Past Bytes...

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12th Night

• History of Twelfth Night (Wikipedia)
• Understanding Twelfth Night, the holiday that Time Forgot
• Debunking the folk history of the Song "The 12 Days of Christmas"
• Index of articles about Twelfth Night
• and because everyone expects it....Guide for Twelfth Night (Brought to you by Penguin)

Armistice Day

• Long history of British royalty at war
• Military service by the members of the British Royal Family
• William the Conqueror (from Royal Family's web site)
• BBC Stories about HRH Prince William's military service

An a completely unrelated link, which was just to good not to share.....British royalty and urban legends

Christmas in the UK

• The Christmas Archive
• English Traditions
• Scottish Traditions
• Welsh Traditions
• Chronology of Santa Claus
• 10 Ages of Christmas (BBC) The section on WWII is particularly interesting
• Holiday favourite Foods from the BBC.
• The beginning of Chistmas Cards
• Dickens "the man who invented Christmas" from the Victorian Web

Guides for Speaking English

• Word Variations
  • English vs. USA
  • British to American/American to British Translator Tool
• Canadian English
• Indian English
• Australian English
• Spelling Differences
• Pronunciation Differences
• Cockney

A night at the Cinema (Mostly British)

• British Cinema
• Brit Movie.com
• British Film Institute's Screenonline
• BBC's "Movies"
• Who's who of Victorian [really!] Cinema
• History at the Movies
  • Modern
  • Medieval
  • Ancient

A bit of reading (instead of the telly....)

• Most popular British Authors from Britain USA
• BBC's interviews with famous writers
• New York Times Book Section
• London Times Book Section
• Childrens' Book Awards
• Books on Tape
• Pulitzer Prizes
• British Literary Awards (from British Arts)

Royal Ascot

• Royal Ascot
• Fashion at Royal Ascot
• BBC Guide to Royal Ascot
• Of Hats and Horse, from Royal Insight
• Hat Designs from Maggie Mae
• Index to links about Horse Racing

Tea with a Byte

• Tea from Knowledgehound
• Making the most of Tea from BBC Food
• Tea Glorious Tea
• Tea Recipes from RazzleDazzle
• Quotes about Tea from Quote Garden
• Tea Time Traditions from Old Fashioned Living
• Tea Sandwiches

Anzac Day (Australia and New Zealand) Past Bytes links are still available

• Information from New Zealands History Net
• Austrailian Department of Veterans Affairs
• BBC
  • Description of the Gallipoli and its aftermath
  • History of World War I
• Recommended Sites for Anzac Research
• ANZAC Biscuits

Ides of March and other Shakesspeare sites....

• Ides of March: Why worrry?
• Shakespeare Forum - Chatting about the bard, 21st century style
• http://www.shakespeare.com/ (by Enotes, like CliffNotes, just digital)
• Complete Works of William Shakespeare - Everything online!
• Index to all things Shakespearan on the Web -
• Folger Library An astounding US resource about Britains famous bard. Includes a for Kids section
• Stratford-upon-Avon - tourism site for Shakespeares home town.
• Shakespearian Films (they forgot West Side Story and other abstractions but still a good listing) from absoluteshakespeare.com.
  
• And now for something completely different: Shakespeare fishing tackle

Brit Coms

• Monty Python
  • Python's Completely Useless Web Site
  • Pythonline
• As Time Goes By
  Are you being served? Virtual Video Vault
• To the Manor Born
• Keeping Up Appearances
• Last of the Summer Wine
• Black Adder
• Brit Coms in the USA

Samhein/Halloween

• BBC on Halloween. The indepth coverage we have come to expect from the BBC....
• Costume History at the Costumer's Manifesto
• Mystery Mags, Haunted Britain
• How is Halloween celebrated in Britain? (from the British Information Service)
• Recipes for Halloween
  • Pumpkin
  • Recipes for kids
  • Creepy Party Foo

Education, British Style

• Eton College
• Harrow
• A Critical View of British Public Schools
• British Education in India
• Education in Great Britain (full text books online)
• History of Education Selected Moments of the 20th Century
• Encyclopaedia of British History: Education 1750-1950
• Public School from Wikipedia

Queen Elizabeth

• Facts about Queen Elizabeth II
• The British Monarchy, official site
• Order of service from the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
• Books from Amazon about Queen Elizabeth
• Where the Royals shop
• About Welsh Corgis
• British Race Horses

Ellis Island

• Ellis Island Immigrants
• Ellis Island / Statue of Liberty
• BBC Immigration and Migration
• NPR Ellis Island Restoration
• Family History - Best Links on the Web from "Family Tree"