Living in England

As Americans living in England for over 35 years now, it's still kind of like living an ethnographic experience! Here is a running commentary on having fun in England...

Saturday, 29 December 2012

Buskers on the Tube

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Ted Emmett, TfL busker Hearing music floating up the escalators on London's tube always gives me a lift, even when going down, not u...

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Chelsea Buns for Christmas!

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I was devastated last year when I visited Cambridge and found Fitzbillies bakery closed for business. Then Tim Hayward and Alison Wri...

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Sunday, 16 September 2012

Japanese Deer Dance at the Thames Festival

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Kanatsu Shishi Odori at the Ashmolean Museum 8 September 2012 Last week, England was visited by a Japanese troupe of 14 deer dancer cu...

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Wednesday, 12 September 2012

Bone marrow at the Court Restaurant, British Museum

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The Court Restaurant is a classy place to eat lunch at the British Museum. Situated high up in the Great Court, you get good views of the wo...

Sunday, 2 September 2012

Toilet paper rolls (literally!)

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Toilet paper rolls! Here they make 2- and 3-ply (!) quilted toilet paper that is so heavy, when you get towards the end of the roll, it ...

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Sunday, 12 August 2012

Mackerel: sky over Durham and fish in my fridge

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Mackerel Sky Lamb or Sheep clouds Thursday we had a spectacular mackerel sky in Durham, where I took these pictures, that lasted for...

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Thursday, 9 August 2012

What is a bacon buttie?

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It used to puzzzle me, not so much the bacon but the 'buttie', or 'butty' as it is more often spelled. The Oxford Dictionary...

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