Enter the competition!
Take a look at the photo above. The person who correctly identifies: 1. The black horizontal objects 2. The number …
Category Archives: US vs UK
Gordon’s pleached hedge, a year later
Last year during our Year of Living Englishly I wrote about my cousin Gordon’s work pleaching a hedge, and now …
US vs UK: The (alleged) Apollo moon landing, 1969
Several nights ago, I slipped away to the Cliff Inn in the village where my parents grew up to have …
In praise of our soldiers
On this Memorial Day, I would like to pay tribute to the soldiers in my family: My maternal grandfather, Jack …
Memorial Day, 2013: Dunkirk, “England’s finest hour,” 1940
My great-uncle Reg, an ambulance corpsman, was one of the last men off the Dunkirk beaches. For the British, this …
US vs UK: birthdays–and happy birthday, Mum!
Today, my mother is turning X5 (and no, “X5” isn’t a division of Britain’s MI5, it’s an attempt to mitigate …
US vs UK: What the “L”?
Watch out, world! My daughter Katie takes the wheel on her maiden voyage. “Why don’t they have “L” plates here?” …
US vs UK: No sex please, we’re British!
Here’s a display for Trojan condoms in a drugstore in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Take a look: Notice anything, except the …
‘Ow’s tha muther f’ soap? and other Derbyshire-isms
When my parents were children growing up in the Peak District of Derbyshire, people didn’t venture far from their villages. …
US vs UK: English judge judges the jury: “fundamental deficits in understanding.”
Speaking of cats: The very feline-looking cat Lucy and the very feline-looking Vicky Pryce OK, I’ve just got to take …
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