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Brit Slang: 5 English Words and Phrases That Crop Up During The World Cup...
Photo credit: Илья Хохлов Creative Commons. After another disappointing World Cup exit for the England football team, there are now plenty of words and phrases usually so prevalent during the World...
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Do You Know Your GCSE’s from your Primary School? An Anglophile’s Guide to...
As a native Brit (albeit one who travels to the US regularly) I often get frustrated when I read American articles which describe children according to which grade they are in. It seems standard to...
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Anglotees Alert: New Shirt LIVE – Homesick for Londontown
London is not where we live. But when we’re there it feels like home. And when we’re away, we always feel homesick. London is not everyone’s idea of paradise but it’s certainly ours. When we’re not...
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Where We Get Invited to Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of BA Flying to...
On a warm June day in 1954, the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) – the precursor to British Airways – began flying flights direct to London from Chicago. The first plane was a classic...
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The Fiver – Top Five British Condiments and What to Eat with Them – Which One...
In America and Britain, we love food. However, at some point, we felt that just the food itself wasn’t enough; we had to add something to it. We had to get that extra bit of flavor. Thus, man created...
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Anglotees Alert: New Shirt LIVE – Everything Stops for Tea – Our Tribute to...
Everything Stops for Tea Our last tea themed design was very popular so our designer Malcolm came up with this great sequel – Everything Stops for Tea – a new tribute to the venerable afternoon cuppa...
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Guest Long Read: A Journey To the Top 10 Favorite English Cathedrals – Which...
The United Kingdom is a country with great beauties, both natural and man-made. Among the man-made ones, you can certainly include its cathedrals. When you look at the map, you’ll find them scattered...
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Guest Long Read: Top Ten Things to do in Newcastle and the North East England...
When I first told my friends that I was moving away from the town I grew up in, just North of London, to live in Newcastle Upon Tyne in North East England, the looks of horror and comments along the...
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Guest Long Read: Top 10 Most Swoon-worthy Scenes from British Films and TV...
In our fast-paced, often violent and sometimes cynical world, we should remember that LOVE makes the world go ‘round. Take a moment and you’ll see that love is everywhere, from the cute couple...
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New Ongoing Series: Great Britons: Everything You Need to Know About Literary...
Editor’s Note: This article on Jane Austen is the first in a new ongoing series at Anglotopia about great British historical figures called Great Britons. We have twelve already written and if they’re...
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Names of Britain: 10 British Villages with Unique (and often rude) Names and...
It’s not just streets and roads in London that have unique names, many of Britain’s villages have them as well. As this article shows, there are plenty of unique names in the whole of England,...
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Anglotees Alert: New Shirt LIVE – Postcards from England
One of the true pleasures of travel is picking up a postcard from a gift ship, writing a nice note to a friend or family member back home and dropping it into the post. In this day of email and text...
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Reigning Windsors: Ten Things You May Not Know About the Royal Family
Born of war, King George V created the House of Windsor in 1917, changing the family name from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to distance the British Royal Family from its German roots. Four monarchs have...
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Great Britons: Isambard Kingdom Brunel – Everything You Need to Know About...
Key Facts About Isambard Kingdom Brunel Born April 9, 1806, died September 15, 1859. Developed modern rail and shipping transport Showed the power and ability of engineering to change the world Has...
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Guest Long Read: Brit Food – 10 Delicious British Dishes Every Anglophile...
British food has been accused of being boring and bland but dedicated Anglophiles know better. This article is a list of 10 British dishes every Anglophile should know about. Whether it’s their...
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Brit Telly 101: Understanding British Police Ranks for British Mystery TV...
“Rank has its privileges” they say, and in any military or police organization you can find quite a lot of them. Ranks exist to create order and a clear chain of command between officers with...
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Anglotees Alert: New Shirt LIVE – Brilliant Britain – Our Tribute to the...
When our regular designer Malcolm showed us this design, we knew we had to go with it immediately. Brilliant Britain – this shirt conjures up some of the most beautiful places in Britain. These places...
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Real Life James Bonds: 10 Interesting Facts and Figures about MI6 – The...
“Bond. James Bond.” Though they may not refer to their agents as “00” anything, MI6, more officially known as the Secret Intelligence Service, is still a crack intelligence agency. MI6 actually stands...
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Long Read: The Cottingley Fairies – A Weird British Story of Myth and Hype...
Cottingley Photo No. 1, 1917.Image: Elsie Wright. My Dad and I are fans of Sherlock Holmes. We both eagerly await Series 4 of Sherlock, and my Dad once embedded the following words from Arthur Conan...
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Anglotopia Slow TV: Take a Thames River Cruise from Wesminster To Greenwich –...
There’s a new trend in YouTube videos called Slow TV, where a camera is setup and then left to record a long journey. There’s a popular video going around of a 9 hour train ride in Norway. Going...
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Introducing a New UK Tour Company: Britain Your Way Tours isn’t for everyone...
I’m Sheila Stone and I love to travel. I’ve done a lot of traveling independently but know there’s a downside to going it alone. For one thing, it can get lonely; there’s no one to share the...
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The Fiver – How Scandalous! Five British Royal Scandals from the History Books
In modern times, it seems like some member of the royal family is in the papers for some scandal or another. Whether it’s Prince Harry’s antics on leave, the paparazzi capturing pictures of the...
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Guest Long Read: Britain 101 – Understanding How the British Write Dates,...
As a Briton happily marooned in Minnesota, land of 10,000 wind-swept ice-bound lakes, my mind often turns to the minutiae of the differences between the United Kingdom and the United States. We all...
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New Weekly Series: Great British Houses – Everything You Need to Know about...
The are many grand and remarkable houses in England that have been a part of British history for years. They are a must-see in any tourist itinerary or for those who wish to get away from the normal...
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Anglotees Alert: New Shirt LIVE – Britannia Pub – Our Tribute to the Great...
You’ll never forget your first pub. The Great British Pub is the center of life in most communities in Britain. And while the pub is generally under threat – from corporate takeovers, declining...
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