Here's a breakdown of what you'll find in the debut issue of the Anglotopia Magazine. The magazine is 64 pages, perfect bound and has over 18,000 words of British goodness. It's going to look beautiful when it's printed, we've chosen a printer known for their quality. It will look great on your bookshelf. The magazine will be a keepsake and you'll want to hold on to them for future reference. Originally published in 2016. Broadchurch Country - Join Mrs. Anglotopia and I as we go on a scenic drive along the Jurassic Coast in Dorset. Wentworth Woodhouse - Learn about one of Britain's most important stately homes and it's uncertain future. Then & Now - A unique look at Trafalgar square in 1841 versus today. Song - Each magazine will feature a song about Britain. This month we feature Jerusalem. The Spanish Armada - The 12 days that saved England. Here we explore this key event in British History and why it's important. Lost in the Pond - British expat Laurence Brown tells us about stuff that he's learned since moving to the USA. What's in a Name? London - A look at the history of the city name London. Poem - Each magazine will feature a poem about Britain. This month we feature England, my England. Manchester Town Hall - A look at one of the most important Victorian era buildings constructed. British Icons: Red Phone Box - Each issue will explore the history of a Great British Icon - this month the iconic Red Phone Box. Popular British Actors - Janna Wong Healy explore 10 newly famous British actors and how they got their start. Anglophile 101 - The British tell time and dates differently, we explain it all. George II - A look at the life of Britain's last Warrior King. Top Ten Bath - A look at the top 10 things you should do in Bath if you're visiting. Churchill's Places - A feature on places to visit in Britain that were important to Sir Winston Churchill. British Art - Each Magazine will feature a classic work of British art and explain its context. Telly Streaming - This month we explore five newer British comedies you must binge watch immediately. Brit Book Corner - A round up of British books that are coming out in the next few months and what we think of each. The Slang Page - Each magazine will feature an exploration of British slang on the final page. Happy Reading!

Requisitioned analyses twenty houses around Britain, who endured a number of varying wartime roles â?? whether they be hospitals, storage areas, troops billets, headquarters for senior staff, or seats of foreign governments in exile. Supported with a wealth of wartime imagery, as well as personal collections from those that resided in the houses, this is a welcome tribute to the country houses that were requisitioned by Churchillâ??s government to serve their country. We all know of Bletchley Parkâ??s role in the war â?? a Victorian mansion and its grounds leased by the Ministry of Defence in the late 1930s and turned into the world-famous codebreaking centre. But Bletchley Park was the rule, rather than the exception â?? countless stately homes were requisitioned, acquired by, or lent to the war effort for all sorts of purposes: military command centres, barracks, hospitals, to house the nationâ??s art collections out of range of the German bombers, listening and monitoring centres (Hanslope Park, Chicksands Priory and Beaumanor Hall all feature in The Secret Listeners), as HQ for MI5, evacuated schools, or even, as in the case of Badminton House, an unwilling refuge for Queen Mary, who arrived with vast retinue unannounced one day and stayed for the duration of the war. Requisitioned, will tell the stories of many famous, and some obscure country houses before, during and after World War Two. In quite a few cases the war did for the house altogether: at Egginton Hall in Derbyshire departing troops left all the taps on and the resultant flooding rought the ceilings down and rotted the woodwork forcing its demolition. Both Shillinglee in Sussex and Appeldurcombe on the Isle of Wight were burnt out by the Canadian or Australian troops billeted there (the latter remains a shell preserved by English Heritage). In other cases like Chicksands or Southwick in Hampshire the house was lost to the military for good, the former saw its estate disfigured by Nissen huts and transmitter masts. For many country houses the pre-war heyday was not matched by the post-war era â?? Wentworth Woodhouse saw its estate grounds opencast-mined; Mentmore saw its contents sold off to pay death duties. Bletchley Park, however â?? a thoroughly undistinguished mansion architecturally â?? has found belated celebrity thanks to its wartime role, though its estate is gone for good as a consequence to the military huts built in the grounds. Certainly in many cases, after the war the house was never the same again.

Wentworth is in Yorkshire and was surrounded by 70 collieries employing tens of thousands of men. It is the finest and largest Georgian house in Britain andbelonged to the Fitzwilliam family. It is England's forgotten palace which belonged to Britain's richest aristocrats. Black Diamonds tells the story of its demise: family feuds, forbidden love, class war, and a tragic and violent death played their part. But coal, one of the most emotive issues in twentieth century British politics, lies at its heart. This is the extraordinary story of how the fabric of English society shifted beyond recognition in fifty turbulent years in the twentieth century.