Store for Americans in the UK

Introducing my new online store, created specifically for you, my blog readers. I've spent the last few weeks choosing the bestselling, most relevant and highly rated items from Amazon.co.uk for North American Anglophiles, expats, actors and writers. Whether you're planning a move to the UK or have lived here for years, there's something that will appeal. When I first moved to London, it was hard to adjust - new place, new culture, new English, new climate, new everything. So I chose a whole range of stuff - books, DVDs, software, gadgets, games, clothes and things for the home - that will make your transition to living in the UK a littler easier. I own most of the items and can vouch for their quality/usefulness, and what I don't own I'd like to.

Start shopping now. Click on any item and get all the details including customer reviews and suggestions of similar items.

Categories include:

• For Expats: general reading, moving to the UK, British culture, London, UK kitchen
• For Actors: general reading, great plays
• For Writers: books, software
• For Fun: great reads, DVDs, places, gadgets, walks and 'I'm in these' (films, TV shows and games I'm in)

Moonshot Screening

Very excited to announce the 1st screening of Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 at the BFI Southbank this Friday 3rd July. After the screening there will be a Q&A with the director and some of the cast. You can book your tickets at the BFI website. Here's the BFI's intro to the evening:

A fine new TV docu-fiction, Moonshot interweaves cinematic drama with hi-definition NASA footage in presenting glimpses of life behind the scenes in Houston alongside edge-of-your-seat moments in space. Written by Tony Basgallop (Hotel Babylon) and directed by Richard Dale (Diana: The Last Days of a Princess; 9/11: The Twin Towers), Moonshot is the compelling story of the moment that united 600 million people around the world.