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Sunday Post: Adventures in British TV

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This week, I share an excerpt from my first book about how important British TV is in my life and how it made me the Anglophile that I am today…

Sunday Post: Behind the Stones - A Journey Through Christ Church, Oxford's Most Storied College

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This article chronicles a guided tour through Christ Church that I took while I was there for a course in 2022. We look at how Cardinal Wolsey's ambitious 16th-century vision…

Sunday Post: Returning to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard A Decade Later

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This week, I share my experience returning to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard after a 10-year gap in visits. I got to visit during an Oxford Summer Course and communed with HMS…

Sunday Post: Birmingham Back to Backs - Stepping Back in Time - A Victorian Adventure in Modern Birmingham

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This week we visit one of Britain's largest cities and explore what life was life in the high-Victorian-era slum that is now called the Birmingham Back to Backs, one of…

Sunday Post: Pondering Hadrian's Wall. Again.

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This week, I dust off an old goal and some even older guidebooks to talk about something I have been wanting to do for almost fifteen years - walk the…

Sunday Post: A Personal Tour of Chartwell - With a Surprise Visit to Churchill's Bedroom

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For this week's Sunday Post, I've decided to share a personal story that is rather special to me. I was given a tour of Chartwell back in 2017 by the…

Sunday Post: Exploring England's Pottery History at the Emma Bridgewater Factory

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This week, inspired by my favorite mugs, I share details of a special tour we took in 2016 of the Emma Bridgewater factory in Stoke-on-Trent. It's a fascinating look at…

Sunday Post: Visiting Wordsworth's Childhood Home

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This week, we visit Wordsworth House in Cockermouth and reveal the Georgian townhouse where England's great nature poet first discovered his twin loves of literature and the landscape. I visited…

Sunday Post: When Tea Means Dinner

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This week's Sunday Post is jam-packed! First up, we're celebrating the one-year anniversary of the club. The forum has also been very active this week with a lot of interesting…

Churchill's Underground Kingdom: Inside Down Street, London's Secret Wartime Headquarters

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This week, we journey underground to an abandoned Tube station beneath the streets of Piccadilly that was once Churchill's secret wartime bunker. It was a fascinating tour as part of…

Sunday Post: Behind the Scenes at Stourhead House

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For this week's Sunday Post, I uncovered an interview from our deep archive that I never properly wrote about, and turned it into a lovely long-read about the behind-the-scenes workings…

Sunday Post: The Pure Ecstasy of Planning

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This week, I talk about Britain a little differently. I write about how I plan our trips, how they come about, how I make the most of them, and the…

Sunday Post: My First Trip to Britain Thanks to Mum

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This week, in honor of my mother for Mother's Day, I wanted to share the story of my first trip to Britain in the distant past of 2001, a story…

Sunday Post: Riding in London's Black Taxis

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In celebration of our announcement for the expansion of the Friends of Anglotopia Club to include a monthly feature article about London, I thought I would share an excerpt from…

Sunday Post: Birds With a British Accent - The Dawn Chorus

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This week, I explore the wonder of England's magical dawn chorus of birdsong and compare it to the one I can experience here at home in Indiana. Plus, we update…

Sunday Post: Our Tips for Driving from Land's End to John O'Groats

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This week, I change format a little bit and share some of our tips for driving from Land's End to John o'Groats so you can have the best time. Some…

Sunday Post: WE DID IT! And Getting Lost in the Search for Melbury Hill

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This week, the Friends of Anglotopia Club reaches a major milestone! And our article is another piece written for Dorset Magazine, which was never published as the magazine went bust…

Sunday Post: The American and Gold Hill

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This week I'm doing something a little different and sharing an article I once wrote for a British magazine called Dorset Life, which is now defunct. The editor at the time wanted me to explain my love for Gold Hill in Shaftesbury for British people and tell it in an economical 1500 words - something I wasn't used to on a blog where my articles can be as long as I like…

Sunday Post: Bluebells in England's Springtime

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As April approaches, England's ancient woodlands are preparing for their most enchanting annual display. In this newsletter, I share my personal journey discovering the captivating bluebells that transform Britain's forest…

Sunday Post: The Most Important Window Ever Photographed - A Pilgrimage to Photography's Birthplace

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In the heart of Wiltshire stands Lacock Abbey, home to what might be the most important window ever photographed in human history. During my summer visit to this medieval abbey-turned-Tudor mansion, I stood before the unassuming latticed window where, in 1835, William Henry Fox Talbot created the world's oldest surviving photographic negative. This revolutionary moment—born from Talbot's frustration with his own poor drawing skills—established the negative-positive process that would become the foundation…