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Vanessa Mae Nicholson

Vanessa Mae Vanakorn Nicholson was born in Singapore on October 27, 1978. her father is Chinese and her mother is Thai. One day she took a special gift which was the violin. When she was only ten, she played in her first concert with an orchestra, and she was touring internationally by the age of 12. Vanessa Mae also started recording albums. In 1995, the "Violen Player" debuted at number 2 Britain's Top 40 album chart.
Today Vanessa Mae is known for more tham just her classical music.

Shopping in Britain

British shop open at 9:00 am and they close at 5:00 or 6:00 pm. Big British shops don't close for lunch. Small shops usually close for an hour at lunch time. Most shops are closed on Saturday. On one or two days a weel usually Thursday and Friday some large shops are open till about 8:00 pm for late night shopping. Most British families don't buy their milk or newspaper from a shop. A milkman and a paperboy or a papergirl bring them to their houses. Marks and Spencer's a large clothes and food supermarket.