england

The Grand Tour from rosclarke 868 days old

Six and a half weeks, eleven beds and one sofa, nine counties, two ferries, countless cars, seventeen trains (many of which were even on time), and, ...

We happy, eccentric few from rosclarke 879 days old

Britain's Got Talent (of the secret baton twirling variety) and it makes me very pleased to be British. (HT: David Field)

Literally peopled out from rosclarke 901 days old

[ ... ] realm, this England. Though actually, after I'd been here for two days I promptly departed for the Emerald Isle to watch my cousin get married to ...

The difference between an Englishman and an American from rosclarke 909 days old

I read this somewhere recently and over the past few days have agreed with it often. The difference between an Englishman and an American is that an ...

Home again! from rosclarke 913 days old

It's the middle of the night here in England and, having slept for most of the day I'm now wide awake. So I've had some tea and toast (simple pleasures ...

Benny Hill is old Britain, American viewers are told from rosclarke 939 days old

So says this week's 'Weekly Telegraph'. And (as I have been saying for the last 6 months), I wholeheartedly agree. Now, finally, so does BBC America, ...

Coming home! from rosclarke 969 days old

Hooray! I've just booked my flights for this summer. I'm going to be in the UK from Wed May 16th to Fri Jun 29th and I'd like to see everyone!!! Email ...

Pancake Day from rosclarke 998 days old

In the service of wider cultural awareness, I should explain to my American readers that today was celebrated in the UK as Pancake Day (or, more formally, ...

Blue remembered hills from rosclarke 1001 days old

Many of my readers have been leaving excellent suggestions of poetry for the unpoetic to sharpen their teeth on. Amanda reminded me of Housman. I love ...

Watching the English from rosclarke 1035 days old

David Field has a series of posts which will be of interest to anyone (English or otherwise) who wants to know just what constitutes that mysterious ...