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  • Royal Cake

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    In the News . . . Its Cake Middleton!  A young baker from the West Midlands of England commemorated the Duchess of Cambridge by turning her into a lifelike dessert. Lara Clarke, who has only been baking for two years, taught herself to bake cakes by watching YouTube and the American television shows Cake Boss and Ace of Cakes. She has…

  • London’s Roman Amphitheatre

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    Did you know? A  2,000 year-old Roman gladiator ring was buried under the streets of London for centuries.  Once a venue for wild animal fights, public executions and gladiatorial combats, London’s only Roman amphitheater was discovered in  1988 by group of archeologists from the Museum of London during a dig in preparation for the new Art…

  • Shakespeare in the Park

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    Did you know? The first statue dedicated to Shakespeare in London was erected inside Westminster Abbey, 124 years following Shakespere’s death.  The public statue of William Shakespeare (1564-1616) standing in the heart of London’s theatre district is an exact reproduction of William Kent and Peter Scheemakers’ 1740 memorial to Shakespeare located in Poets’ Corner, Westminster…