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Oliver Dowden meets Martha Lytton Cobbold at Knebworth FEATURE | An American President Championing British Heritage
By Martha Lytton Cobbold
Streamlined Tube Train FEATURE | Transatlantic ‘Logo’motives
By Jonathan Glancey
National Day of Mourning FEATURE | The Wampanoag View of Thanksgiving
By Michael Burland
Happy Thanksgiving FEATURE | 10 Activities for Thanksgiving 2020
By The American
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Malin Craig FEATURE | General Malin Craig: The Chief Enabler of America’s Organizer of Victory
By David T. Ząbecki
Virtual PMQs FEATURE | Keep Calm and Go Digital
By Daniel M Byway
Rev Swifty’s Election Countdown FEATURE | Rev Swifty’s Election Countdown

British Sailors Boarding a Man of War FEATURE | Do the roots of America’s political system lie in a two hundred year old mutiny?
By Angus Konstam
State of the Union FEATURE | FOMO Across the Ocean
By Adam M Lowenstein
Dan Snow’s History Hit FEATURE | Dan Snow's History Hit: Mayflower 400
By Michael Burland
Car Dealership FEATURE | 5 Steps to Car Ownership in the UK
By Barry Donaghue
Henry Perry Robinson FEATURE | The British “Dude” and an American President
By Joseph McAleer
Lenin Plot Cover FEATURE | America’s Lenin Plot
By Barnes Carr
American Troops FEATURE | Rome under Occupation: A WWII City In Terror
By Victor Failmezger
All the Places We Cannot See (Yet) 2 FEATURE | All the Places We Cannot See (Yet) 2
By Peter Lawler
Olvera Spain FEATURE | Portugal and Spain – Best of Both Worlds
By Bruce Joffe
Flag and Ballot FEATURE | Because Biden Wears a Mask!
By Peter Lawler
Loyd Grossman and Bernini’s Pulcino della Minerva statue FEATURE | INTERVIEW | Loyd Grossman
By Michael Burland
Doolin, County Clare FEATURE | All the Places We Cannot See (Yet)
By Peter Lawler
A View of Jerusalem FEATURE | An Imagination of Muslims and Native Americans
By Alan Mikhail
Vanderbilt and Fisk Great Race Cartoon FEATURE | Iron Empires – The Growth of the American Railroad
By Michael Hiltzik
John Robert ‘Bobby’ Runnells and his wife, Virmadella Jester FEATURE | Commemoration of VJ-Day, 15 August 1945
By Suzie Harrison and Matt Brown
Betty Karash FEATURE | My Immigrant Aunt And The Occupation Of Japan
Education of John Adams FEATURE | John Adams, Revolutionary and Man of Law
By Historian R. B. Bernstein examines how John Adams brought English Constitutionalism to America
Drive-In FEATURE | Re-living the Drive In: A Very American Pastime in Britain
Johanna Hoffman FEATURE | How MI5 and the FBI Brought Down the Nazis in America
The Cadillac Three FEATURE | 10 Questions For… The Cadillac Three
A Masserschmitt shot down FEATURE | To Defeat The Few
Clink Museum FEATURE | The Mayflower’s Medieval Prison Past
King George VI, President Roosevelt and Canadian PM William Mackenzie King FEATURE | The Royal 'Hot Dog' Picnic
Sunset FEATURE | Expat or Immigrant, Fugitive or Refugee?
NC-4 FEATURE | The First Transatlantic Plane
President Reagan meets Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in Bonn FEATURE | Margaret Thatcher: From ‘Iron Lady’ to Go-Between
LBJ and Robert McNamara FEATURE | History’s refrains: A fresh telling of the Vietnam War finds lessons for today’s wars
Seal of North Carolina FEATURE | The 1775 Declaration of Independence … or was it?
Edinburgh FEATURE | My Isolation Station
Grave of Emma E Seely FEATURE | Sisters in Arms
Lucean Arthur Headen FEATURE | The African-American Inventor in England
Dick Merrill and Jack Lambie FEATURE | The Transatlantic Triumphs of Dick Merrill
Phillis Wheatley Frontispiece FEATURE | Phillis Wheatley's London Tribute
Compton Castle FEATURE | American Artists who Illustrated Britain
Gorbachev and Reagan FEATURE | Shields of the Republic: The US and its International Relations
Charities Aid Foundation
Hope Memorial Bridge. FEATURE | Hope in Ohio: Tackling the Rust Belt Cliche
Dog grooming FEATURE | 21 Ideas on How to Handle the Lockdown
The Great Escape FEATURE | Lockdown Lessons from History
HEB line FEATURE | COVID in America – What Life’s Like in the States
Croquet FEATURE | British Summer Time
Richard Wendorf and gardeners FEATURE | Living Through History
Dispatches from Lockdown FEATURE | Dispatches from Lockdown
Empty Dublin streets FEATURE | CoronaThoughts - "Go 1-0 Today"
Lawrence of Arabia FEATURE | Lawrence of Arabia: Legend or Genius?
Beth Erskine Working From Home FEATURE | Now You’re Working From Home
Dare to Imagine a Righteous Black FEATURE | Dare to Imagine a Righteous Black
Sunrise FEATURE | Listen To Mother – Mother Nature’s Lesson to humanity
Laptop Social Media FEATURE | Online Ways to Unlock The Lockdown
David McCullough’s 1776 FEATURE | Reading Rocks During Lockdown
Home Working FEATURE | Is Everything Better In Your Pyjamas?
1Lt Lyle J Doerr. All photos courtesy Cambridge American Cemetery FEATURE | Faces of Cambridge: 1Lt Lyle J Doerr
National Symbol by Alfred Cohen FEATURE | Alfred Cohen: An American Artist in Europe
Churchill WW2 FEATURE | Sent By The Iron Sky
Houses of Parliament Books FEATURE | Read All About The House of Commons Library
Six Nations FEATURE | Europe’s Super Bowl – The Six Nations
Houses of Parliament FEATURE | The Houses of Parliament are a Thrill!
Duke and Duchess of Sussex FEATURE | Meghan and Harry's Exodus
Revd Michael Curry FEATURE | Bishop Curry in London – Unforgettable
Carol Gould FEATURE | My 44 years in Great Britain
Major Jerry FEATURE | The ‘Tail’ of Major Jerry
Sir Ranulph Fiennes FEATURE | Exploring The Mayflower with Sir Ranulph Fiennes
W.E.B. Du Bois Art Work: Distribution of Negroes in the United States FEATURE | W.E.B. Du Bois exhibition ‘Charting Black Lives’ in London
The Mayflower Steps FEATURE | Plymouth and the Mayflower
Exercise Tiger FEATURE | Slapton Secrets
Robert Hecker FEATURE | The Lucky Bombardier
Thomas Paines Bones are brought back to Manchester FEATURE | ‘The times have found us’ – the Bones of Thomas Paine
Halloween FEATURE | Halloween and other “American” things
Head Table at The Savoy FEATURE | A History of the American Society in London’s Thanksgiving
Winston Churchill FEATURE | Colouring British History
US UK Passports FEATURE | Americans Rejected for UK Visas
Suranne Jones as Anne Lister FEATURE | The Listers of Gentleman Jack – the American connection
AR-15 assalt rifle FEATURE | Shooters
Cllr Nancy Baldwin FEATURE | London’s American Mayor
Charities Aid Foundation
J-P Conte FEATURE | The American Dream is Beautiful
Duke and Duchess of Sussex FEATURE | Meghan’s Tough Year
Five American Aviators FEATURE | The American Aviatrixes
German Generals relaxed and walking the grounds of Trent Park with their British minders FEATURE | When The Walls Had Ears…
Mr Speaker in Parliament FEATURE | Mr Speaker Explains Parliamentary Language
Barn Cottage Gate FEATURE | From Wyoming to the West Country: Welcome to Cotswolds Farm
John Bercow, Speaker of the House of Commons, at the Brookings Institution in Washington FEATURE | Mr Speaker Goes to Washington
SBD-3 Dauntless bombers of VS-8 FEATURE | Wade McClusky: Hero of the Battle of Midway
Painting of the R34 FEATURE | The First East to West Transatlantic Flight
Moon landing 50th FEATURE | Steve Bales - the man who said 'Go!’ to the moon landing
Airborne by Ian Gardner FEATURE | D-Day from the Air
US Assault Training Center Image One FEATURE | The WW2 US Assault Training Center in Devon
The new Cleveland Clinic building at 33 Grosvenor Place (artist’s impression) FEATURE | Cleveland Clinic to open in London: interview with CEO
Gail Peck alongside his F-4D FEATURE | Gail Peck: Flying the F-4D Phantom II in Vietnam
D-Day Rehearsals at Slapton Sands FEATURE | What Happened during Exercise Tiger?
Harriet Quimby FEATURE | Headlines from Anglo-American History: Harriet Quimby
Osprey Publishing
Ken Small and Laurie Bolton FEATURE | Laurie Bolton Marks 75 Years Since Exercise Tiger
Tony Foulds on the BBC Breakfast Red Sofa. All photos © George Storr FEATURE | Our UK-US relationship is still special
The White Cliffs of Dover. Photo © VJ Kombajn FEATURE | Brexit for Americans
International Pancake Day FEATURE | International Pancake Day 2019
Sheffield Mi Amigo flypast FEATURE | Brits and Americans come together in Sheffield to pay tribute to the Mi Amigo crew
Caerphilly FEATURE | A Postcard From Wales
Peter Sommer Travels
The first electric train on trial on the Metropolitan line, 1904 FEATURE | American influence on London’s Underground trains
Edward McKnight Kauffer Posters FEATURE | The American designers who shaped how we see London
Charles Tyson Yerkes FEATURE | The American Father of the London Underground
Glenn Miller FEATURE | The Glenn Miller Project
Enron FEATURE | The Ethics of Enron
Battle of Hastings Feature FEATURE | Reliving 1066: The Battle of Hastings
Rangers Ready for Parachute Training FEATURE | Run to the Sound of the Guns
General Garrison leading the remembrance service for the fallen following the October 3 battle FEATURE | Leave No Man Behind – the true story of Black Hawk Down
Gary and Mary Ann Maibach during Gary’s training as a medic at Fort Sam Houston, Texas during 1966. (© Gary Maibach) FEATURE | Charlie Company's Journey Home
Jesse L Brown and Tom Hudner FEATURE | The Frozen Chosen: The story of Jesse Brown and Tom Hudner
Navy test pilot performs a test flight in a captured Ki-61-Ia “Tony” above NAS Patuxent River, MD in 1944. Photo: NARA FEATURE | Intelligence Gatherers on Japanese Air Power during World War II
Ambassador Woody Johnson FEATURE | A Thanksgiving Message from Ambassador Woody Johnson
Northwick Close FEATURE | My 40 Years in St John's Wood
Snapdragon FEATURE | Snapdragon: A World War II Story Told Through Photographs
Holiday Helper FEATURE | A Helping Hand this Holiday Season
Doughboys Make Good Poster FEATURE | America Enters The Great War
US First Division FEATURE | Did America Win World War I?
US Territorial Map FEATURE | 200 Years Since the Anglo-American Convention
Survivors of Exercise Tiger with the memorial Sherman tank at Slapton Sands FEATURE | Exercise Tiger: The Forgotten Dead
Beth Erskine FEATURE | My Expat Life: Beth Erskine
David Cameron and Barack Obama FEATURE | The Special Relationship Defined
Ladies Gallery FEATURE | The Blouses of Parliament
Walking across America FEATURE | Hear from the US and UK veterans Walking across America
Diane Green FEATURE | Parliament's Transatlantic Tour Guide
Alex Eichhorn FEATURE | Americans and Brits walking across the UK for Charity
Inside the American Embassy FEATURE | Take a look behind the scenes of the American Embassy in London
Amy Gordon CAF FEATURE | Once you go Expat, you never go back!
Alex Kihurani FEATURE | Alex Kihurani's perception of leadership is turned upside down by Rallying
Jack Johnson FEATURE | Jack Johnson: The Rise and Fall of the Galveston Giant
Frederick Douglass FEATURE | Bristol marks the Frederick Douglass Bicentennial
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle FEATURE | We look at the dates, times and details of the big Royal Wedding!
Orvis FEATURE | US BRAND SPOTLIGHT | Headquartered in Vermont, available in the UK! We look at the US Brand Orvis.
Orvis FEATURE | FATHER'S DAY GIFT GUIDE | Stuck for ideas? Explore Orvis' UK products and enjoy a 15% discount
Dad’s Army FEATURE | Miss Patricia Makes Britain Great Again
USS Wasp FEATURE | Midnight Sun, Morning Star - Jeffrey Cox talks to The American about the Pacific Theater of World War II
Stonehenge FEATURE | A Postcard from Wessex - Stonehenge, Bath, Avebury and More
Walk the Bryson Line FEATURE | Walk The Bryson Line with fellow Americans this Summer to raise funds for Charity
Parliament Vote 100 FEATURE | How Women Got the Vote in Britain
Hadrian's Wall FEATURE | Exploring Roman History in the UK at Hadrian's Wall
Chips PDSA Dickin Medal FEATURE | WWII hero dog awardedTop Honor
Congressman George Holding
FEATURE | The new US Embassy opens in London, Nine Elms in early 2018. Here are Nine Ways you can travel to Nine Elms!
Charlottesville vigil, Washington FEATURE | My Southern Roots: a Jewish Odyssey by Carol Gould
August 22, 2017
Calcio Fiorentino FEATURE | Calcio Storico Fiorentino
July 28, 2017
Michele McPhee, Rome FEATURE | Remade In Italy: Michele McPhee escapes death threats in the US and moves to bella Italia
July 11, 2017

expats at Big Ben FEATURE | 6 TOP TIPS for American expats in the UK

Mike Orton Toliver with Removal Document FEATURE | Borderline Crazy: Get deported, write a sitcom

FEATURE | Stately Homes

FEATURE | Corfu Caper

FEATURE | Miss Patricia's column: M&S Charms One's Pants Off

FEATURE | Shooting Permits in the UK

FEATURE | NY Street Food in London: Abiye Cole & Big Apple Hot Dogs

FEATURE | My Expat Life: From Miami to Winchester, Daniel Tirado

FEATURE | Why Rachel Mariner wrote Bill Clinton Hercules, the play about the Big Dog

FEATURE | Playwright & lawyer Rachel Mariner learns to love unfamiliar waters

Crepe City FEATURE | Crepe City... What or Where?

Agnete, Norwegian Eurovision entry FEATURE | Why Americans Should Learn To Stop Worrying And Love... Eurovision

Scilly Star Castle
FEATURE | Scilly Isles, Britain's Secret Getaway

Shakespeare bust, Holy Trinity Church FEATURE | Shakespeare 400

Heap of Bicycles, Photo: Iwan Gabovitch FEATURE | Miss Patricia's column: On Yer Bikes

Harry Shearer FEATURE | Harry Shearer on New Orleans: Katrina 10 Years On

Althorp_c-Andrew-Walker FEATURE | Miss Patricia Visits Althorp

Student FEATURE | Building a Case for US Universities
Spending Your Child's Summer Months Wisely: Strategies to impress admissions departments in American universities
Orduna FEATURE | A survivor of the Atlantic Convoy
Carol Gould tells the story of one of the Greatest Generation.
D-Day - Landing at- Normandy. Photo: Robert Capa FEATURE | D-Day 70th: Lest We Forget
Carol Gould remembers those who gave their lives to liberate Europe and talks to the survivors.
Into the Jaws of Death, Robert F Sargent FEATURE | The Bedford Boys: D–Day Heroes
The story of the small–town Americans who led the way and paid the price on that fateful day.
The National D–Day Memorial FEATURE | The National D–Day Memorial
The US's memorial to the valor, fidelity, and sacrifice of the Allied Forces who landed in Normandy on June 6, 1944.
The American FEATURE | Benjamin Franklin in Britain
The London haunts of a Transatlantic hero, who first arrived here aged 19.
6 Californias FEATURE | Secession: Should I stay or should I go?
Comparing Scotland's referendum and California's mini–state movement
Anti-Syria-War-March-Chicago-20130910_photo by Mikasi FEATURE | Freedom for Syria, Speech and the Press
70% of Americans believe Syria should not be bombed by the US. Alan D Miller argues that sometimes to do nothing is the right thing.
Royal Marines Challenge FEATURE | Journalists Who Risk All
The bravery of Lyse Doucet (pictured) and her foreign correspondent colleagues who daily face death to bring us the news from the world's trouble spots
Alan Miller FEATURE | Who Are We – And How Are We To Live?
Ideas have consequences and it's up to all of us to get engaged, perhaps at The Academy in London in July, says Alan Miller
The American FEATURE | My Jewish mother and her beautiful black blood
Carol Gould remembers the African Americans who saved her mother's life and wonders why anonymous emailers still call Obama a Muslim and a Nazi.
The American FEATURE | When Vacations lead to Separations
September and January are family lawyers' busiest months. Here's our advice on how to ease those vacation tensions.
The American FEATURE | Missing You Already
The treats that drive expat Americans to distraction
Girl with money picture for The American magazine FEATURE | Money Means Choice
"Money doesn't buy happiness," Virginia's father told her, but it does make life a little easier.
Guy Fawkes picture FEATURE | Guy Fawkes, The Gunpowder Plot and Bonfire Night
To people new here – and to many who've always lived here – the celebration of the gunpowder plot seems very confused and strange. Mary Bailey helps explain.
6 Californias FEATURE | Fifty Years Beyond US Borders
As Democrats Abroad reaches its half century, Sharon Manitta explains how it started and what its role is today.
The American FEATURE | When Summer Vacation leads to Separation
September and January are family lawyers' busiest months. Here's our advice on how to ease those vacation tensions.
Guy Fawkes picture FEATURE | Guy Fawkes, The Gunpowder Plot and Bonfire Night
To people new here – and to many who've always lived here – the celebration of the gunpowder plot seems very confused and strange. Mary Bailey helps explain. more...
FEATURE | Praia da Luz
The American's Virginia Schultz visits Praia da Luz, the resort where young Madeline McCann disappeared. Here is her personal view of the tragedy that filled the media.
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