US vs UK: History, the long and the short of it
When I told one of my cousins here in England that my 17-year-old daughter Katie had to study American history …
Monthly Archives: May 2012
UK vs US: A testing time
Like all the other 16- and 17-year-old students throughout the UK, my daughter Katie has been taking her end-of-year AS-level …
Meg, me, and the US Embassy
London is absolutely chock-a-block with gorgeous, historic buildings. Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament, the Tower of London, St Paul’s …
Blogging with kids
This evening, my nine-year-old, Meg, came over to me as I was working on my computer. “Are you writing about …
US vs UK: Cambridge–bicycles built for one, or two, or three, or four!
When my older daughter was in preschool in our town near Boston, I used to see one lone father biking …
US vs UK: What each country does best
What the US does best What the UK does …
My great-grandfather John Bent Wallis’s painting, in 1901 and now
Today I’m going in search of the spot where, on a summer day in 1901, my great-grandfather, later the nature …
US vs UK: How the British “do” rude
An American, if he or she is truly riled, will just come out with it and call you a jerk …
The Year of Living Englishly 