What is Seven Stories?
Seven Stories in Newcastle upon Tyne is the National Centre for Children's Books, but what does it do? We send a group to find out more and they even meet the boss, Kate Edwards.
The Seven Stories, Newcastle upon Tyne
The opening of the Seven Stories building in Newcastle, with books signed by author Jacquelne Wilson
DCDC16 | From Warhorse to the Wombles - Rachel Smith, Newcastle University
From Warhorse to The Wombles: Seven Stories and Newcastle University
Rachel Smith (Newcastle University)
In REF2014, Newcastle University’s School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics’ work with Seven Stories: National Centre for Children’s Books resulted in a 4* impact case study and contributed to the School ranking first in the UK for research impact.
In this presentation, Rachel will explore the factors that lead to this transformational impact on both organisations and the long connection between Newcastle University and Seven Stories.
Today, Seven Stories’ archives continue to shape Newcastle University’s research and teaching. In turn, Seven Stories are working with departments across the University to raise awareness, increase usage of and develop their collection.
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Newcastle upon Tyne | Wikipedia audio article
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Newcastle upon Tyne
00:01:52 1 History
00:02:01 1.1 Roman
00:03:08 1.2 Anglo-Saxon and Norman
00:04:08 1.3 Middle Ages
00:04:57 1.4 16th to 19th centuries
00:09:13 1.5 20th and 21st centuries
00:13:27 2 Geography
00:18:39 2.1 Quayside and bridges on the Tyne
00:20:02 2.2 Grainger Town
00:22:24 2.3 Climate
00:23:33 2.4 Green belt
00:24:29 3 Economy
00:25:33 3.1 Retail
00:27:56 3.2 Dwelling types
00:29:21 4 Demography
00:29:30 4.1 Population
00:31:54 4.2 Ethnicity
00:33:23 4.3 Dialect
00:35:49 4.4 Health
00:38:48 5 Culture
00:38:57 5.1 Nightlife
00:40:41 5.2 Theatre
00:42:16 5.3 Literature and libraries
00:43:32 5.4 Festivals and fairs
00:46:19 5.5 Music
00:48:58 5.6 Concert venues
00:51:08 5.7 Cinema
00:52:07 5.8 Museums and galleries
00:53:00 5.9 In film
00:54:27 6 Sport
00:57:42 7 Government
00:58:21 8 Transport
00:58:30 8.1 Airport
00:59:10 8.2 Rail
01:00:50 8.3 Metro
01:03:01 8.4 Road
01:04:13 8.5 Bus
01:05:38 8.6 Cycle
01:07:44 8.7 Water
01:08:26 9 Education
01:09:39 9.1 Tertiary
01:10:48 10 Religious sites
01:12:54 11 Media
01:15:17 12 Notable people
01:18:07 13 International relations
01:18:16 13.1 Twin towns – Sister cities
01:18:29 13.2 Other friendship agreements
01:18:58 13.3 Foreign consulates
01:19:19 14 See also
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Newcastle upon Tyne (locally (listen)), commonly known as Newcastle, is a city in Tyne and Wear, North East England, 103 miles (166 km) south of Edinburgh and 277 miles (446 km) north of London on the northern bank of the River Tyne, 8.5 mi (13.7 km) from the North Sea. Newcastle is the most populous city in the North East, and forms the core of the Tyneside conurbation, the eighth most populous urban area in the United Kingdom. Newcastle is a member of the English Core Cities Group and is a member of the Eurocities network of European cities.Newcastle was part of the county of Northumberland until 1400, when it became a county of itself, a status it retained until becoming part of Tyne and Wear in 1974. The regional nickname and dialect for people from Newcastle and the surrounding area is Geordie. Newcastle also houses Newcastle University, a member of the Russell Group, as well as Northumbria University.
The city developed around the Roman settlement Pons Aelius and was named after the castle built in 1080 by Robert Curthose, William the Conqueror's eldest son. The city grew as an important centre for the wool trade in the 14th century, and later became a major coal mining area. The port developed in the 16th century and, along with the shipyards lower down the River Tyne, was amongst the world's largest shipbuilding and ship-repairing centres.
Newcastle's economy includes corporate headquarters, learning, digital technology, retail, tourism and cultural centres, from which the city contributes £13 billion towards the United Kingdom's GVA. Among its icons are Newcastle United football club and the Tyne Bridge. Since 1981 the city has hosted the Great North Run, a half marathon which attracts over 57,000 runners each year.
British Women in the Liberation of Frederick Douglass by Professor Leigh Fought
Newcastle University - 15th October 2019
Frederick Douglass’s slave master was demanding his return to bondage when the African-American abolitionist arrived in Newcastle in 1846. Eight months later, Douglass returned to the United States with the master paid off and funds to begin his own anti-slavery newspaper in his pocket. In this lecture the author of Women in the World of Frederick Douglass will describe the efforts of the women Douglass met in Newcastle and elsewhere to bring about this reversal in fortunes, liberating him from claims upon his person, his labour, and his ideas.
Jack Charlton
John Jack Charlton, OBE, DL is an English former footballer and manager. He was part of the England team that won the 1966 World Cup. He is the elder brother of former Manchester United forward Bobby Charlton, who was also a teammate in England's World Cup final victory. He spent his entire club career with Leeds United from 1950 to 1973, helping the club to the Second Division title, First Division title, FA Cup, League Cup, Charity Shield, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, as well as one other promotion from the Second Division and five second-place finishes in the First Division, two FA Cup final defeats and one Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final defeat. His 629 league and 762 total competitive appearances are club records. In 2006, Leeds United supporters voted Charlton into the club's greatest ever XI.
Called up to the England team days before his 30th birthday, Charlton went on to score six goals in 35 international games and to appear in two World Cups and one European Championship. He played in the World Cup final victory over West Germany in 1966, and also helped England to finish third in Euro 1968 and to win four British Home Championship tournaments. He was named FWA Footballer of the Year in 1967.
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Ant & Dec
Anthony McPartlin (born 18 November 1975) and Declan Donnelly (born 25 September 1975), known collectively as Ant & Dec, are an English comedy and TV presenting duo from Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
The duo first rose to fame as actors on the children's television show Byker Grove, during which and in their subsequent pop career they were respectively known as PJ & Duncan – the names of the characters they played on the show. Since then, they have had a very successful career as television presenters, presenting shows such as SMTV Live, Friends Like These, Pop Idol, Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, PokerFace, Push the Button, Britain's Got Talent, Red or Black?, and Text Santa. In 2006, they returned to acting with the film Alien Autopsy.
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DNA | The Future Utility of DNA || Radcliffe Institute
THE FUTURE UTILITY OF DNA SCIENCE
Moderator: Christine Seidman (00:44), Thomas W. Smith Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Jacob Corn (2:41), Scientific Director, Innovative Genomics Initiative; Assistant Adjunct Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley
Alison Murdoch (32:54), Professor of Reproductive Medicine and Head of Department, Institute of Genetic Medicine, International Fertility Centre for Life, Newcastle University (United Kingdom)
Floyd Romesberg (59:45), Professor, Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute
AUDIENCE Q&A (1:27:35)
CLOSING REMARKS
Janet Rich-Edwards (1:38:24), Codirector of the Science Program, Radcliffe Institute; Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Age Friendly Communities Workshop WA 2017 Part 01
The Department of Communities was pleased to partner with the International Federation on Ageing to host the 2017 Age-friendly WA Workshop on Thursday 20 July.
The workshop was facilitated by world leading expert Dr Jane Barratt, Secretary General of the International Federation on Ageing and will include presentations from Marlene Krasovitsky, Campaign Director Older Australians at The Benevolent Society and Professor Loretta Baldassar from the University of Western Australia.
The focus of this year's session was economic participation, functional ability, diversity and research. The workshop was an opportunity to hear from state, national and international leaders in ageing and age-friendly communities.
5. Countries and Nation: Social and Economic Networks and the Urban System
Early Modern England: Politics, Religion, and Society under the Tudors and Stuarts (HIST 251)
Professor Wrightson discusses local particularism and regionalism in early modern England and highlights the importance of local customs and economic patterns. He then focuses on the manner in which these local areas, while enjoying a measure of cultural, institutional, and economic autonomy, were simultaneously integrated into a larger national whole. The role of trade (both between English regions and with the Continent via the Netherlands), the importance of market towns within the localities as nexuses of social and economic interaction, the place of 'provincial capitals,' and the pivotal position of the metropolis of London are all considered. Throughout the lecture Professor Wrightson also provides details of early modern regional topography and information concerning the role of urban areas in early modern social and economic life.
00:00 - Chapter 1. Countries
11:14 - Chapter 2. Local Markets
22:36 - Chapter 3. Regional and Interregional Patterns of Trade
25:36 - Chapter 4. Trading Systems of National or International Significance
39:30 - Chapter 5. Limitations
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This course was recorded in Fall 2009.
Brigitte & Tom McCready and Justice, 2 September 2018
At the Newcastle upon Tyne Unitarian Church on 2 September, 2018, Brigittee and Tom McCready talk about Justice. To view this video with subtitles, click on the rectangular subtitles button in the bottom right-hand corner of the video (next to the 'cog' button for the settings). Find out more about us here: newcastleunitarians.org.uk or on Facebook at:
Corrie Ten Boom's story can be found online here: Filming by Brian Robson.
Symposium | Amy de la Haye “Teaching Fashion Curation”
The Museum at FIT presented Exhibiting Fashion, its twenty-first academic symposium on Friday, March 8, 2019. This symposium explored the history of fashion curating, the different ways fashion is displayed in museum settings, and how national and regional identities influence fashion exhibitions. The symposium was organized in conjunction with Exhibitionism: 50 Years of The Museum at FIT, which commemorated the rich history of the museum, the site of more than 200 exhibitions since the 1970s.
Amy de la Haye is Rootstein Hopkins Chair of Dress History and Curatorship and joint director of the Centre for Fashion Curation at London College of Fashion, UAL. She has published extensively on fashion curation.
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Louise van der Hoeven and Why Look At Animals?, 19 August 2018
At the Newcastle upon Tyne Unitarian Church on 19th August 2018, Louise van der Hoeven talks about Why Look At Animals?. To view this video with subtitles, click on the rectangular subtitles button in the bottom right-hand corner of the video (next to the 'cog' button for the settings). Find out more about us here: newcastleunitarians.org.uk or on Facebook at:
The first reading is by John Berger, an extract from Why Look at Animals? Filming by Brian Robson.
William Ewart Gladstone | Wikipedia audio article
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William Ewart Gladstone, (; 29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British statesman of the Liberal Party. In a career lasting over sixty years, he served for twelve years as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, spread over four terms beginning in 1868 and ending in 1894. He also served as Chancellor of the Exchequer four times.
Gladstone was born in Liverpool to Scottish parents. He first entered the House of Commons in 1832, beginning his political career as a High Tory, a grouping which became the Conservative Party under Robert Peel in 1834. Gladstone served as a minister in both of Peel's governments, and in 1846 joined the breakaway Peelite faction, which eventually merged into the new Liberal Party in 1859. He was Chancellor under Lord Aberdeen (1852–1855), Lord Palmerston (1859–1865), and Lord Russell (1865–1866). Gladstone's own political doctrine—which emphasised equality of opportunity, free trade, and laissez-faire economic policies—came to be known as Gladstonian liberalism. His popularity amongst the working-class earned him the sobriquet The People's William.
In 1868, Gladstone became Prime Minister for the first time. Many reforms were passed during his first ministry, including the disestablishment of the Church of Ireland and the introduction of secret voting. After electoral defeat in 1874, Gladstone resigned as Leader of the Liberal Party; but from 1876 he began a comeback based on opposition to Turkey's reaction to the Bulgarian April Uprising. His Midlothian Campaign of 1879–80 was an early example of many modern political campaigning techniques. After the 1880 general election, Gladstone formed his second ministry (1880–1885), which saw the passage of the Third Reform Act as well as crises in Egypt (culminating in the Fall of Khartoum) and Ireland, where the government passed repressive measures but also improved the legal rights of Irish tenant farmers.
Back in office in early 1886, Gladstone proposed home rule for Ireland but was defeated in the House of Commons. The resulting split in the Liberal Party helped keep them out of office—with one short break—for twenty years. Gladstone formed his last government in 1892, at the age of 82. The Second Home Rule Bill passed through the House of Commons but was defeated in the House of Lords in 1893. Gladstone left office in March 1894, aged 84, as both the oldest person to serve as Prime Minister and the only Prime Minister to have served four terms. He left parliament in 1895 and died three years later. Gladstone was known affectionately by his supporters as The People's William or the G.O.M. (Grand Old Man, or, according to his political rival Benjamin Disraeli, God's Only Mistake). Historians often call him one of the greatest leaders. A.J.P. Taylor has stated, William Ewart Gladstone was the greatest political figure of the nineteenth century. I do not mean by that that he was necessarily the greatest statesman, certainly not the most successful. What I mean is that he dominated the scene.
England | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:55 1 Toponymy
00:06:43 2 History
00:06:52 2.1 Prehistory and antiquity
00:11:39 2.2 Middle Ages
00:17:18 2.3 Early modern
00:22:57 2.4 Late modern and contemporary
00:27:36 3 Governance
00:27:45 3.1 Politics
00:30:52 3.2 Law
00:32:40 3.3 Regions, counties, and districts
00:36:16 4 Geography
00:36:25 4.1 Landscape and rivers
00:39:55 4.2 Climate
00:41:25 4.3 Major conurbations
00:42:39 5 Economy
00:48:18 5.1 Science and technology
00:51:24 5.2 Transport
00:54:44 6 Healthcare
00:56:55 7 Demography
00:57:04 7.1 Population
01:00:37 7.2 Language
01:03:41 7.3 Religion
01:08:03 8 Education
01:12:06 9 Culture
01:12:15 9.1 Architecture
01:15:15 9.2 Folklore
01:17:57 9.3 Cuisine
01:20:34 9.4 Visual arts
01:23:00 9.5 Literature, poetry, and philosophy
01:26:15 9.6 Performing arts
01:29:53 9.7 Cinema
01:32:38 9.8 Museums, libraries, and galleries
01:34:28 10 Sports
01:45:33 11 National symbols
01:48:28 12 See also
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England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west. The Irish Sea lies northwest of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest. England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.
The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Palaeolithic period, but takes its name from the Angles, a Germanic tribe deriving its name from the Anglia peninsula, who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in the 10th century, and since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century, has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world. The English language, the Anglican Church, and English law – the basis for the common law legal systems of many other countries around the world – developed in England, and the country's parliamentary system of government has been widely adopted by other nations. The Industrial Revolution began in 18th-century England, transforming its society into the world's first industrialised nation.England's terrain is chiefly low hills and plains, especially in central and southern England. However, there is upland and mountainous terrain in the north (for example, the Lake District and Pennines) and in the west (for example, Dartmoor and the Shropshire Hills). The capital is London, which has the largest metropolitan area in both the United Kingdom and the European Union. England's population of over 55 million comprises 84% of the population of the United Kingdom, largely concentrated around London, the South East, and conurbations in the Midlands, the North West, the North East, and Yorkshire, which each developed as major industrial regions during the 19th century.The Kingdom of England – which after 1535 included Wales – ceased being a separate sovereign state on 1 May 1707, when the Acts of Union put into effect the terms agreed in the Treaty of Union the previous year, resulting in a political union with the Kingdom of Scotland to create the Kingdom of Great Britain. In 1801, Great Britain was united with the Kingdom of Ireland (through another Act of Union) to become the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. In 1922 the Irish Free State seceded from the United Kingdom, leading to the latter being renamed the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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Jean-Paul Marat | Wikipedia audio article
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Jean-Paul Marat
00:01:17 1 Early life, education and writings
00:05:03 2 Scientific writing
00:05:58 2.1 iRecherches Physiques sur le Feu/i
00:07:25 2.2 iDécouvertes sur la Lumière/i
00:09:24 2.3 iRecherches Physiques sur L'Électricité/i
00:11:06 3 Other pre-Revolutionary writing
00:12:06 4 iL'Ami du peuple/i
00:15:58 5 The National Convention
00:17:47 6 Death
00:20:27 6.1 Memory in the Revolution
00:23:59 6.2 Skin disease
00:24:57 6.3 Tub
00:26:04 7 Works
00:28:18 8 See also
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
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Jean-Paul Marat (French: [ʒɑ̃pɔl maʁa]; 24 May 1743 – 13 July 1793) was a French political theorist, physician, and scientist who was a radical journalist and politician during the French Revolution. His journalism became renowned for its fierce tone, uncompromising stance towards the new leaders and institutions of the revolution, and advocacy of basic human rights for the poorest members of society, yet calling for prisoners of the Revolution to be killed before they could be freed in the September Massacres. He was one of the most radical voices of the French Revolution. He became a vigorous defender of the sans-culottes, publishing his views in pamphlets, placards and newspapers, notably his periodical L'Ami du peuple (Friend of the People), which helped make him their unofficial link with the radical, republican Jacobin group that came to power after June 1793.
Marat was assassinated by Charlotte Corday, a Girondin sympathizer, while taking a medicinal bath for his debilitating skin condition. In death, Marat became an icon to the Jacobins as a revolutionary martyr, as portrayed in Jacques-Louis David's famous painting, The Death of Marat. For this assassination, Corday was executed four days later, on 17 July 1793.
(AV17158) The Crack at the Edge of the World 1/2
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Martin Large: Community Land Trusts, Cooperative Ways of Buying Land and Ecological Homes
Martin, jumps into the interview likening our current economic situation to a tarmac road - the ‘neo liberal’ tarmac road - that is now breaking up, as there are more and more crises - and in among all the cracks there are many kinds of green shoots coming up to form a new ‘commonwealth’ society - and this in many ways is exemplified by Lyttelton and Project Lyttelton.net.nz - where Martin was being interviewed by telephone from.
That he states this is a global phenomena that’s actually happening in so many countries as a conscious change due to discontent with the ‘monetisation’ of so much of our culture and way of life.
Martin mentions that after the two huge destructive earthquakes that hit both Christchurch and also Lyttelton - the community pulled together and they both have been able to recover remarkably well - (and still having much work to do on this) and he asks the question. Does this prefigure the challenges we face with climate destruction if we do not take timely action?
The slow moving disaster for NZ’s future - areas that are gradually being affected by rising sea levels.
The Commons
How can we live and have access to both land and a home?
Marine talks about Community Land Trusts and how they can take care of the ‘commons’ of land, water and air, but mainly land for farming and housing. Yet, we have also lost many of our connections with the ‘commons.’
The failure of Neo Liberalism
Saying that the pendulum in NZ is swinging away from Rogernomics and Ruthanasia (Slang for Two previous Ministers of Finance from the NZ Labour and National Parties that championed neo - liberalism) That we are now realising the need to re-balance our society during this present political times by inviting not only the public and private sectors but also the plural sector, the civil society sector - who he says we see for example in Project Lyttelton.
Community and Countrywide Ownership
That NZ was once a large co-operative country that had many commercial co-operatives - dairy farmers being the largest of them, but also, having huge Mutual Insurance Societies, Trust Banks up and down the country, Building Societies, Trust Hotels and Alcohol outlets - and we have basically let them slip out of NZ ownership and control since 1984, when the rightwing overseas bankers infiltrated the NZ Labour Party with the Neo liberal agenda, of self interest.
Co-operative Values
Cooperative Values of self help and self responsibility, community benefit, community participation, openness, transparency and community investment - which Martin says is a wonderful picture - why did we let all this go and why have NZers forgotten this profoundly important history? (Martin was taken back to learn of this.)
Same in the UK
He says that in the UK in the 1990’s and early 2000s, many of the building societies that were member owned and were mutuals for savings, loans and mortgages were privatised too and then they went bust! Resulting in the taxpayers shelling out a trillion pounds to support them in 2007-8.
In the UK Martin belongs to and banks with the Nationwide Building Society, and it’s still member owned which is the largest mutual still operating and it is very efficient and more effective and provide better service than the big five banks of Britain, that he terms casino banks.
Co-operative originated in UK
3 He talks about the early Co-ops in the 19th century and early 20th century in UK and the Newcastle area and spread to Australia and NZ - See Rochdale Principles.
The Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers, (RCEP) founded in 1844, is usually considered the first successful cooperative enterprise, used as a model for modern coops, following the 'Rochdale Principles'. A group of 28 weavers and other artisans in Rochdale, England set up the society to open their own store selling food items they could not otherwise afford. Within ten years there were over a thousand cooperative societies in the United Kingdom.
These were to counter - liberal laissez faire economic business systems of today - dog eat dog world.
Research published by the Worldwatch Institute found that in 2012 approximately one billion people in 96 countries had become members of at least one cooperative.[2] The turnover of the largest three hundred cooperatives in the world reached $2.2 trillion – which, if they were to be a country, it would make them the seventh largest.
This was one way of pushing back for the individual and those less financially advantaged … unity is strength.
Now today - how can we reinvent cooperative methods and recreate different ways of cooperating … this is what Martins sees as our...
England | Wikipedia audio article
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SUMMARY
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England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west. The Irish Sea lies northwest of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest. England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.
The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Palaeolithic period, but takes its name from the Angles, a Germanic tribe deriving its name from the Anglia peninsula, who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in the 10th century, and since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century, has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world. The English language, the Anglican Church, and English law – the basis for the common law legal systems of many other countries around the world – developed in England, and the country's parliamentary system of government has been widely adopted by other nations. The Industrial Revolution began in 18th-century England, transforming its society into the world's first industrialised nation.England's terrain is chiefly low hills and plains, especially in central and southern England. However, there is upland and mountainous terrain in the north (for example, the Lake District and Pennines) and in the west (for example, Dartmoor and the Shropshire Hills). The capital is London, which has the largest metropolitan area in both the United Kingdom and the European Union. England's population of over 55 million comprises 84% of the population of the United Kingdom, largely concentrated around London, the South East, and conurbations in the Midlands, the North West, the North East, and Yorkshire, which each developed as major industrial regions during the 19th century.The Kingdom of England – which after 1535 included Wales – ceased being a separate sovereign state on 1 May 1707, when the Acts of Union put into effect the terms agreed in the Treaty of Union the previous year, resulting in a political union with the Kingdom of Scotland to create the Kingdom of Great Britain. In 1801, Great Britain was united with the Kingdom of Ireland (through another Act of Union) to become the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. In 1922 the Irish Free State seceded from the United Kingdom, leading to the latter being renamed the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.