May 22, 2012

Super Cheap Transatlantic Flights Coming Next Year! £10 Tickets to London!

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Picture from Flickr 2008 is riddled with the corpses of fallen Transatlantic airlines. We saw the loss of Eos, Silverjet, MaxJet and Zoom. Their failures reduced competition and choice for those looking to travel to England and to Europe. I've been the advocate of introducing a low cost … [Read more...]

London Help and Some London Safety Tips

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I came across this article on Digg today. Called London Help, it's a very informative article filled with info to keep in mind if you are ever in an emergency while traveling London. I recommend that anyone traveling to London bookmark this site! This is the brief summary they wrote: Finding … [Read more...]

Anglophile Alert: Another Free Trip to the UK Contest

There appears to be another contest running on the site called Transatlanticism. It's a really cool site. All you need to do to enter is choose the artwork you like those most and enter your details. The prize includes: One (1) trip for two (2) people to Britain. Round-trip economy class airfare … [Read more...]

Anglophile Gear: The Tweed Cap

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Introduction to the Tweed Cap No Anglophile's life is complete without a Tweed Cap. It's the standard hat for hiking around the countryside. Oftentimes, people wearing Wellington Boots also complement the ensemble with a tweed cap. Tweed caps are well made and will last forever, they also repel … [Read more...]

Six Minute Clip from Easy Virtue

Here is some more footage from the upcoming British Film Easy Virtue. The clip below is much longer than a trailer and features six minutes of the upcoming film Easy Virtue starring Jessica Biel and Colin Firth. It looks like a wonderful film. Give me a glamorous English period film set on a … [Read more...]

New Hovis Bread Ad – 122 Years of History

As I've mentioned before, Shaftesbury, Dorset is my favorite place in the UK. While many people probably haven't heard of it, it's actually rather famous, as far as small English Villages go. It was made famous in the 1970's by an ad that was directed by the great Ridley Scott, depicting a boy … [Read more...]

Dorset Getting it’s own Flag

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On my news feeds, I caught this rather interesting turn of events. Apparently there was a competition to design a flag for the county of Dorset that people would then vote on. What a lovely idea. Dorset is my favorite English county and I'm all for it trying to create a distinct identity (you can't … [Read more...]

Cool Dorset Photos on Flickr

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Gold Hill, Shaftesbury, Dorset Flickr can be a great source of images for pretty desktop backgrounds and stunning photography. I recently got a Mac at work and today took some time to find a pretty desktop wallpaper to help motivate me while I work. Everyone who knows me, knows that I love … [Read more...]

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