Exciting news for Anglotopia!
There’s a fab new book coming out this week for Anglophiles called Britannia in Brief. It’s an A to Z guide of everything British – perfect for the knowledge hungry Anglophile.
To celebrate the release of this fantastic book, Anglotopia is going to publish an exclusive review of the book, have interviews with the authors and the authors themselves will guest post on Anglotopia this week!
Also, Anglotopia will be holding a contest this week for a free copy of Britannia in Brief! To enter the contest, simply leave a comment on this post telling us your favorite nugget of info about the UK. The winner will be randomly chosen on Friday, May 22nd, 2009.
So, stayed tuned, there’s going to be a lot of exciting stuff on Anglotopia this week!
Britiannia in Brief – The Scoop on All Things British – was written by Leslie Banker and William Mullins. It’s the ultimate guide to Britain for Anglophiles! To purchase Britannia in Brief: The Scoop on All Things British – click here
Author Info - Jonathan is a consummate Anglophile with an obsession for Britain that borders on psychosis. He keeps Anglotopia running in his spare time, always dreaming of his next trip to England, wishing he lived there - specifically Dorset - and is always trying to figure out a way to move to England. It will happen one day. Keep up with him on Twitter here. Read more from this author
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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 dream of living in the UK a reality.
Exciting stuff!
Sign me up. How about favourite nugget(s)? Culture, language, food, history, scenery, landmarks, humour, good telly and great film. UK has it all.
How could I forget some of the best rock music ever made?
Fabulous theme! Now I just need to settle down with my Tetley’s and crumpets and start enjoying this book!
My favourite nugget of info about Britain is this: you’re never more than 78 miles from the sea, wherever you are in Britain.
Good one! Thanks for stopping by!
I think the book would be a great hit on the market.
I’ll second you on the music bit – writing the music section was one of the funnest parts of putting together Britannia In Brief. I hope we weren’t too hard on Cliff Richard!
We hope you enjoy the book.
One of my favorite things about the UK is how intelligent and well-informed the taxi drivers are. Never in NY would you be able to have a challenging discussion about world politics on the way to the airport.
Barbara Woodhouse. Walkies!
Cheerio, I love it. Can’t wait to read the whole thing. I’ve been referring to shrimp as “prawns” ever since a trip to London. Prawns were everywhere that year. Looking forward to more nuggets. Those Brits crack me up.
Thanks a lot, Jonathan. Leslie and I had great fun doing this! Anglotopia’s a fab blog. We’re glad you enjoyed the book.
Can’t wait to steal away from time to time and chuckle over a Brief slice of Britannia. My son loves to test the waters by saying “I’m gonna kick your ‘boot’”…(‘Boot’ is NOT a bad word after all!)
Sounds smashing. Would make a good gift to some I know.
Oh finally – the “Do’s and Taboo’s of the PUB-culture” – I really enjoyed the explanations on how to behave in an English pub! – Thank you. Also the best I have learned lately is the wide yse of the word “Please” – you seldom hear an American say: would you please so kind as to…. – He/she often simply says – I
ll take this. or that – Og, give me x or Y… Yes I cannot wait to see the and/or get the book. Keep up the good work. Many thanks
Hanne from Denmark