Category Archives: The Brit List

Five American Things The Brits Have Never Found Cool

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on April 10th, 2013

Don’t be getting all up in my grill, this is just the flipside of the feature we ran a while ago about American things the Brits always find cool. It’s a yin/yang thing, so be cool, yeah?

Move Over Nessie: Five Mythical British Beasts

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on March 4th, 2013

The Loch Ness monster is one of the most famous mythical beasts in the world, up there with Sasquatch and the yeti and the perfect wife for TV’s Simon Cowell. But Nessie is by no means the only made-up beastie to come from the ...

The Brit List: Five Ways Americans Ruined the English Language

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on January 29th, 2013

There’s a phrase used in robotics – the uncanny valley – that describes the problem of building a robot and making it look human. Broadly speaking, the closer to reality you get, the ickier your robot becomes.

The Brit List: 7 Famous Transatlantic Couples

By staff | Posted on January 25th, 2013

Paul and Linda in 1990. (AP Photo/Aubrey Reuben)

Tonight (January 25) at 11/10c, BBC America premieres its latest Brit List special Top 20 Women Who Date Across the Pond, which counts down the biggest female celebrities who have found love with men from the other side of Atlantic.

WATCH: Dominic Monaghan Co-Hosts ‘The Brit List’s: The Top 20 Most Outrageous Celebrities, U.S. vs. UK’

By Brigid Brown | Posted on January 3rd, 2013

Dominic Monaghan, host of Wild Things (Air Date: 1/22), is well suited to join Brit List host Asha Leo in counting down the Top 20 Most Outrageous Celebrities, U.S.

Gallery: The Brits Who Defined 2012

By staff | Posted on December 31st, 2012

Queen Elizabeth II: Is there a stronger candidate for Brit of 2012? Britain mobilized behind their 86-year-old monarch to celebrate her 60 years on the throne. And her appearance as a Bond girl in the Olympics opening ceremony only heightened her cool factor. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

With the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, the Olympics, Bond’s 50th anniversary, and Doctor Who putting all eyes on the UK in the past twelve months, who were the British celebrities who made 2012 the remarkable year that was? Click ...

The Brit List: The Best and Worst of 2012′s British Movies

By Leah Rozen | Posted on December 29th, 2012

The cast of 'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' - including Bill Nighy (left) Dame Judi Dench (center), Dev Patel (6th left) and Celia Imrue (right) arriving for the UK premiere. (Yui Mok/AP Images)

It’s awards season in Hollywood and we here at Anglophenia are doing our bit. We are handing out awards of our own – let’s call them the Anglies – to recognize both the high and low points for British movies in 2012.

The Brit List: The Greatest British Viral Videos Of 2012

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on December 13th, 2012

Note: As with all of our ‘greatest’ lists, the greatness of these videos is not open to debate. They are great on a scale that has yet to be accurately measured by science, even if some of them are a little NSFW.

The Brit List: 10 Greatest British Songs of 2012

By Fraser McAlpine and Kevin Wicks | Posted on December 12th, 2012

Note: this is not a subjective list made by two members of the Anglophenia writing team. This is a statement of scientific fact.

How To Add A Touch Of Class To Anything: Add An ‘Old English…’

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on December 4th, 2012

Language makes suckers of us all. You only have to look at eBay to see how easily a word like rare or vintage can make any old crap look more attractive than it really is.