Blog Profile / Anglotopia
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| Filed Under: | Local Interest / England | |
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| Archived Since: | August 30, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Brit TV News: Bletchley Circle Confirmed for Second Series
The post-WWII drama centered on the lives of four women who worked together at the code breaking facility Bletchley Park is set to return for a four episode second series. The three episode run of ITV drama which also aired in the US on PBS followed the women as they used their skills learned at [...]Show More Summary
Bill Clinton tried to reunite Led Zeppelin… and failed!
I’ve increasingly become a big fan of Led Zeppelin. In fact, in the months since Celebration Day was released, I’ve managed to get all their albums (except for the live ones), and now that I’ve finally gotten around to listening to Celebration Day, I (and I’m sure that most of the people who’ve listened to [...]Show More Summary
Doctor Who: Series 7 Episode 13 – Nightmare in Silver – Review – LIGHT SPOILERS!!!
This was probably the most anticipated episode of the season for hardcore Doctor Who fans – moreso than the finale next week. Why? It was written by Neil Gaiman. If the name doesn’t sound familiar perhaps the title of the last episode he wrote for Doctor Who will - The Doctor’s Wife. It’s a personal favorite [...]Show More Summary
Londonist Out Loud: A Podcast About London, 10 May 2013
Londonist Out Loud a podcast about London news, views, and oddities from London, UK. Presented by N Quentin Woolf. (free on iTunes/www.londonist.com) Welcome to the latest episode of Londonist Out Loud, a podcast about London. Londonist Out Loud is presented and produced by N Quentin Woolf. This week’s guest is Robert Opie, founder of the Museum of Brands, Packaging and [...]Show More Summary
The Stones’ 50th Anniversary tour: Price Cuts and Tom Waits
It’s official; ticket prices for the Rolling Stones’ 50th Anniversary tour are hitting critical mass. It recently came out that the Stones had failed to sell out the high-priced tickets for their opening night at L.A.’s Staples Centre. These tickets were priced at $600. The band was said to have released more $85 (£55) tickets [...]Show More Summary
Brit TV Preview: The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: The Murder in Angel Lane
Olivia Coleman (Broadchurch) stars as Susan Spencer a woman looking for her pregnant niece Mary that has gone missing in 1800s London. After a chance encounter with ex-Metropolitan police officer Jack Whicher (Paddy Considine) she hires the 19th-century detective to search for Mary. No longer on the police force Whicher works alone as he uncovers [...]Show More Summary
Deal Alert: Brilliant Jack Wills Britain Map Cushion – 25% off Coupon Inside
I came across this cushion and had to share – must have this for the Anglotopia office! Bring a little bit of Britain to your pad with the Aireshire cushions. Featuring a range of prints – from a map of the British Isles to a Union Jack – and backed with the Jack Wills navy [...]Show More Summary
Video: Wallace and Gromit Star in New Short to Promote Travel in England
I’m a huge Wallace and Gromit fan (we named our dog Gromit!) so I was excited to see that Visit England have enlisted the help the popular claymation duo to promote travel in England. Check out the video above. Love it! You can follow in Wallace & Gromit’s footsteps plan your UK break and get [...]Show More Summary
Brit DVD Reviews: Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, Series 1
If authors and screenwriters are right, then the 1920s was chock full of jazzy, high class sleuths. It’s not wonder that the years between the two World Wars is considered “The Golden Age of Detective Fiction.” Great writers like Dorothy L. Sayers and Agatha Christie kept readers in suspense with well-written, but formulaic, tales of [...]Show More Summary
Two John Lennon-related relics to be auctioned
All right; I’ve got two articles about some of John Lennon’s possessions that are being auctioned; his first car and a guitar he owned for about a month. And both are being sold for approximately the same price. First off, a 1965 Ferrari 330GT Coupé that John Lennon bought the day he got his ticket [...]Show More Summary
Earth Station Who Episode 37 – The Crimson Horror
Mike, Mike, Phantom Troublemaker, the award winning author Bobby Nash, and Jennifer Hartshorn enter the room from which no one returns to review the 100th episode of Doctor Who since its revival. In addition to taking a tour of Sweetville, the ESW crew also discuss some of the recent negative comments regarding the series as [...]Show More Summary
Brit TV Preview: The Fall Starring Gillian Anderson
The Fall is a new drama with an inventive twist in the crime thriller genre. The killer’s identity is revealed to the audience at the beginning of the story making this new five-part series a not so traditional who-done-it. Treated to both sides of the story at the same time viewers will watch as DSI [...]Show More Summary
Random Observations from Last Trip to Britain or Why British Toilets Are Better
Editor’s Note: While going through old notes I took on our last trip to England in May 2012, I found a bunch of observations that got lost in the shuffle and buried at the bottom of my note program. I thought it would be fun to put them together into one post. So, while the [...]Show More Summary
Preparing to walk Hadrian’s Wall: An Update on My Progress – Much to Share!
It’s been about month since I went public with my plans train for and then walk the length of Hadrian’s Wall in September 2014. I was immediately overwhelmed by all the messages of support and encouragement. Much has happened since I initially made the announcement so I thought it would be fun to put together [...]Show More Summary
Brit Music: Neutral Milk Hotel reunion tour could make it to Britain?
This has got to be the flimsiest excuse I have ever had for writing a piece on an American band, but, really, as a fan of “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea,” I just have to share this news: Neutraal Milk Hotel are reuniting, and will embark on their first concerts since 1999 this [...]Show More Summary
Harry Potter: Wizarding World Coming to California, Florida Park Being Expanded
Great news for American Harry Potter Fans. Universal Studios has announced that as part of their $1.6 Billion expansion of Universal Studios Hollywood in California, they plan to open a second Wizarding World of Harry Potter on the West Coast of the USA. Folks west of the Mississippi won’t have to find their way to Florida to [...]Show More Summary
Foyle’s War: Great News – New Foyle’s War Coming This September to PBS Masterpiece Myster!
Big news today for Foyle’s War fans! Three New Foyle’s war adventures will be coming to PBS Masterpiece Mystery this September. We finally have our Foyle’s War Series 8 USA airdates! Foyle and his loyal friend Sam return in three new episodes of the highly anticipated detective series, set in post-war 1946-47. Foyle (Michael Kitchen) and Sam [...]Show More Summary
The IT Crowd Will FINALLY Return for its Final Special – Filming in a Few Weeks
After the last series of The IT Crowd aired, the creator of the show, Graham Linehan, said that it was time to call time on the show and he planned to finish it off with a final one-off special. That was 2 years ago. Now, finally the final episode will finally be filming. Speaking at [...]Show More Summary
Brit Movies: The World’s End Trailer Preview Released Starring Nick Frost and Simon Pegg
Producers have released the first full trailer for The World’s End – The final movie in the titual ‘Blood & Ice Cream’ trilogy (previous movies Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead). Starring Martin Freeman, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Eddie Marsan and Paddy Considine The World’s End is Directed by Pegg and Frost’s regular collaborator [...]Show More Summary
Viva Forever! Spice Girls Musical Shutting down in June
The jukebox musical is a noble tradition; tying together the greatest hits of a certain artist (or in some cases, genre), and try to fit them all into some kind of plot. It usually is light in the plot department, but, in a surprising number of cases, it works. In fact, Mamma Mia, based around, [...]Show More Summary