Anyone who’s watched much British TV will have, at some point, seen a person bringing grapes to a friend or loved one in hospital. The first time you see it, it might just seem a bit odd – but when it pops up over and over again, it leads a lot of people to wonder: …
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If you’ve watched much British television, you’ve no doubt seen electric kettles on more than a few countertops. You may have even wondered why people 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 kettles have advantages over both of …
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 …
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, …