My tweets

• Thu, 18:45: BBC News - Ban for India 'affair' actress Nikhita Thukral reversed http://t.co/9dqSLlwu << What a ridiculous excuse for a ban! #sadbuttrue
• Thu, 18:49: BBC News - Indian state of Tamil Nadu to give 6.8 million laptops to chidren http://t.co/joVZRmsI << As freebies go, atleast theyre not TVs!
• Thu, 19:07: BBC News - Tamil Nadu election: Will the best freebie win? http://t.co/KEM711gz << Back info to TN's freebie culture that began in 2006
• Thu, 19:13: RT @BBCLondonOnline: Tube evacuation after cables fall: Passengers have to be led off four Jubilee Line trains after cables fall off ... ...
• Thu, 23:30: RT @simonmagill: My deeply incisive and political comment is this. Martina Anderson looks like a character from The Dark Crystal. #bbcqt
• Fri, 00:07: BBC News - Apple drops 'Jew or not Jew' app in France http://t.co/Q51CRH8T
• Fri, 00:18: Watching the new Jonathan Ross Show on ITV1. Benedict Cumberbatch reminds me of Kenneth Williams. #celebritytwins
• Fri, 00:19: RT @LondonLibDems: RT @surbitonpeople: We confirm a Lib Dem win at the Surbiton Hill by-election by 102 votes over the Conservatives. #s ...
• Fri, 06:17: BBC News - Postman Pat's creator looks back at its conception http://t.co/BCgLLaic >> And now a movie for my favourite cartoon... SQUEE!
• Fri, 06:21: BBC News - Car crashes into bike shop http://t.co/C35KwIWJ >> Holy Smokes!

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Istanbul Photos - The Hagia Sophia / Ayasofya Museum (Part 2)

It costs 20 Turkish Lira (US$11.2/£7) to visit the museum. We pre-booked a guide for the day which I recommend because they save you from standing in the long queues at each of the main tourist attractions in the old city. The guide we had was very good and he was easy to understand, which cannot be said of many Turkish people speaking English, because he had studied and lived for several years in America and Canada.


The current structure is the third church to be built on the same spot but the marble remains of the second church (415-532 AD) can still be seen next to it, including reliefs showing the Lamb of God. They were part of a monumental front entrance.

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