illustrate the confinements and conflicts that the protagonists face as they strive to find their own identity within societal expectations. In Northanger Abbey, Austen writes Catherine’s story in a third person perspective

True success can only be achieved should one be able to accept their way of life despite the views and criticism of others. In the novel Thank You For Smoking written by Christopher Buckley, the novel centers around Nick Naylor, a spokesman for a tobacco company, infamous for his unethical methods in the way he performs. As ruthless as he seems, however, it is due to this type of character that Naylor is able to come out on top and become the successful man he is today. Using Nick Naylor, Buckley

Theme of Frankenstein and Northanger Abbey Have you ever thought that Frankenstein and Northanger Abbey can have the same theme? They might be two different stories but, still be connected somehow. Frankenstein - Victor Frankenstein took his love of books to the fullest. After going to college, he took his learning to make a monster. Northanger Abbey - Catherine Morland was a teenager that did not have a lot of friends but she loves to read Gothic novels. These stories has the same similarities

Food is the substance that sustains the human body. Our bodies would perish without the nutrients we obtain from eating; however, there is more to food than simply the energy we gain from eating. The act of eating a meal is a sacred process, sometimes even ritualistic. Families around the world come together around the dinner table to laugh, talk, and reconnect. My family is one of those many, sharing meals at every occasion. Whether it is someone’s birthday, religious holiday or special event, my

One surrounds themselves with two kinds of people: those in which one can benefit from, and those in which one enjoys the company of. In Jane Austen’s novel, Northanger Abbey, the two types of friendships are portrayed through Catherine and Isabella. Although the two girls enjoy the company of one another, their friendship is based only on self-interest. Once arriving in Bath, Catherine’s lack of acquaintances lead her to spend most of her time with Mrs. Allen. Mrs. Allen is Catherine’s guardian

Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey and Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Oval Portrait” portray confusion between imagination and reality. In the excerpt of Northanger Abbey, Catherine comes to learn about the late Mrs Tilney while on a walk with Eleanor. In contrast, the excerpt of “The Oval Portrait” details the narrator’s delirious encounter with a life-like portrait of a young woman. Both excerpts explore how the relationship between art and reality. However, whereas the narrator in “The Oval Portrait” is able