A soccer mom from Boston, Massachusetts, goes fashion forward in the Peak District of Derbyshire
This is a piece I wrote during our “trial run” when my daughters and I spent four months living in …
Category Archives: Humor/humour
US vs. UK: the eccentrics among us
The English, and here I may be speaking also of myself, are an eccentric race. This is a nation of …
US vs UK: Table manners
There’s a “dating” column in the Guardian (UK) weekend magazine in which two single people meet up for a meal …
Abe Lincoln’s nose (and other unfortunate things)
At my grade school in Chicago, there was a bronze bust of Abraham Lincoln in the library, as there probably …
US vs UK: Knickers in a twist–doing laundry in the UK
“I’ve no more knickers,” my mum has just announced. This sort of comment, which suggests the need for action taken …
US vs UK: Knickers in a twist–doing laundry in the UK
“I’ve no more knickers,” my mum has just announced. This sort of comment, which suggests the need for action taken …
US vs UK: Marmite and other English delicacies
OK, it can now be said (at least I said it to a 9-year-old boy this morning whose father was …
I feel bad about my teeth
With apologies to Nora Ephron, who felt bad about her neck and wrote an entire book about it, here’s a …
US vs UK: cheap and cheerful and other small pleasures
Eavesdrop on a conversation between two English friends or acquaintances, especially those for whom the years are tolling, and you’ll …
The Year of Living Englishly 