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Bernard Lewis (born 10 February 1926) is the English entrepreneur behind the River Island fashion brand and clothing chain. Early life [ edit ] He was born on 10 February 1926, and educated at the Jewish Free School , and Northern Polytechnic Institute .
A river island is any exposed landmass surrounded by river water. Properly defined, it excludes shoals between seasonally varying flows and may exclude semi-coastal islands in river deltas such as Marajó . These islands result from changes in the course of a river. Such changes may be caused by interactions with a tributary, or by the opposing ...
Richard Bradbury. Richard Edward Bradbury CBE (born 4 February 1956), is a British retailer who was chief executive of River Island (2008–2011), [1] the high street fashion brand founded by Bernard Lewis with worldwide annual sales in excess of US$1 billion. [2]
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom ( UK) or Britain, [k] is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland. [13] [14] It comprises England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
Humber. / 53.7008; -0.6911. / 53.5427; 0.0923. The Humber / ˈhʌmbər / is a large tidal estuary on the east coast of Northern England. It is formed at Trent Falls, Faxfleet, by the confluence of the tidal rivers Ouse and Trent.
The Isle of Portland is a tied island, 6 kilometres (4 mi) long by 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi) wide, in the English Channel. [2] The southern tip, Portland Bill, lies 8 kilometres (5 mi) south of the resort of Weymouth, forming the southernmost point of the county of Dorset, England. A barrier beach called Chesil Beach joins Portland with mainland ...
There are 188 permanently inhabited islands in total: Isle of Man: 1. Republic of Ireland: 62 and a part of Ireland. United Kingdom: 123 plus Great Britain and a part of Ireland. England: 19 and a part of Great Britain. Northern Ireland: 1 and a part of Ireland. Scotland: 97 and a part of Great Britain. Wales: 6 and a part of Great Britain.
The largest British island is Great Britain, which forms a substantial majority of the United Kingdom and is the ninth-largest island in the world. United Kingdom [ edit ] The United Kingdom is composed of four parts: England , Northern Ireland , Scotland and Wales .