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When you think of picturesque England, your mind probably jumps straight to the Cotswolds, Oxford, Cambridge or Windsor. Same! When I met my Texan husband, I whisked him away to Buckland Manor for a couple of nights. What could be more English than a 13th-century country house hotel&n...

There are cars that are iconic because they’re beautiful, or because they’re powerful, or because they’ve achieved extraordinary feats of engineering. And then there’s the black cab—iconic because it’s ubiquitous, because it’s been a fixture of London life for generations, because it embodies a particular kind of British practicality and democratic accessibility. The black ca...

I’ve always known that a huge part of what draws Americans to Britain isn’t just the castles and the countryside — it’s the feeling that some part of us came from there. That pull isn’t abstract. For a lot of our readers and listeners, it’s personal. There are names in the family tree, half-remembered stories from a grandparent, a surname that doesn’t quite sound American, o...

Pre-orders for my new book, Searching for the Heart of Britain, are open now — and I wanted to give you a real taste of what’s inside, not just a description of it. We’ve sold half our allocation of signed hardcovers, so please get your pre-orders in soon so that you don’t miss out!

Great Events in Colonial American History – Article 23

The winter encampment at Valley Forge—from December 1777 to June 1778—occurred during the darkest period of the American War for the Continental cause. The British had captured Philadelphia, the rebel capital, in September 1777, and General Sir William Howe’s army was comfortably quarte...