July 30, 2006 Emily Bronte born on this day in 1818

July 24, 2006 Diaries of Samuel Pepys web site
Here is a fun way to get your 17th century England fix every day. At Phil Gyford's site 'a new entry written by Pepys will be published each day over the course of several years; 1 January 1660 was published on 1 January 2003.' You can also read "the story so far" and there are wonderful links to background information.

July 18, 2006 Anglophile Books adds new book treasures
The newest books can be viewed chronologically by arrival date or (recommended) alphabetically by author (with shopping cart access).

July 15, 2006 "Peter Pan in Scarlet"
The only authorized sequel (in the UK) to J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan will be published in October. This article also briefly mentions the US prequels published by Disney.

July 13, 2006 Copy of Shakespeare's First Folio to be auctioned at Sothebys
After this article was written the copy, one of 40 complete copies known, sold for £2.8 million.

July 10, 2006 "Best of British" Magazine
This magazine looks intriguing. Are you familiar with it? Would you recommend it to fellow Anglophiles?

July 5, 2006 Looking for fictional heroines
Novelist Susan Hill has made a request on her blog for names of brave and courageous fictional heroines for an upcoming book titled HEROINES. THE BOLD, THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL. Do you have any ideas or comments on the characters already suggested?

July 4, 2006 "Alice in Wonderland" first published in 1865
And of course, in the US, Happy Independence Day (a rather un-Anglophile Holiday...);o)

July 1, 2006 Established in 1879 and originally called Dominion Day

July 1, 2006 MV Doulos the world's largest floating bookstore
Since 1977, a German charity, Gute Bücher für Alle e.V. (Good Books for All), has been operating the MV Doulos, the world's oldest (just two years younger than the Titanic) active ocean-going passenger ship as a bookshop. The ship, crewed entirely by volunteers, is currently in Port Klang, Malaysia until the first of August.