Above: the interior of Shakespeare’s Birthplace all done up with new fancy decorations. The kids love it. Though never explicitly mentioning him by name, Henry James’ short story The Birthplace refers to the… Read More →

It seemed an obvious choice for me to make my journey out to Hampstead Heath. I wanted to feel the same sense of relaxation that Keats evokes in his poem Long In City… Read More →

It seems impossible to describe the frenetic pace of London other than through panorama. I’ll keep adding to the collection here: Fortnum and Mason The Royal Academy of the Arts A big roundabout… Read More →

Yesterday, we migrated up to Regent’s College and settled ourselves in our dormitories. I’m staying in Reid Hall, which dates back to the Victorian era and is set within one of the most… Read More →

-English construction workers are everywhere in this part of town, mostly renovating very old apartment complexes. The weird thing is, only like one or two men in each crew seems to do anything at any… Read More →

Just got in from salt lake.  It’s awful humid though, and I’m encircled by sweaty people with British accents at the gate, waiting to board the flight to Heathrow. Our descent/landing was pretty… Read More →

Well the line for security is obscene, but spirits are high. Who knew there’d be such a rush to leave salt lake on a Thursday morning. As far as I know there’s nothing… Read More →