Until a few years ago, it was never as popular over there as it was here. But by this point, it has been commercialized and is a pretty big celebration in Ireland and England.

Nowhere but in England are the papers so full of fascinating misbehaviour. There is always a scandal brewing, there is always a politician, village vicar or bank manager being pilloried, yet at the same time...

I was staying with some friends in England, and it was New Year’s. My husband, Roy, and I were sleeping, and I woke to the sound of our friend’s two little boys. They were going...

England had shown in the Ashes series against Australia that if you play five bowlers, you can win some very good matches.

It’s an element of the modern game that is under-used, but – as England also showed against Australia – if you’ve got a formidable set piece you have to use it.

If a good system of agriculture, unrivaled manufacturing skill, a capacity to produce whatever can contribute to either convenience or luxury, schools established in every village for teaching reading, writing, and arithmetic, the general practice...

This England attack doesn’t hurt as many batsmen as we used to, but they are hostile and they deserve to win the Ashes.

Isaac Newton was born at Woolsthorpe, near Grantham, in Lincolnshire, 1642: a weakly and diminutive infant, of whom it is related that, at his birth, he might have found room in a quart mug. He...

It’s going to be a great season for traditional textures and patterns — most of them from England and Scotland,

He was not only a bore; he bored for England.

I said I didn’t think it would be a collectivist state so much as a wilderness in which most people lived hand to mouth, and the rich would live like princes – better than the...

I had hoped to avoid Sweden. Here in England everyone is counting on a win, despite not having won against Sweden since 1968.

Newspapermen learn to call a murderer “an alleged murderer” and the King of England “the alleged King of England” to avoid libel suits.

I know this goes without saying, but Stonehenge really was the most incredible accomplishment. It took five hundred men just to pull each sarsen, plus a hundred more to dash around positioning the rollers. Just...

It was as easy as breathing to go and have tea near the place where Jane Austen had so wittily scribbled and so painfully died. One of the things that causes some critics to marvel...

From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese.

I heard Mr. Ingersoll many years ago in Chicago. The hall seated 5,000 people; every inch of standing-room was also occupied; aisles and platform crowded to overflowing. He held that vast audience for three hours...

Christianity is part of the Common Law of England.

Only in England would ‘professor gets divorced and remarried’ be a story.

He is still an important part of this England squad.

We played very well against England and won comprehensively. We are working hard as a team and are all looking forward to the series against India.

While in England write or get wrought rotten rusted.

I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too.

And it was only released in London last week, so when I go back to England Monday or whatever, I am expecting heaps of adulation. I’m hoping there is. If that doesn’t happen I will...

The national sport of England is obstacle-racing. People fill their rooms with useless and cumbersome furniture, and spend the rest of their lives in trying to dodge it.

Among the many misdeeds of British rule in India, history will look upon the Act which deprived a whole nation of arms as the blackest.

He has strained his hamstring and we are worried about his availability for the home series against England.

It’s unbelievable what’s happened in New England, … We have the best fans there. Every place we’ve been playing has been selling out. It wasn’t that long ago that we’d been playing to 50 people...

Some of us are happy with our African hair, thank you very much. I don’t want some poor Indian girl’s hair. And I wish to God I could buy black hair products from black people...

After the England tour we believe that visiting teams should no longer have apprehensions about playing in Karachi or any other venue.

England has her Stratford, Scotland has her Alloway, and America, too, has her Dresden. For there, on August 11, 1833, was born the greatest and noblest of the Western World; an immense personality, — unique,...

The disappointing decline in manufacturing output is most unlikely to sway the Bank of England from leaving interest rates unchanged on Thursday.

The idea of England in decline is very attractive.

We can provide, and believe we are providing, adequately for the area of New England as far as coverage is concerned,

I thought England would be in Group A but Poland came up, so for England it was good. Going to Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Armenia is a long way.

The Bank of England has to be careful that [any Y2K-related problems] don’t lead to a systemic failure. It is only prudent to take such precautions, I am sure that other central banks will be...

LAUREATE, adj. Crowned with leaves of the laurel. In England the Poet Laureate is an officer of the sovereign’s court, acting as dancing skeleton at every royal feast and singing-mute at every royal funeral. Of...

It doesn’t happen to me anymore, because a fresh generation of Africans and Asians has arisen to take over the business, but in my early years in Washington, D.C., I would often find myself in...

Madison is the quintessential New England town. And it’s because of our secluded wooded areas. Preserving this would ensure higher property values.

I bought a player and within two weeks he doesn’t want to be in England. He doesn’t like the way we play and he doesn’t like to be tackled in training!

The Conservatives played like England cricketers – too many rash strokes and run-outs, dropped catches and bowling anywhere but the stumps.

American troops have not only occupied Ulster but are arriving in increasing numbers in England.

I know for sure he wants to come back to England. If it’s a London club he will come tomorrow. And it’s up to me to convince him that Birmingham is the right place to...

I don’t want to miss the England tour, and hope that I make it after healing the injuries.