Not long ago, I saw an American baker post a photo of her scones in a British group, where she was quickly eviscerated. Why? She had made an American-style scone, having no idea it wasn’t the same kind of scone British people typically enjoy. In the years we’ve been blogging about British TV and …
Read moreWhat’s the Difference Between American Scones & British Scones
Until you take in a fair amount of both cultures, it’s hard to overlook just how many language differences there are between the US and UK. Some words are different in big and obvious ways, like candyfloss and cotton candy or aubergine and eggplant. Others are basically the same, but with slightly different spellings or …
Read more12 Words With Slightly Different Meanings in British English & US English
Nearly every Anglophile will eventually encounter HP Sauce. Whether you’ve travelled to England and spotted it on a restaurant table, heard it mentioned in a television show, or noticed it in the British goods section of a local shop, it’s all over the place. Gilbert O’Sullivan even sings about it in the song “As Long …
Read moreWhat is HP Sauce? A Guide to Brown Sauce + HP Sauce Trivia
The Brits around here may be a bit mystified by this post, but bear with us because it’s a topic that comes up from time to time in emails and our Facebook groups. If you’ve travelled in the UK or watched a lot of British television, you may have encountered a mysterious substance called “salad …
From Debra and David Rixon – Grindelwald Productions, check out their UK and Europe based travel videos Amazon Prime Video and Vimeo on Demand Eight alternative things to do in London! Like every capital city, London has its accepted ‘tourist trails’ and must-see attractions, which we hope we covered in our Footloose in London film, …
Read more8 Undiscovered and Unusual Places to Visit in London
Over on our British TV site, one of the questions that comes up fairly regularly is this: What is an allotment? As often as it comes up, we figured it would be a good idea to write a short post on the topic. What is an Allotment? We’ll start with the basics. An allotment is …
Editor’s Note: This is another fabulous guest post from Dave & Debra Rixon of Footloose TV / Grindelwald Productions. If you haven’t yet, we highly recommend checking out their UK and Europe-based travel videos on Amazon and Vimeo. What Better Way to Experience Rural Southern England? Most people will have heard of the River Thames, …
Seeing that we’ve done a post on the 7 Cities of Scotland, we thought it only right that we move on into England to take a look at the country’s 51 cities. Keep in mind that in the UK, cities are not defined by skyscrapers and multi-million person metro areas. Instead, it’s a status granted …
Acorn TV recently filmed a TV adaptation of the Whitstable Pearl mystery series, and its Whitstable, Kent setting is a location you don’t often see in British TV shows. To celebrate the new series, we thought it would be fun to share a little more about the town of Whitstable, along with a photographic walk …
Read moreLovely Photos of the Seaside Town of Whitstable, England (+Virtual Walk)
Dave and I were both born in the countryside, and often can take it for granted, and I think it was when we were making our West Highland Way film that I was forcibly reminded of the incredible diversity that our British Isles have to offer in terms of nature and wildlife. The Highlands of …