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 …
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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 …
Beacons across Britain: the Spanish Armada and the Queen’s Jubilee
In 1588, when the 151 ships of the Spanish Armada arrived off the coast with the intention of invading England …
The Queen’s Jubilee: the flotilla of boats on the Thames
Photograph from the Guardian It was a cold, rainy day in London for the flotilla of boats celebrating the Jubilee, …
Why We Love the Queen
Why We Love the Queen 1. She keeps calm and carries on. 2. She is who she is, with no …
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 …
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 …
The Year of Living Englishly 