Anglophile Vignettes

Covid-19 has paused the travel plans of Anglophiles all over the world. We find ourselves cut off from the place we love the most – Britain – it’s culture, it’s history, and it’s landscape. But we can still go there in our minds. Out of this deep well of longing for Britain, the Anglophile Vignettes were born.

This book is a series of vignettes about people, things, and places in Britain. Some are very short; some are quite a bit longer. Some of them were originally published on Anglotopia.net.; the rest were written specifically for this special little book, and you can’t read them anywhere else.

Each little scene or story is like a meditation on something lovely about Britain. Almost like prayers – the prayers that we’re all having, hoping that we can all return to the country we love so much as soon as possible. It’s still going to be a while. So, I want you to have this collection of memories, stories, and experiences to help take you there in your mind until you can go in person again.

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HERE ARE THE BOOK DETAILS:

Chapter List

• Introduction
• The First Flight
• Scriptum
• Old Minster Lovell Hall Ruin
• Hardknott Roman Fort
• Shadows of The Great War
• Jet Lag, Pizza, and Peep Show
• Fiddleford Manor
• Silly Wizard
• Mysterious Castlerigg
• Ginger and John Thomas
• Finding Tea at Lulworth Cove and the Secret of English Winters
• Where Have I Seen This House Before?
• The Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway
• The Tree in the Ruin and £50 Notes
• Hardy’s Birthplace
• Eggs and Toast on Gold Hill
• Muncaster Castle
• The Best Café in Oxford
• Kipling’s Rest
• Midnight in the Lake District
• Getting Lost in the Search for Melbury Hill
• The M&S Sandals
• Visiting Tolkien’s Grave and Godstow Abbey
• The Boat Ride to St Michael’s Mount
• The Japanese Orange Soap
• A Bestselling Author’s Spit on My Leg
• The Castle on the Busy Road
• A Secret Place Where Time Stands Still
• My First, and Last, Pint
• Travel Confessions of a Picky Eater
• On the Train from Windsor to Slough
• Old and New Wardour Castle
• On the Ullswater Steamer
• Paying My Respects to Winston
• A Changing Heathrow
• One Perfect Day in London
• The Perfect Travel Partner
• The Library of Dreams
• Parsnip Chips
• Touching Concorde
• Old Stanfords
• The Tradition Before Going to England
• An Ode to Chunky Chips
• My Favorite Place in London
• The Concorde Room and Piers Morgan
• Shake Shack after the Theater
• Snowdrops
• The Morning Walk in Shaftesbury
• The Pub After the Royal Wedding
• Finding Peak Happiness Through the Hardknott Pass