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The Tower House in London's Holland Park district of Kensington and Chelsea is a late Victorian townhouse, built between 1875 and 1881 by the architect and designer William Burges as his personal residence. Designed in the French Gothic Revival style, it was described by the architectural historian J. Mordaunt Crook as "the most complete example of a medieval secular interior produced by the Gothic Revival, and the last". The exterior and the interior echo elements of Burges's earlier work. The house was built of red brick, with a distinctive cylindrical tower and conical roof, by the Ashby Brothers, with interior decoration by members of Burges's long-standing team of craftsmen including Thomas Nicholls and Henry Stacy Marks. The house retains most of its internal structural decoration, but much of the furniture, fittings and contents that Burges designed have been dispersed. Many items, including the Great Bookcase, the Zodiac Settle, the Golden Bed and the Red Bed, are now in institutions such as The Higgins Art Gallery & Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum. It was designated a Grade I listed building in 1949. (Full article...)

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American actor and director Morgan Freeman's career on film, television and on the stage began in 1964, with a film role in the Sidney Lumet-directed drama The Pawnbroker and a part in the musical Hello, Dolly! Freeman subsequently appeared in the films Teachers in 1984, and Marie in 1985 before making his breakthrough with 1987's Street Smart. In the 1990s, he was cast in numerous films, including the adventure film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves opposite Kevin Costner, drama The Shawshank Redemption with Tim Robbins, psychological thriller Seven, historical drama Amistad, crime thriller Kiss the Girls, and science fiction disaster film Deep Impact. In 2004, he played Eddie "Scrap Iron" Dupris in Clint Eastwood's film Million Dollar Baby, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. In 2011, Freeman received the AFI Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute. Freeman has also narrated several documentaries and television series, including Cosmic Voyage, Slavery and the Making of America, March of the Penguins, and Breaking the Taboo. (Full list...)

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A motorboat pulling a water skier in Victoria, Australia. For such activities, boats often have a high power-to-weight ratio and a hull design which allows for easy planing.

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