Category Archives: The Brit List

The Brit List: 10 British Actors and Actresses Who Could Get Oscar Nominations

By Leah Rozen | Posted on December 2nd, 2012

Helen Mirren and Anthony Hopkins, both possible Oscar contenders, in 'Hitchcock' (Fox Searchlight)

Every year right about this time, handicapping for the Oscars begins. Who will be nominated for an Academy Award? Who will win?

The Brit List: Top Five Oscar Wilde Epigrams

By Leah Rozen | Posted on November 29th, 2012

Oscar Wilde, in an 1882 photo taken by Napoleon Sarony.

Here at Anglophenia, we’re just wild about Oscar Wilde, which is why we are solemnly noting tomorrow’s 112th anniversary of his death.

The Brit List: Five British Holidays Americans May Not Know About

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on November 22nd, 2012

Greetings from Britfordshire, and a happy Thanksgiving to one and all!

Is that right? Is that how you say it?

The Brit List: Five British Terms for the Unemployed

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on November 20th, 2012

A British dole queue. The past. (AP Photo)

Made Redundant

Let’s start with the nicest possible way to go from being in gainful employment to not being in gainful employment, when your job ceases to exist. It’s nothing you’ve done wrong, it’s merely that the company ...

The Brit List: Five Recent British Hits, Covered By YouTubers

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on November 19th, 2012

Last week I had a bit of a moment getting grumpy about the gentrification of pop music, with particular reference to deliberately minimal and maudlin cover versions of old hits for the sake of advertisers. But that doesn’t mean ...

The Brit List: Five Great British Political Dramas

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on November 5th, 2012

David Morrissey and John Simm in State of Play

Greetings from Limeytown! I’m told you’re having something of an election thing this week? Well, jolly good luck with it, and I hope you get the representative you feel you deserve.

The Brit List: 10 British Words That Don’t Have a U.S. Equivalent

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on October 25th, 2012

Blag A little item of criminal slang that has found its way into common use. To blag something is to get it for free, possibly without deserving to.

The Brit List: 10 Weird Ways To Break Your Phone In Britain

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on October 24th, 2012

A cow. In a field. (This will become relevant, don't panic)

Hey, everyone has a clumsy moment from time to time. And sometimes the only way to put that moment right is to call your insurers.

The Brit List: 10 American Words or Phrases Adopted by Brits

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on October 22nd, 2012

Bill and Ted: every bit as influential as their film said they were

In a forgotten corner of England’s green and (mostly) pleasant land — sure as the sun rises over the cricket pitch and the flies buzz around the damp thatch atop the old Post Office — some retired Colonel in the home ...

The Brit List: 15 Cool Uses for a London Black Cab

By Brigid Brown | Posted on October 15th, 2012

London black cabs will never lose their allure. The ride can be a bit pricey, but when you’re traveling in Britain’s capital, it’s nice to treat yourself. You definitely are traveling in style.