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During the school holidays, many families visit the famous English Safari Parks, based in old family estates, for example the Duke of Bedford’s estate at Woburn Abbey or Lord Bath’s estate at Longleat.  It is acknowledged that the landowners make money from the entry price but they are also usually regarded…

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Sherlock Holmes lived in late Victorian London. The image we have of that society is of a large urban population, many of whom were extremely poor and that there were very few safety nets to alleviate the poverty. So, it seems surprising that there are not more references to beggars in the Sherlock Homes…

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