Overviews/Histories
• The British Monarchy (official website)
• Kings and Queens of England & Britain (a nice brief overview)
Maps
• London Map (Google)
Interesting Articles
• Andy Dangerfield, “The lost rivers that lie beneath London.” BBC News, 4 Oct 2015. [read]
Historical Maps
Museums [overview]
• The British Museum [WP] [Video: RickSteves.com] [Video: LondonWalks]
• The British Library [Web Pages on: Magna Carta, Gutenberg Bible. Caxton's editions of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales] [Video: RickSteves.com] [Video: Henry VIII at the Library]
• Natural History Museum [Video: YouTube]
• Sir John Soane’s Museum [Video: YouTube]
• Medieval Gallery of the Museum of London
Art Galleries/Museums [overview]
• Courtauld Gallery [Video: YouTube]
Other Sites in London
• Tower of London [Video: YouTube] [Video: RickSteves.com] [Video: Henry VIII at the Tower]
• Royal Observatory [Video: YouTube]
• St Paul’s Cathedral [Video: YouTube]
• Westminster Abbey [Video: YouTube]
• A map of London street markets
Music and Theatre
• Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre [Video: YouTube]
Outside London
Speaking British
The meanings of some words shift a bit after crossing the Atlantic:
• banger = sausage
• biscuit = cookie
• bollocks = testicles
• bonnet = the hood of a car
• boot = the trunk of a car
• braces = suspenders
• caravan = trailer
• chemist = pharmacist
• chippie = fish and chip shop
• chips = french fries
• cider = alcoholic apple cider
• crisps = potato chips
• fag = cigarette
• fagged = exhausted
• first floor = second floor
• fish = is still fish
• flat = apartment
• football = soccer
• ground floor = first floor
• half-eight = 8:30 (not 7:30)
• High Street = Main Street
• hire = rent
• hoover = vacuum cleaner
• jumper = sweater
• kipper = smoked herring
• knickers = ladies’ panties
• lemonade = lemon soda
• lift = elevator
• loo = toilet
• lorry = truck
• noughts and crosses = tic-tac-toe
• pants = underwear/briefs
• pavement = sidewalk
• people-mover = minivan
• petrol = gasoline
• pissed = drunk
• pitch = playing field
• plaster = Band-Aid
• pram = baby carriage
• public school = private school
• pudding = dessert in general
• queue up = line up
• quid = pound (money)
• rasher = slice of bacon
• rubber = eraser
• skip = dumpster
• snogging = kissing
• sod = a mildly offensive insult
• soda = carbonated water
• solicitor = lawyer
• state school = public school
• stone = 14 pounds (weight)
• subway = underground walkway
• suspenders = garters
• suss out = figure out
• ta = thank you
• telly = TV
• tenner = a ten-pound note
• tick = check mark
• tights = panty hose
• tin = can
• tip = public dump
• top up = refill a drink
• torch = flashlight
• trainers = sneakers
• Tube/underground = subway
• wanker/tosser = idiot/loser
• whacked = exhausted
• zebra crossing = crosswalk
Last update: 28 Dec 2012