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Largest offshore wind farm opens off Thanet in Kent

Posted on September 23, 2010 by Rick Spilman

Off Kent, in the UK, the world’s biggest offshore wind farm has been officially opened. With 100 turbines, the Thanet project is expected to generate enough electricity to power 200,000 homes. Currently the UK gets 3% of all its … Continue reading →

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From Lord Cochrane to the Wellington Hurricanes – the Evolution the Nautical Hero Part 1. The Founder of our Feast – Thomas Cochrane

Posted on September 28, 2008 by admin

Joseph Campbell wrote in his The Hero with a Thousand Faces that all stories follow the ancient patterns of myth and legend. Whether the heroes of nautical fiction quite fit Campbell’s monomyths is open to question but there is no … Continue reading →

Posted in Critiques | Tagged aubrey, bolitho, cochrane, kent, maturin, o'brien, pope, ramage | Leave a comment