March 27, 2006 Happy Birthday Aaron H.
I can't believe you are 8 already!

March 26, 2006 Happy Mothering Sunday
Happy Mom's Day to everyone in the UK.

March 20, 2006 Information on British surnames
Search this site for your family name and see how your family has spread
or declined in the UK over the years and where most of the people with
your name are located.

March 20, 2006 R.I.P. Humphrey, the Downing Street cat
The black and white stray wandered into 10 Downing Street in 1989 when
it was occupied by then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. He 'retired'
in 1997 and was believed to be 18 years old when he died some time last
week at the home of a civil servant. (Our employees of the feline
persuasion asked us to post this.)

March 19, 2006 Twelve British Books that have changed the world
When Melvyn Bragg set out to pick the books that changed mankind he
found himself making some startling choices. What books have changed your
life or your perception of the world?

March 17, 2006 Great British Design Quest
The Penguin paperback book was one of 25 iconic designs originally chosen by a panel of experts for this competition. The contest, organised by BBC 2's The Culture Show and the Design Museum in London, has chosen the Concorde as the best British design. The now defunct Concorde, (beat 'by a nose, of course') Harry Beck's 1931 Tube Map.

March 17, 2006 Short breaks for Mothering Sunday
Mothering Sunday is March 26th. Here is a list of some great ideas for Mum and daughter breaks that includes a visit to Jane Austen's Winchester, Orient Express’ Mother’s Day lunch, or a trip to the Isle of Wight. (Wish we could do all of these!)

March 17, 2006 Happy St. Patrick's day
"May your blessings outnumber the shamrocks that grow,
and may trouble avoid you wherever you go."

March 14, 2006 Six-year-old to become published author
Six-year old Sana Khan, from Tooting, is set to become one of the youngest published female authors in the UK.

When was the last time you worked on that book of yours? Need inspiration? The BBC has a 'get writing' web site which might be just what you need.

"Books to the ceiling, books to the sky.
My piles of books are a mile high.
How I love them! How I need them!
I'll have a long beard by the time I read them." --Arnold Lobel, children's author and illustrator


Mar 14, 2006 Anglophile Books has new arrivals
The newest books can be viewed chronologically by arrival date or (recommended) alphabetically by author (with shopping cart access).

March 9, 2006 Virginia Woolf delivers her first novel
Thirty-one-year-old writer Virginia Woolf delivers the manuscript of 'The Voyage Out' to her publisher on this date in 1913. It was also the 21st birthday of Vita Sackville-West, the inspiration for Woolf's novel 'Orlando'. Woolf did not met Sackville-West until 1925, the same year Woolf published 'Mrs. Dalloway'.


March 8, 1859 Kenneth Grahame, author of 'The Wind in the Willows' was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Somehow I missed reading this delightful book as a child. I am sure we have copies in stock, they just aren't on the web site yet. Please inquire.