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...]
Dispatches from the East: Approaching Edinburgh
June 15, 2009 By Leave a Comment
August is coming up fast, and for the last three years it's meant Edinburgh for me --performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The Fringe is the largest arts festival in the world, and part of Edinburgh's huge-ass month of festivals. There's the Film festival, the Book festival, the Edinburgh … [Read more...]
Dispatches from the East: At Play in the Field of Gnomes
June 9, 2009 By 3 Comments
Two things happened this week, I moved into a new home, and I bought my first garden gnome. To be fair, I bought it ironically, but I'm now a gnome owner just the same. And the most awesome thing about my gnome, apart from it's essential gnomeness, is the fact that it is powered by the sun, … [Read more...]
Dispatches from the East: All Hail the Puppet Man!
June 1, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Every city has its local flavor, the eccentrics and the oddballs who give the place it's unique feel. Back in Kansas, Lawrence had quite a few--the Tan Man, a guy who used to spend every day working on his tan on the college campus hill with no other occupation. Then there was 'That's My Dillons … [Read more...]
Dispatches from the East: Stranger in a Strange (Home)land
May 25, 2009 By Leave a Comment
So I'm back from a ten day holiday (yes, I said holiday, not vacation) to glorious Orlando, Flordia, which was a little odd as it's the first time since my six years in England that I've been back in the States as a tourist. Usually I get home to Lawrence a few times a year, but there's a big … [Read more...]
Dispatches from the East: How to Speak Good Briddish
May 3, 2009 By 5 Comments
After being here for a little more than six years, I'm stuck in the very strange position of still having a strong American accent, but having picked up enough British slang and nuance that every time I go back home I invariably say one or two things that cause the good folks of Lawrence, Kansas to … [Read more...]
Dispatches from the East: Same Old Story
April 27, 2009 By 1 Comment
So check this out. Norwich is old. I mean, really old. We're talking invaded by actual Vikings on longboats in the 9th century old. There are Roman roads here, for Pete's sake. They're not in very good shape, sure, but they're here. And for a Kansas kid who grew up thinking the founding … [Read more...]
Dispatches from the East: Beer, There, and Everywhere
April 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment
So spring has hit us this week in East Anglia, the low clouds and drizzle of winter parting to reveal a sun which suddenly remembers, 'Ah yes, Britain does exist, too'; and the artfully unkempt gardens in my neighborhood have started to splash out in vibrant colors. English gardens, even the small … [Read more...]
Dispatches from the East: Introductions
April 14, 2009 By 3 Comments
Norwich - England - Photo from Flickr Editor's Note: Anglotopia is welcoming a new weekly columnist to our fantastic team. Will Averill is an American Ex-pat living in Norwich. I'll get out of the way and let him introduce himself properly. His posts will go out every Monday so check … [Read more...]
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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.