Americans are simply in love with England. There are many reasons to love England, but here are the top fifteen, from the accents to the royalty to the literature.
The street was a nightmarish jumble of debris and bodies. RAF gunner Bill Figg was on leave in his home district and witnessed the grisly aftermath. “I saw this big Army truck with four bodies slumped over the back,” he recalled. “In the middle of the road there was a head. All ...
Moreover, countries like the U.K. have a statutory requirement entitling staff to 28 paid days of leave a year if you’re a full-time employee. In the U.S. it is not a legal requirement for staff to be given any paid time off. However,according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics,...
Only a moral imbecile, for instance would look at the way Scorsese portrayed Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) and think it a portrait of a figure to be emulated, but some did, or, at least, so I am told. Fair enough: even I wasn’t above feeling the seductiveness of what...
I don't speak the language. I asked if I could go back to Ireland instead since my dad is from there and he said no, I wouldn't belong there either. It was someone genuinely expressing their want for me to leave.""I feel very deeply American and have deep pride for this country ...
Ireland plans to lift that quarantine period for travelers from select countries starting July 9, Reuters reports. The U.K. is planning to do the same. But given the status in the U.S., it's unlikely Americans will get a reprieve. What's Flying, Anyways? Even if you're allowed, it...
Like Ireland, rural Germany in the 1840s was suddenly hit by famine precipitated by the potato blight. Because the 1848 revolutions in Europe failed to bring democracy to Germany, several thousand fugitives left for America in addition to the nearly 750,000 other Germans who immigrated to ...
Americans, like many people elsewhere in the world, like to invite friends to their homes for an evening of food, drink and conversation. Formal dinners, in fine homes and hotels in the United States are much the same as formal dinners anywhere in the world. But as most people in the Un...
It took me almost two days to wait for her in order to return her 45 to her. I didn't get as much as “thank you.” 46 ,I felt good because I had done what was right. I think I felt better than she 47 . I was born and brought up in Ireland until I was nineteen years ...
The 2016 referendum on EU membership polarized the country with London, Scotland and Northern Ireland voting heavily in favor of remaining in the EU, and the rest of England and Wales wanting to leave or "sitting on the fence." Needless to say, the British public and EU are both exasperated...