Getting shirty with Obama
Hard to believe, but it was only a year ago that I was fighting with the UK Border Control people …
Category Archives: US vs UK
Bell-ringing at St Mary’s Church, Crich, Derbyshire
There’s something so very joyous about the sound of church bells ringing. The church down the street from my house …
US vs UK: Mind the Gap
I’m really enjoying the Olympics (go Team USA! Go Team GB!), and hope you are, too. I just did a …
US vs UK: “Two posh boys who don’t know the price of milk”
David Cameron, prime minister of the UK, has finally said something that I can admire. When Mitt Romney, who ran …
In Which I Carry the Olympic Torch
The Olympic torch, made of what appears to be gold-colored metal, is a meter long and surprisingly heavy. In order …
How to Build a Stone Wall
To me, there are few things more beautiful than a well-built dry stone wall. A stone wall is a work …
Who will farm the farms?
Two weeks ago I walked along the Dimple Lane that extends from my aunt’s house near the Crich marketplace to …
Posies and leave-taking
Gaia, a friend of my 9-year-old daughter Meg, thrusts a gorgeous bunch of beautifully wrapped flowers into my hands outside …
The flotilla of “little boats,” Dunkirk, 1940
The evacuation of Dunkirk in which 338,000 British troops were rescued from the Nazi onslaught in June 1940 by the “little …
Why We Loved the Queen Mum
1. Because after the Nazis came close to killing her and her husband King George VI when they bombed Buckingham …
The Year of Living Englishly 