In a world where memes and GIFs are increasingly the chief drivers of 21st century conversation, there is one phenomenon that ran...
Finding America
Me and Tarah
Growing up in England, I rarely read comic books. I was more of a book kid (anything Roald Dahl being my go-to), when I wasn’t w...
We all know that America and the UK have different names for savory food items, such as chips/fries and crisps/chips, etc. But what is less ...
Happy Thanksgiving! You know, before moving to America, my knowledge about this day was informed almost entirely by the events in Planes, Tr...
This is Volume #27 of Ask A Brit, a weekly Sunday feature in which I answer your questions! Post a question in the comments sect...
Before I moved to America, I thought I knew everything there was to know about the country, having grown up on American films. But it turns ...
This is Volume #25 of Ask A Brit, a weekly Sunday feature in which I answer your questions! Post a question in the comments sect...
The myriad and quality of children’s TV shows in England, ensured that growing up we spent a great many more hours in front of...
This is Volume #23 of Ask A Brit, a weekly Sunday feature in which I answer your questions! Post a question in the comments sect...
I love living in America. As a country, it has captivated me since childhood, with its dazzling terrain, friendly people, and pr...
This is Volume #22 of Ask A Brit, a weekly Sunday feature in which I answer your questions! Post a question in the comments sect...
I love my life in the United States. Indeed, I look forward to exploring it in great detail in the years ahead. But that doesn...
A common question I receive from viewers of my YouTube channel is, "why do Brits sing with an American accent?" Ed S...
Welcome to Volume #20 of Ask A Brit, a weekly Sunday feature in which I answer your questions! Post a question in the comments s...
On a recent tour of south-west Ohio, I was fortunate enough to visit one of the crown jewels in the state's must-see attractions: the Na...
Welcome to Volume #18 of Ask A Brit, a weekly Sunday feature in which I answer your questions! Post a question in the comments s...
Welcome to Volume #17 of Ask A Brit, a weekly Sunday feature in which I answer your questions! Post a question in the comments s...
As a child in England, the occasional trip to a fast-food joint was quite the treat. The gaudy logos, the illuminated menu board...
Recently we took a short trip to Cincinnati to check out the British food section at Jungle Jim's International Store. For m...
Recently, one of my earliest videos— 10 Americanisms I've Picked Up Since Moving to the US —passed 50,000 views! To celebrate, I've ...
Welcome to Volume #11 of Ask A Brit, a weekly Sunday feature in which I answer your questions! Post a question in the comments s...
Something odd is happening on the American sporting landscape. According to the most recent surveys shared out by the New York T...
Welcome to Volume #10 of Ask A Brit, a weekly Sunday feature in which I answer your questions! Post a question in the comments sec...
Happy birthday, America! To celebrate, here are five things I honestly did not know about the July 4th holiday until I moved to th...
I have a confession: We, the Turners, of relatively sound body and mind, are serial movers. In fact, my wife and I have just compl...
On Memorial Day weekend, our adventure across America continued as we took a trip to St. Louis, Missouri. Join us on our journey...
Welcome to Volume #5 of Ask A Brit, a weekly Sunday feature in which I answer your questions on air! Post a question in the commen...
While recording Volume. 3 of #AskABrit , it got me thinking about some of the common American stereotypes and whether or not they&...
Welcome to Volume 3 of Ask A Brit , a new weekly Sunday feature in which I answer your questions on air! Post a question in the co...
Apparently, there are people who don’t get excited when their home-town NFL, NBA, MLB or NHL franchise take to the field, court, d...
I have a mixed record when it comes to learning the rules of American sports. On the one hand, Basketball is relatively straightfo...
Let me preface this article by making one thing absolutely clear: I am not an internet dating guru. I cannot boast an hono(u)rs degree fro...
Recently, I've been getting hundreds of suggestions of places I should absolutely visit on my travels across America. Thanks f...
In this latest episode of Remembering America , I take a look back at some of my visits to the state of Ohio. Since all of my exper...
Something a little different in this video. It seems there's hardly a day goes by when my American friends, family, and neighbo(u)rs don...
I just returned to the Midwest after a month of traveling through Australia and Hawaii. Think koalas, kangaroos, wombats, mountains, beach...
Recently, Laurence got the chance to sit down with Australian YouTuber, the Chicago Aussie , to talk about their respective lives as members...
Perhaps the video and its title aren't clear enough, so here's an accompanying description: Chicago is one beautiful city!
Quite possibly the funniest man who ever lived, John Cleese, famously said that an Englishman would rather be told he’s a bad lover than t...
Recently, Jack from Chicago Aussie and Laurence had what he has affectionately called 'bro time' at Millennium Park. It apparently ...
Join me as I offer a retrospective look-back on my time in the different states and cities I've already been to. In this episode, I will...
As many of you know, I recently set myself the ridiculously optimistic goal of visiting and documenting all fifty states by the end of the...
This begins a video series in which I, Laurence Brown, offer a retrospective look-back on my time in the different states and cities I'v...
This past weekend, my wife and I attended our first St. Patrick's Day Parade in Chicago. We had what my American counterparts woul...
It's quickly becoming the worst-kept secret on YouTube: Laurence Brown really wants to visit all 50 of these United States. And so, in...
Now that I've lived in the USA for more than eight years, it probably shouldn't come as any surprise to anyone that I actually rat...
Flying, frequent flying, like taking a flight every few weeks as I tend to do for work, is a strange phenomenon for most English people. E...
It’s not every evening I get to perform Google searches for “women’s hair accessories”—usually just Saturday evenings when the wife is out...
Don't get me wrong: living in America has been an indescribably fruitful experience. From the dazzling mountains of Colorado to the ci...
In the latest installment of Lost in the Pond's "Finding America" series, the wife and I take a visit to America's Dairy...