A few facts...

I haven't done what I said I was going to do. I'm very fickle. I have written my synopsis of the Jamestown colony, England's first colony in America, based on Benjamin Woolley's book. I'll put it on here soon - it's just on the other computer at the moment. I can only blame time for not posting more on here, and the fact I've been busy learning lots of new things! Anyway, a few facts I've found after reading about the handover of power from Blair to Brown...

• Gordon Brown is blind in his left eye, ever since a rugby injury at university (from a Washington Post article)
• In 1997, the year Tony Blair became prime minister, a new website called Google was launched, and an unknown author published 'Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone'. Was it really that long ago?
• Gordon Brown is the longest serving British Chancellor in more than 200 years.
• In May 1997, the average house price in Britain was £68,085. Now it is £196,745.
• In 1997 Tesco had 568 stores, now it has 1,780.