Anglotopia

In this episode of the Anglotopia Podcast, Jonathan Thomas is joined by Professor Patrick Nunn — geographer at the University of the Sunshine Coast, honorary professorial fellow at the University of Melbourne, and visiting fellow at Oxford — for a conversation that will permanently change how you look at the map of Britain. Patrick’s new book, Whispers from Celtic Seas

Great Events in Colonial American History – British Cultural Influence Series

The American Constitution and its Bill of Rights did not spring fully formed from the minds of the Founding Fathers in 1787. They were the culmination of a constitutional tradition stretching back over five centuries of English history—from Magna Carta (1215) thro...

For most Americans, the words “Oxford” and “Cambridge” conjure images from period dramas and Harry Potter: stone quadrangles bathed in golden light, gowned scholars gliding through cloisters, ancient libraries stacked floor to ceiling with leather-bound volumes. The reality is, remarkably, not that far off. Oxford and Cambridge are two of the oldest and most prestigious unive...

Famous for country bake sales and jam making, the Women’s Institute was i...

In the British imagination, the so-called ‘Opium Wars’ between Britain and China in the 19th century conjure romantic visions of oriental hedonism and seedy opium dens. However, the name ‘Opium Wars’ is something of a misnomer. Although they were centered on the lucrative opium trade to China, the origins of the First Opium War (1839-1842) and the Second Opium War (1856-1860)...