Here are some more pictures of Prince William's Official State Visit to New Zealand. He spent the second day of his trip opening the new New Zealand supreme court and seeing the sights. Stay tuned for further updates. [picappgallerysingle id="7583286"] [picappgallerysingle … [Read more...]
Pictures of England: Check out the Pictures from our Trip to England
November 27, 2009 By 2 Comments
It's hard to wrap my head around the fact that I was in England this time last week. It's been a whirlwind week as I got back to work, jet lagged and sad that our time in Britain was over. I've just now had the time to start going through the 600+ pictures that I took on the trip and now I'd love … [Read more...]
Pictures of Britain: Beautiful Pictures from All Over Dorset
October 7, 2009 By 6 Comments
One thing that was heavily requested in the recent Anglotopia user survey was more pictures. Ask and you shall recieve. I'll try to do one giant picture post of week, focused on a place in Britain - my goal is to go county by county, but we'll see. Up first this week is my favorite county, … [Read more...]
Dispatches from the North: Retrospective Part IV
August 12, 2009 By Leave a Comment
This is my last retrospective, luckily these four weeks "off" have replenished my reservoir of interesting and even death-defying tales. Every year during the first week of August the Hartlepool Carnival takes place at the Headland which is culminated with the Carnival Parade. Below I relate my … [Read more...]
Dispatches from the North: A Year in Photos
July 8, 2009 By 3 Comments
August 1st will be my one year anniversary of living in the UK. I live in such a beautiful place, I can never put my camera down. Here is my year in review as told by the photos I have taken. August 2008 Within my first weeks of arriving here my husband took me to a nearby castle, it was my first … [Read more...]
Pictures of England – The London Underground
May 20, 2009 By 1 Comment
This is part in an ongoing series where I will feature some of my Photography of London and England up until we leave for our trip in November. I'm an avid amateur photographer and love sharing my photos. If you'd like to see all the pictures in this series check out the gallery here. This … [Read more...]
Stunning Pictures of Scotland Then and Now
April 21, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I came across this really cool Scotland Themed Flickr photoblog the other day. It's old pictures of Scotland from the Library of Congress compared with a picture taken today. The result is pretty stunning. Here are two great examples: See the whole series of pictures here. … [Read more...]
Anglophile Links: Link Friday Weekly Roundup
March 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Old UK Photos This site is an really cool archive of old pictures from the UK. From the site: This website is an archive of old photos of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, including England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and the Republic of Ireland (which of course is not in the United … [Read more...]
Interesting Australian Road Signs
March 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment
From the cool blog, Little Aussie Cynic, comes a series of pictures of interesting Australian Road signs. It's also a really cool blog. Definitely worth subscribing to. Check them Interesting Aussie Road Signs here. … [Read more...]
The Difference Between Football and Football
March 2, 2009 By 4 Comments
I've come across this picture several times over the last week, so I thought it was worth a share with you guys. Personally, I hate American football, it's boring, unnecessarily complicated and too commercialized. I find real football much more exciting. Just don't sneeze, you might miss the … [Read more...]
Creative Uses for a Skip
February 17, 2009 By 1 Comment
I found this funny post today while browsing the web. It's a series of pictures showing all the creative uses people have made out of skips (dumpsters to the rest of us). Some people turned them into pools, skateboard ramps, living rooms and even a ping pong table. I never knew a skip could be so … [Read more...]
Anglophile Pictures – London Through the Ages: Pictures from LIFE Magazine
January 11, 2009 By 4 Comments
Google Recently teamed up with LIFE magazine to digitize their entire archive and post it for free on the internet, available to all. Many of the pictures are stunning and provide an unique insight into the life of yesteryear. I did a search through the gallery to find pictures that might … [Read more...]
Anglophile Pictures: London with a Pinhole Camera
January 9, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I came across this pretty cool site put together by Rob Gardiner. He's a photographer with an interesting twist, he uses a homemade pinhole camera. He's taken some pretty cool pictures of London and a few years ago did a tour of the London Underground Circle Line on foot, taking pinhole pictures … [Read more...]
British Pound Exchange Rate
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.