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Sunday Post: Going to an Instagrammer’s Pub in London - A Cautionary Tale

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This week, we visit a pub that all the cool kids are going to, and the experience doesn't really match the glossy picture on social media because nothing really can.

Sunday Post: The Palladian Church in a Village Field

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This week I write about a special place that I was surprised to see I'd never written about before, a lovely Palladian village church in Hertfordshire.

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Sunday Post: Preparing for My Hadrian’s Wall Walk End of Summer Update - Why Was the Wall Built?

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This article is part of an irregular ongoing series where I chronicle my plans to walk Hadrian’s Wall in summer 2026. I plan to use these articles to keep everyone…

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…