If you’ve watched much British television, you’ve no doubt seen an electric tea kettle on more than one countertop. You may have even wondered why they have them. After all, can’t you just boil water on the stove or heat it in the microwave? You can, of course, but electric tea kettles have advantages …
While you might assume kitchens are fairly standard rooms, anyone who watches a mix of British and American television will quickly realize there are some major differences between the typical British kitchen and the typical American kitchen. One of the most common questions we see is, “Why are British refrigerators so small?” Not far behind …
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Recently, our British TV site got a question about British garden centres: “What’s the deal with garden centres in the UK? I’ve heard a couple shows mention them, but I don’t think we have those in the US. Is it like the plant section at Walmart?” Yes and no. A British garden centre is quite …
Most of us can immediately recognize a thatched roof cottage without any trouble, but few people realize just how long people have been building homes this way. The use of thatching in roofs is a tradition that dates back to at least the Bronze Age, and it was born out of the need for lightweight, …