Given the air of timelessness that surrounded her until her death seven years ago at 102, it's hard to imagine England's venerated Queen Mum before she entered the royal family. But, as a lighthearted adolescent, she sang 'round the piano, danced the Cake Walk, and endured her brothers's teasing … [Read more...]
Bright Young Things: The Making of Bruno Hat
December 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Abstracts for Distracted Aristocrats Whiskey flowed and banter flew on the evening of July 23, 1929, as England's young and chic descended on a gray-brick Westminster mansion abutting narrow Buckingham Street. Approach to Hat read the catalogue handed out at the door. Inside, rooms were hung … [Read more...]
AngloFiles TGIF: Mrs. Cornelys Brings Nightclubbing to Georgian London
November 6, 2009 By 1 Comment
Helping the High-Born Get Down It's February 27, 1770. England is riding high in the reign of George III, and Viennese-born courtesan and entrepreneur Teresa Cornelys is teaching Londoners how to party. Streaming between heavy drapes on the windows of Cornelys's rented mansion in Soho Square, … [Read more...]
AngloFiles TGIF: A Not-So-Demure Debut for Princess Diana
October 23, 2009 By Leave a Comment
photo by misocrazy from Flickr A Royal Engagement: Lady Diana's Debut and the Dress that Launched Her “Wait till you get an eyeful of this.†It was a far from typical greeting that Charles, Prince of Wales, gave the waiting crowd of oglers and photographers as he unfolded from … [Read more...]
Introducing Our Latest Columnist Mandy Katz
October 16, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Editor's Note: Mandy Katz is a fellow obsessed Anglophile and is going to contribute a regular column on Friday's - usually with a TGIF theme. Let's give Mandy and big Anglotopia welcome! Here's her BIO in her own words. Mandy Katz lives in a neighborhood called “English … [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.