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British Design Classics Stamp Set

I used to collect stamps as a kid and still have a passing interest in all things related to Stamps. Recently, I heard that Royal Mail is coming out with some stamps related to British Design Classics. They’re stamps that show items and objects that the Brits are known for designing. The 8 stamp set features: From the distinctive lines of RJ... [Read more of this review]

The Routemaster Reborn: The Return of a London Classic

Picture from Flickr: marcusjb One of the biggest controversies in London in the past few years was the decision by the former Mayor, Ken Livingston to take the classic Routemaster Bus out of service and replace it with the hated bendy buses, despite promises to do otherwise. Well, last year Ken was pushed out and a new mayor, Boris Johnson was elected... [Read more of this review]

London as Seen in the Past

Captured U-Boat on the Thames Props to the Londonist for letting me know about this. There’s currently a Flickr Pool that aggregates public domain pictures from the past. They found some pretty cool pictures of London from the early 20th century. Pretty Cool Stuff. Check out Londonist’s Post here. Check out the Public Commons Flickr Pool. Share... [Read more of this review]

How Was Australia Populated?

The cool guys over at Mental Floss wrote a pretty interesting article today about the mystery surrounding the settlement of Australia. From the Article: It’s one of anthropology’s most enduring and controversial mysteries – no one is quite certain just how or when the indigenous peoples of Australia (also known as “aboriginals”) arrived. As... [Read more of this review]

Unfortunate News: Trip Cancelled

You’ll notice the trip countdown is now absent from the sidebar. Well, my wife and I have decided to put our trip to London in March on hold. There were many reasons behind our decision that I won’t really go into. I’m really gutted about it but it’s the right thing to do right now. We’re planning on maybe going in November.... [Read more of this review]

Revealed: The Next Doctor Who

Big news for fans of British Sci-fi, David’s Tennant’s replacement as the venerable Doctor Who has been announced. And it’s not who anyone expected. I was expecting a woman. I was hoping for Patterson Joseph or James Nesbitt. I don’t know anything about this bloke named Matt Smith. Frankly, he looks a little too EMO to be playing... [Read more of this review]

Britain From Above: Free Satellite Images of the UK from Space

The folks over at Unearthed Outdoors True Marble Imagery have released some stunning satellite imagery into ‘creative commons’ domain. The images are extreme high quality and have an amazing amount of detail of pretty much anywhere on the earth. I saw an opportunity to combine some of the highest quality images and make my own satellite... [Read more of this review]

Anglophile Movie Review: Angus, Thongs & Perfect Snogging

Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging is a delightful gem of a movie from the same director that brought us Bend it Like Beckham. This movie started off annoying. The main character, Georgia has the neuroses of a middle aged women, despite being 14 years old. She was driving me a bit batty with her constant complaining. But somewhere along the way, I... [Read more of this review]

Anglophile Movie Review: Australia

I had a chance to see Australia the other day. It opened over a month ago, but I did not have a chance to go until now. I was able to see it at the local second run theater for just $3. And you what? It’s a cracking film. Well worth the $3. I was not so impressed with the beginning. You could tell that the story was so sprawling that they didn’t... [Read more of this review]

Happy New Year and Site News - Introducing the Union Jack Scale

A Happy New Year to all my readers! One of my New Year’s Resolutions is to write more on this blog and create more awesome content for people to read. The first type of content I’m going focus on more is Anglophile Reviews. That’s right, Anglotopia will become THE source for reviews of Anglophile stuff. I want to become the trusted... [Read more of this review]

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