The Website for People Who Love Britain - Anglophiles
“This royal throne of kings, this sceptered isle, This earth of majesty,this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set … [Read more...]
This is a really cool music video using stop motion animation of London overlaid with hand drawn animation. Very cool. From the description: Luke Jackson's video for Goodbye London, written and directed by Murray John. Goodbye London is taken from Luke's new album ...And Then Some Luke Jackson … [Read more...]
Breaking news that will affect Chicago area Anglophiles (me amongst them). Virgin is cutting it's daily London to Chicago flights this winter. This news come via the Guardian. Due to the econopocalypse, Virgin is cutting capacity and staff. The biggest route to get the ax is the complete … [Read more...]
Mike has gone on vacation and while he's away we have a treat for Anglotopia readers. Mike has been kind enough to post some excerpts from his excellent book "Postcards from Across the Pond." If you'd like to buy Mike's book - you can do so here. People in Britain name their houses. The … [Read more...]
Let me preface this by saying that, though I did not get the job in London, I managed to find an even cooler job in Chicago which has deadened my desire to move to London for now. I can't wait to start it. I thought this would be a story worth sharing for people looking for innovative ways to try … [Read more...]
English weather is a pretty standard topic of conversation, but I am not just talking about the climate. I am specifically talking about meteorology, or the lack thereof really. I have not seen a single Doppler radar map in about a year now. I am sure by now the American local news channels are … [Read more...]
Bruce Springsteen sang London Calling to crowds at Hard Rock Live this past weekend. It's awesome. Well worth the watch! … [Read more...]
If you're a passionate Anglophile and you'd like to write a guest post for Anglotopia, I'm opening the site up for submissions. So, if you're looking to gain some street cred writing blog posts and wouldn't mind some PR 4 backlinks, contact me with your ideas for a guest post and we'll go from … [Read more...]
As I countdown to our trip to London in November, it's time to start making lists of things to do in order to make the most of my time there. So, I thought it'd be cool to share my list of things that I do in London every time I go. You can call them my London Traditions. I've been to London 5 … [Read more...]
The Boat That Rocked, the latest outing from Richard Curtis (Love, Actually), opened in Britain several months ago. I've been excitedly waiting for it to open in the US and it looks like we're going to have to wait longer. The movie was scheduled to open at the end of August, but it looks like now … [Read more...]
I've commented in the past that the British had a strange obsession with Michael Jackson, more so than Americans. Even with everything that happened with him in the last 10 years, they still mobbed to see him when he was in town. Well, in honor of his death, Londoners got together for a flash mob … [Read more...]
This is a rather unique use of social media that I think is worth mentioning. A house that was featured on one of my Favorite British shows, Grand Designs, is being given away in a contest that anyone can enter! They've been trying to sell the house, but in the down economy, they can't find a … [Read more...]
Screenshot from the Spoonfed Radar iPhone App I'm going to be putting together an uber-post on London related iPhone apps soon, but I wanted to spotlight this little gem now. I wrote a few months ago about Spoonfed, a web based London Events Guide that has become indispensable in planning my trip … [Read more...]
Mike has gone on vacation and while he's away we have a treat for Anglotopia readers. Mike has been kind enough to post some excerpts from his excellent book "Postcards from Across the Pond." If you'd like to buy Mike's book - you can do so here. My wife is half Scottish. This doesn't afflict … [Read more...]
This week we suffered a loss. Our electric kettle kicked the bucket. I am not sure exactly what happened, the light still came on and it appeared to be working but when I touched it a few minutes later it was still cold. This is sad for two reasons, first of all it is discontinued and we got the … [Read more...]
Pardon this moment of self promotion. I'm currently in a photo contest over at BritFancy and the prize is a walk from London Walks - something I'd love to do on my trip to London in November. It's a close race and I would appreciate any votes in my favor. My picture is the first one - Gold … [Read more...]
One unexpected result from the success of Anglotopia is that the site has become very popular with British Expats. Due to this, one question I get asked about quite a bit is how they can get the best TV from home, quickly and easily (and cheaply at that). British Television is one thing that … [Read more...]
This post comes via a user submission. It's an issue I have a lot of interest in and covers how to establish credit in the UK when you move there. It's important because many people don't realize that when you move to another country you have no credit and just like in the US, you need credit to buy … [Read more...]
Hi All! I decided this week to have poetry corner. In addition to inadvertantly collecting gnomes, I've also been doing some poemetry here in the U.K., and this particular one is one of my favorites. It's dedicated to my recently born niece, Isabella Jeanette Neuteboom (say that ten times … [Read more...]
This news came out earlier in the week regarding Aer Lingus. Due to the inceasing economic troubles, they are decreasing their transatlantic travel capacity. This likely means higher ticket prices to Ireland and Britain. From the AFP Article: Citing exceptionally poor market conditions, … [Read more...]
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
Latest from our London Blog
Anglotopia was founded by Jonathan and Jackie Thomas for people who love Britain - whether it's British TV, Culture, History or Travel - we cover it all. Anglotopia was started to get us back to the UK for a trip and it did that in 2009. Now, the goal is for Anglotopia to make our dreams of traveling to the UK whenever we want a reality.
British Pound Exchange Rate