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Dame Helen Mirren’s Play Breaks Cinema Records

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on June 18th, 2013

Dame Helen Mirren as HM the Queen in 'The Audience'

What? Nothing unusual or weird about that headline at all.

So, the story is this, on June 13, a live broadcast of Dame Helen Mirren’s West End play The Audience, in which she plays Queen Elizabeth II, was broadcast to cinemas across Britain and in the U.S.

10 British Things About Abraham Lincoln

By Paul Hechinger | Posted on June 17th, 2013

Abraham Lincoln, Jan. 8, 1864, in a photo by Mathew Brady (Library of Congress)

Abraham Lincoln and the British? Surely these folks at Anglophenia must be joking, you must be thinking to yourself.

WATCH: Wowsers in Me Trousers! How Baseball Would Sound If Brits Were Commentators

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on June 17th, 2013

Nice PJs: Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester. (Photo: Bill Kostroun/AP)

British Internet comedian Anthony Richardson subjects America’s pastime to a thorough British skewering in this clip that went viral over the weekend, providing wry commentary to a Red Sox-Yankees game as if it were simply a ...

PHOTOS: The Queen’s Official Birthday and Trooping the Colour

By Brigid Brown | Posted on June 17th, 2013

Queen Elizabeth II makes her departure. (AP)

The annual “Trooping the Colour” ceremony was held to mark Queen Elizabeth’s official birthday. The parade originates from traditional battle preparations.

Adele, ‘Blackadder’ and PJ Harvey Honoured By The Queen

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on June 17th, 2013

Blackadder Goes Forth (l - r: Tim McInerney, Rowan Atkinson, Stephen Fry, Tony Robinson, Hugh Laurie)

The Queen’s Birthday Honours List was published on Friday, and among the 1,800 or so names, honours have been given to more than a few familiar names to Anglophenia readers.

David Tennant Wins Emmy for ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on June 15th, 2013

Here’s a nice early morning surprise for those of us burning the midnight oil: David Tennant is an Emmy winner now, people.

10 British Things About Philadelphia

By Brigid Brown | Posted on June 14th, 2013

The PHS flower show definitely had the "wow" factor this year. (PHS)

There’s more to Philly than its cheesesteaks. Check out 10 British things going on around town:

Brit Binge Watching: Five Historical Dramas You Can View Online

By Brigid Brown | Posted on June 14th, 2013

Pssst, have you heard? Copper is making its way back to BBC America on Sunday, June 23 at 10/9c. We’re pretty excited and it has us thinking, what other historical dramas can we catch up on?

The Greatest Dads Of ‘Doctor Who’

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on June 14th, 2013

Brian Willams, father of Rory, grandfather of Melody Pond.

This Sunday, families all over the world pay homage (in the form of last-minute cards) to menfolk. It’s Father’s Day, which means the chance of a family gathering, possibly involving a nice meal, and for the dads, the chance ...

‘Downton Abbey’ News Roundup: Roles Are Stacking Up

By Leah Rozen | Posted on June 14th, 2013

Downton Abbey’s cast members are in demand, no matter whether still on the show or departed.

Hot on the heels of news that the hit British TV series’ Hugh Bonneville is in discussions for a sizable role in a movie about Paddington Bear comes word that two other Downtonites, Dan Stevens and Sophie McShera, have new ...