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    We Came From Nowhere

    JULY 2, 2012 8:56AM

    By Joan H.


    Topics: immigration open call, mothers and daughters, jews, italy, england, giving my mother a gift

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 1238 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    A town on top of a hill, in the flattest part of the country

    FEBRUARY 15, 2012 3:23PM

    By Noelle Tankard


    Topics: university, england, travel

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 1485 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    So women can park after all?

    JANUARY 31, 2012 7:02AM

    By Judy Mandelbaum


    Topics: men, women, parking, sexism, sex, gender, gender differences, cliches, england, britain, driving, automobilies

    • Editor's Pick
    • 1 Ratings
    • 1606 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Layers of Time and Existence

    JANUARY 9, 2012 6:41PM

    By Lauren J Barnhart


    Topics: books, belief/religion, environment, fiction, jeanette winterson, sexing the cherry, puritans, england, seattle, the view from my window

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 1123 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Bad Vacation? Treasure the Memory.

    NOVEMBER 4, 2011 1:32PM

    By Holly Robinson


    Topics: humor, lifestyle, holidays, getaways, train travel, appalachian mountain club, amc huts, white mountains, england, florida, spain, family vacations, vacations, family, travel

    • Editor's Pick
    • 22 Ratings
    • 1904 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    Good Advice from a Wise Crone

    OCTOBER 6, 2011 2:08PM

    By Maureen Andrade


    Topics: advice, wisdom, england, ireland, life story, nursing, marriage, style, relationships, boundaries

    • Editor's Pick
    • 1 Ratings
    • 387 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Riots in England Betray Rank Hypocrisy and Corruption

    AUGUST 12, 2011 6:55AM

    By Inderjeet Parmar


    Topics: riots, england, politics

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    • 13 Ratings
    • 13073 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    The London "Rock and Roll" Summers: 48 Lancaster Gate

    JULY 3, 2011 11:51AM

    By Keka


    Topics: travel, musicians, 60s music, 60s london, 70s london, the 70s, the 60s, english slang, british apartment rentals, vacation homes, british vacations, rock groups, groupies, english bands, england, british rock, rock music, music, the who, beatles, british invasion, london

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 1846 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    "Nixon's Waterloo"...MY AMERICAN SCANDAL! (OC)

    JUNE 29, 2011 6:58PM

    By Marilyn Sands


    Topics: comedy, belief/religion, family, news, travel, television, politics, richard nixon, watergate, resignation, pardon, american scandal, w. germany, newspaper, london, england, sarah palin, open salon, confessionals, humor, 1974, open call, the moment i felt most american, headlines, president nixon resigns, gossip

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 3277 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    Why Did Airbus Just Kick Boeing’s Butt?

    JUNE 24, 2011 11:58AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: business, free market ideology, libertarian economics, state-supported enterprises, paris air show, airbus, boeing, a320neo jet, a320, european aeronautic defence and space company n.v., eads, lagardère, france, germany, england, spain, public-private partnerships, fuel-efficient aircraft, boeing and mcdonnell douglas, general motors, economic theory

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 994 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    Riots in Stokes Croft: Started complicated, got worse

    APRIL 30, 2011 3:20AM

    By Noelle Tankard


    Topics: travel, uk, politics, royal wedding, england, riots

    • Editor's Pick
    • 59 Ratings
    • 4185 Views
    • 72 Comments
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    Scrooge Was Right about Christmas

    DECEMBER 22, 2010 11:31AM

    By john blumenthal


    Topics: belief/religion, books, comedy, family, food/drink, movies, ebenezer scrooge, scrooge, fred, industrial revolution, fop, bob cratchit, tiny tim, cholera, st. nick, sewage disposal, refuse, thames, england, british, cuisine, checkbooks, joyous, assisted living, rat-finfested, 1843, story, london, a christmas carol, christmas, dickens, royal family, miser, curmudgeon

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 844 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    Murder and Mayhem in a Parked Car

    NOVEMBER 9, 2010 1:38PM

    By Holly Robinson


    Topics: mystery novels, reading, books, elly griffiths, erin hart, p.d. james, dorothy sayers, elizabeth george, writers, mystery writers, england, british mysteries, lord peter wimsey, mystery writers, writing, voodoo

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 11304 Views
    • 30 Comments
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    The Idiot and Non-Idiot's Guide to the 2010 FIFA World Cup

    JUNE 10, 2010 11:28PM

    By Gus Sanchez


    Topics: fifa world cup, soccer, football, brazil, england, argentina, spain, usa, netherlands, france, ivory coast, italy, portugal, chile, serbia, germany, south africa, sports

    • Editor's Pick
    • 31 Ratings
    • 6697 Views
    • 41 Comments
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    Spotted Dick & Other Curiosities of the English Larder

    MAY 13, 2010 9:09AM

    By Linda Shiue


    Topics: food, england, spotted dick, francis lam, salon

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 2183 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    R.I.P. Alexander McQueen (1969-2010)

    FEBRUARY 11, 2010 11:48AM

    By gaypersonsofcolor


    Topics: united kingdom, england, london, isabella blow, fashion, alexander mcqueen

    • Editor's Pick
    • 20 Ratings
    • 3861 Views
    • 29 Comments
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    Travel Journal: York, Haworth & Brontes, oh my!

    APRIL 27, 2009 1:18PM

    By Nelle Engoron


    Topics: mortality again, death, england, york, brontes, trains, travel, haworth, roadie

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 662 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Elizabeth and Victoria

    NOVEMBER 6, 2008 8:45AM

    By Sgt. Mom


    Topics: queen, england, elizabeth, victoria, history, feminine

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 541 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Curious Things

    OCTOBER 14, 2008 9:09AM

    By Sgt. Mom


    Topics: england, youth hostel, brighton beach, hamburgers, fast food, foodie tuesday

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 6361 Views
    • 28 Comments
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    An Autograph Book

    SEPTEMBER 17, 2008 6:38PM

    By bbd


    Topics: art, england, edwardian age, history, archive, family, autograph book

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