Tag Archive: England

St. George’s Day – 聖佐治日. 何謂English的意義

自問了解英國傳統,但老實說我也忘了本日是聖佐治日。為何聖佐治日的慶祝活動這麼克制,是個錯綜複雜的文化政治命題

UK Travel Catalogue – 英倫旅記目錄整理

去過的地方,有些覺得值得介紹的,便在部落格中寫下一兩個字。特別是在國際旅客之間不熱門的去處,相信在網路上能搜羅到的資訊亦較不齊全,我自然更需要站前來寫遊記吧。記憶深刻的地方,其實比寫過的地方要多得多,只是我一貫慢吞吞的作風,在旅程完結後數月也未曾動筆,也就好像太遲了吧。

霍格華茲特快號外 — 活米村之旅

然而,車站的每點每處,由月台到候車室,再到標誌的深紅色天橋,都和電影中的完全一般

Where I went last weekend: Wrest Park, Bedford

It took about 10 minutes to walk between Bedford’s railway and bus station, winding through some typically suburban lanes. En-route, there was a modernist Italian church, with the Italian tricolour and the EU flag flapping on the buntings outside; a West Indian social club, draped with handbills for a Jamaican independence day bash; a Polish club, with Euro-pop emanating from the attached bar; and a mosque, dome almost like a Russian Orthodox Church, with taxis parked outside. Middle England.

世界杯・英格蘭的悲傷五階段

英格蘭國家隊,是綠茵場上失望的代名詞:明明是現代足球的發源地,擁有世上最熱切瘋狂的聯賽和球迷之一,但卻總沒法展現出紙面上的水平,長年積弱得讓人只能相信,世界級的英格蘭,只存在幻想,以及1966精華片段當中。談英國歷史,1966年英格蘭在主場奪冠的世界盃是個出奇重要的時刻—要是有時光機,英格蘭人最想回到瞬間之一—大概因為未來會再嬴的機會,大概和時光機的出現相等。

英國雪景:讓人又愛又恨的紛飛雪花

下雪,在英國是樣讓人又愛又恨的的大事:明明如臨大敵,但卻又如此憧憬。

Bristol in the Rain (1)

When: the rainiest weekend of the nascent 2018

Where: Under Brunel’s magnificent arch, Temple Meads station

And there I was, staring at the map whilst sheltering from the downpour, trying to navigate my way to town.

倫敦短線遊 – Bekonscot 世界之窗始祖

佔地廣大,能在旁邊建下山水景觀一兩處。於是Callingham開始為鐵路興建愈發誇張的景色,參照著Beaconsfield一帶的景觀,先建成了一座叫Bekonscot的小鎮,再慢慢的擴建成一個小人國,甚至「開山劈地」的把游泳池改建成湖泊,Bekonscot便漸漸的從模型鐵路進化成模型城市了

Why Hull? For the Hipsterness (2)

//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js Continuing to answer yesterday’s question: Q: Why Hull? A4: For the Hipsterness. Yeah you did read this correctly. Allow me to introduce exhibit A, your honour. //embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js Here’s a street that would… Continue reading

Why Hull? (1) For the Cream Phone Box

//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js …’Why do you want to go to Hull?’ my friend asked, inquisitively. ‘Why not? It’s the City of Culture isn’t it, and it’s got the Turner Prize on, so when else if… Continue reading