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Sunday Post: A Golden Autumn Afternoon at Basildon Park - A House of Empire, War, and Survival

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Member Update


We are now 134 members strong! Thank you to everyone who joined recently. We're building something really special here, and we're happy to have you here!

One of…

Sunday Post: Thinking of Churchill

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Member Update


Thanks to our Black Friday/Cyber Monday promotion, we've welcomed a large number of new members - we're now at 133 Members! Woohoo!

Here are some highlights from the member's forum this week - come along and join the conversation:

Sunday Post: A Visit to the Famous Gloucester Services

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No new members this week. There will be an early podcast this week, part 2 of our two-part series of Thornbury Castle.

Highlights from the chat forum this week:

New Wallace and Gromit Film Trailer!
The Outrun - New Drama Set in Orkney
Hadrian’s Wall Tour/Hike
PBS Unveils First Look at Miss Austen
Let’s Talk Favorite British Christmas Films
What’s your favorite British TV Christmas Special?

Sunday Post: A Visit

Sunday Post: A Literary Pilgrimage: My Love Affair with Hatchards

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Member's Update

We are now 120 members strong! Thank you for being a member of this special little club. Now that we've returned from our recent trip to Britain, we'll have many articles coming up about all the wonderful things we saw and did. Stay tuned!

Here are some highlights from the chat community this week:

Sunday Post: Tasting History at London's Oldest Restuarant

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Member's Update

The October Membership Drive is over, and while we didn't meet our new goal of 200 members, we did add quite a few new members, so it's a success in my book. Welcome everyone! Over the next few months, we'll continue our quest to get 200 members so we can remove the Google ads from Anglotopia. I know we'll get there!

The podcast will return this week and resume a…

Sunday Post: Return to Stourhead

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Members Update

We're now 122 members strong! Welcome to all the new members! We hope you enjoy our weekly love letters to Britain.

There's no podcast coming this week, we just wanted everyone to know so they weren't expecting their early podcast on Wednesday. We'll be back next week, and almost every week until the end of the year with some great interviews and travel content (we recently recorded interviews with Adrian…

Sunday Post: My Local John Constable Painting

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Member's Update

This week we got our membership up to 121 members! Welcome to all the new members! We hope you enjoy this lovely bit of Britain in your inbox every Sunday! 

We wanted to let everyone know that there will not be a podcast the week of November 1st, so there won't be an early episode release. The podcast will resume on November 8th, and we have several great episodes in…

Sunday Post: A Scottish Gem - My Journey with "Local Hero"

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Member's Update

Our October membership drive is going well; we now have 118 members! Welcome to all the new members! I hope you enjoy our little club and what we're building!

Here are some highlights from the chat community this week - come along and join us:

Please Share The Story Of Your First Visit to Britain
First look at The Hardacres - The Next Downton Abbey?
On 30 September 1957, BBC…

Sunday Post: The Lake District Castle Ruin

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Member's Update

The big news this week is that we launched a big membership drive for October. We want to reach 200 members by the end of the month, if we do, we can remove the Google Ads from Anglotopia. It's gone well so far; we're up to 116 members! So, a big Anglotopia welcome to all the new members who have joined us this week. The Sunday Post is our primary…

Sunday Post: The Fly-on-the-Wall Documentary - A Window into Everyday British Life

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Member's Update


Here are a couple of important updates for members. Monthly members will be charged on Monday night for the next month (custom monthly subscribers are charged on the 7th of each month). I just wanted to remind everyone so there are no surprises. In October, we will begin a new marketing push to get our membership from 107 to 200. Stay tuned!

I'd like to get the member's chat forum…

Sunday Post: The Scottish Hotel on the Firth

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There's not much to report this week; we're holding at 107, but I expect that to change once we can implement our fall membership promotion. Here are some highlights from the member's forum this week:

Sunday Post: Marking Two Years Since the Queen Left Us

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Member Update

Nothing much to report this week, other than that we're now 107 members strong! We're working on something special to get some more members later this month, but current members will benefit. Stay tuned! Don't forget to stop by the Member's Forum this week.

Here are some discussion highlights from the last week:

Sunday Post: Ham and Cheese Toasties at the Edge of Britain

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This is just a quick update to let monthly members know they were charged today for September. If your payment failed, you should be notified so that your…

Sunday Post: Dreaming of Land Rovers

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Here are a few highlights from the chat forum this week. If you haven't stopped by, please come along and join the private conversation about all things British!

Dreaming of Land Rovers


Editor's Note: This was originally written a…

Sunday Post: The Georgian Flat

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There's not much to update this week, only to encourage everyone to pop over to Anglotopia.chat and join the conversation about all things British. We have lots of interesting threads going! Check it out here.

The Georgian Flat

I once stayed in an old Georgian terraced flat in the middle of the summer with a sick pregnant woman. It was… an interesting experience. 

The flat in question was located somewhere…

Sunday Post: English Oak in the Air

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Apologies for the late hour for this week's Sunday Post; we had a family matter come up unexpectedly (everything is fine now!). 

Member Update


A couple of big bits of news since last week. We hit our goal of 100 new members (now at 102, actually)! As a result, we set up the new chat room/forum this week, and it's up and running. You can access it by going to Anglotopia.chat, and…

Sunday Post: Scotland's Bridges and a Member Update

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Member Update

We're very close to 100 members - we've been doing a big push this weekend, and as of the writing of this email, we're at 94 members. Hopefully, we'll hit our 100 target by tomorrow, and then we can begin setting up the private Forum/Chat room. We can't wait! Welcome to all the new members who joined last week. You're now in a happy place, and we can't wait to…

Sunday Post: The AA Shelter and Member Update

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A couple of housekeeping items for the club this week. There won't be an early podcast this week. In case you didn't see our updates on social media, Anglotopia was hacked, and the sites were down for several days. We've spent the last few days getting everything back up and running (this club is hosted by someone else and was not affected). Because of this, we were unable to release last week's…

Sunday Post: The Book Market Under the Bridge

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Just a quick member's update this week, and then we take you on a journey to a magical book market located underneath a bridge in London.

Member Update

Just a quick update for everyone this week - we've reached 80 members! Welcome to everyone who signed up last week. We hope you like what we're doing here, creating a lovely little positive corner of the internet where we can appreciate everything lovely…

Sunday Post: Stopping for Tea and Thoughtful Travel

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This week, we bring you a brief member update, and this week's essay is on the British cultural habit of stopping for tea.

Also, come on England! We wish the…