Anglotopia

Great Events in Colonial American History – British Cultural Influence Series

The American tradition of local self-governance—the town meetings of New England, the county courts of Virginia, the borough councils of the middle colonies—was not an American invention but an English inheritance. For centuries before colonisation, English commun...

This is a special one. Recorded on home soil just days before departure, this is Jonathan Thomas’s complete pre-trip briefing before he leaves to walk the entire 84-mile length of Hadrian’s Wall — coast to coast across Northern England. It has been fifteen years in the making. Jonathan walks through the whole story: the conversation with his wife a year ago that set everythi...

After fifteen years of “next year,” the year is finally this one. By the time you read this, I’ll be on my way to Britain to walk the entire length of the Hadrian’s Wall National Trail — 84 miles, almost coast to coast, across the top of England, roughly following the frontier the Romans built nearly nineteen centuries ago. Or, as I’ve taken to telling people who give me a b...

Rankings are a necessary evil. They reduce infinitely complex institutions to a single number, they shift year to year in ways that often have more to do with methodology than meaningful change, and they can lead students to make decisions based on prestige rather than fit. And yet, when you are an American contemplating a move across the Atlantic for university, rankings are...

One of Britain’s most iconic landmarks is about to emerge from the scaffolding. Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire is gearing up to reveal the results of its most ambitious restoration project to date—a £12 million ($15 million) roof repair that has taken two years to complete.

The UNESCO World Heritage Site, home to the Dukes of Marlborough since 1705 and birthplace o...