One of the Old Gits...

Harry Enfield is not a familiar name to most Americans, yet nearly everyone has heard him!  A well-established British comic, Enfield has long been heard on American televisions as the voice of the gnome in the Travelocity commercials!

As the Season Draws to a Close...

With the football season nearing its end, many of you will have seen the fantastic story of Leicester City, who have just clinched their first-ever top-tier league title in their 132-year history!  Of course, I am going to look at that here, but I will cover news from the other divisions too.

Somerset and St. Paul's...

Despite having a name that would indicate otherwise, one of the great English composers of the early Twentieth Century was Gustav Holst.  Born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, on the 21st September, 1874, Holst was born to an English mother, and a Swedish father with Latvian and German ancestry.

George Meredith...

Born in Portsmouth in 1828, George Meredith was an English novelist and poet.  Here, I am going to concentrate on Meredith's poetry.  A very prolific poet, Meredith wrote on many subjects, and here I will focus on his works about nature.

A City of Culture, Heritage, and People...

That's how the City of Liverpool is introduced on the Visit Liverpool website.  Of course, you'll all have heard of Liverpool, be it as a result of the Beatles, Liverpool F.C., or whatever.  Formerly in the historic county of Lancashire, it is now the centre of the new (well, new-ish) county of Merseyside, and here is a fascinating documentary about the port city...

Where They Live...

It's been a while since I travelled across the Irish Sea to Northern Ireland, so I think another visit is well overdue!  I had touched on some of the basics in a previous post, but it's time to look at the most populous areas in the country...

From the Weekend...

As promised, here is an update from the English footy action at the weekend!  On an incredible couple of days of high drama and disappointment, there were few questions answered with a month of the season still to go...