Halloween
As my American friends post pictures of their kids' massive Halloween hauls and adorable costumes, it might be tempting for an English...
Our Londonversary
Eight years ago today, Tom and I moved from New York to London. We walked to our last diner lunch in a driving snowstorm, watched our...
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Reviews THAT'S NOT ENGLISH
Publishers Weekly had this to say about THAT'S NOT ENGLISH, coming from Gotham Books at the end of March: “Moore manages to create a text...
I now pronounce you... A local.
Last weekend, this showed up on my Facebook feed and I can't resist sharing... In this episode of Anglophenia ("British culture with an...
First review for That's Not English
My book, That's Not English: Britishisms, Americanisms and What Our English Says About Us will be published in the U.S. at the end of...
MAGICAL BOOK DAY--LONDON EDITION
A couple of weeks ago, a classmate of my daughter’s gave her a book called Clara Button and the Magical Hat Day by Amy De La Haye and...
In Flanders fields the poppies blow/ Between the crosses, row on row
Yesterday was Remembrance Sunday, which commemorates the sacrifices of British and Commonwealth military and civilian servicemen and...
Call the Midwife...
Four years ago, when my daughter was born, I learned that the National Health Service sends a midwife to the home of every mother within...
Lost in Translation: You Call This a Heat Wave?
The weather is really nice in London today. I was surprised when I opened the newspaper over that rarest of treats—an al fresco lunch—to...
My Favorite Place in London
“This is my street and I’m never going to leave it. And I’m always going to stay here if I live to be ninety-nine. Cause all the people I...