CABIN FEVER: Nowhere To Go: How the UK’s Spending Cuts Could Condemn Parents...
I have a theory that the village I live in was founded by the Golgafrinchans of Ark Fleet, Ship B. This may seem a strange thing to say but give me just a moment and you’ll understand why I think ......
View ArticleMad Science at Alton Towers
Over the past few years, Alton Towers has been building its image away from just a simple day-trip theme park and into that of a fully fledge resort location. Now comprising two hotels, a waterpark,...
View ArticleScience Let Loose: Uncaged Monkeys Live
What do you get if you add together an internationally respected physicist, several stand up comedians, a doctor slash journalist hell-bent on uncovering scientific inaccuracies in the press and an...
View ArticleDiscover Jane Austen: A Life Revealed
What better year than 2011, the 200th anniversary of the publication of Sense and Sensibility, her first published novel, to learn a bit about Jane Austen’s life? Maybe you’ve seen a movie or two made...
View ArticleThe Lost Gardens of Heligan
I am a sucker for growing things, hence I have just added the Lost Gardens of Heligan to my “must see before I die” list. Just look at that picture! Located in Cornwall, England, Heligan has been the...
View ArticleThe Manchester Museum of Science & Industry
I grew up in Manchester, an old industrial city in northern England which rather unfortunately, became famous as the target of an IRA bomb which destroyed the city centre in 1995. But while the bomb...
View ArticleBeing British In The Land Of The Free On The Fourth
Hello my name is Sarah, and I’m a British citizen. For years I had mixed feelings about celebrating the Fourth of July with my American boyfriend/fiance/husband. Thinking it would be disrespectful of...
View ArticleMCM Expo Hits Manchester
This weekend saw the first ever MCM Expo held at the Manchester Central convention centre in Manchester, England. The organisers have been running expos across the country for several years but this...
View ArticleFive Days Until Empire Big Screen at London’s O2
This Friday sees the start of Empire Big Screen, an event for film fans spread over three days at London’s O2. All the big movie studios will be in attendance with panels from Lucasfilm, 20th century...
View ArticleEmpire Big Screen: A Great Weekend for Film Fans
This weekend saw the first annual Empire Big Screen film festival take place at London’s O2 complex, featuring three days of film premières, classic screenings, panel sessions and more. A number of...
View ArticleMedicinema: Providing Big Screen Fun in UK Hospitals
As parents one of the things we most look forward to is the opportunity to share the things we love with our children. Some things we can share from birth, such as supporting a favourite sports team;...
View ArticleEducation Week: Public, Private, State: A Beginner’s Guide to the English...
Growing up within our own different countries, we find ourselves with an innate understanding of our nation’s education system. For Americans, the concepts of grades, school boards and elective...
View Article9/11: A British Perspective
I was fourteen on the day the Twin Towers fell and living in the UK, we had a very different experience of the event. For one, this wasn’t something we woke up to — it happened for us in the ... The...
View ArticleA Weekend at The Asylum Steampunk Convivial
Organised by Major Tinker and the Victorian Steampunk Society, Weekend at The Asylum is the biggest steampunk convivial in Europe and attracts over 1000 steampunks to Lincoln each year, some of whom...
View ArticleOld School Geekery at The National Railway Museum
This post is dedicated to my father, Malcolm Sharpe, who died twenty years ago today and is still deeply missed. I am the daughter of a train spotter, two train spotters if we’re being really honest,...
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Get Ready for The Children’s Republic of Shoreditch
In just two days, on July 4, 2012, a group of kids will take over an area of London. They will rename it The Children's Republic of Shoreditch. There will be passports, an embassy, and many cabinet...
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A Day at Drayton Manor and Thomas Land
Drayton Manor is billed as a family park and is the UK home of Thomas Land (another Thomas themed park is located in Japan). With a train-obsessed two-year-old boy in our house this was obviously the...
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MCM Expo Returns to Manchester
Last weekend I had the chance to attend the second Manchester MCM Expo, held at Manchester Central. Manchester’s geek cred has been growing significantly of late as parts of Captain America: The First...
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Mom, What’s the UK?
"I thought the Olympics was in England," my son wondered. Good question. Names of countries were a topic of conversation around the living room last night while we watched the athletes file in. The...
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