Qasr Amr is located on the desert road to Azraq and only a short distance from Iraq. It is possibly the highlight of the chain of desert castles built in eastern Jordan. It was built by Caliph Walid I around 715AD. As the name suggests it was originally part of a castle but now all… Continue reading Qasr Amr – pleasure palace of the Caliphs
Month: February 2013
A Guided tour walk around my neighbourhood
I love to walk whenever I can and I am fortunate that I live pretty much on the last street of the huge sprawl of London. I might not have as much as I want but I do have countryside almost on my door step so when I have time this is one of my… Continue reading A Guided tour walk around my neighbourhood
Short but sweet – Spring time is nearly here
A wonderful moment occurred on Friday 15th February at 6.32am when I was driving to work in the dark. The sky was clear after weeks of none stop mist, rain and snow. I knew that it was likely and my heart skipped a beat when I saw it. There against a very dark indigo colour… Continue reading Short but sweet – Spring time is nearly here
The destruction of historic Mecca by Saudi Arabia
Below is another article which I have recently written for the Muslim Academy site which is run to increase East-West understandings. If the first church of St. Paul was to be destroyed or the house of Mary, mother of Jesus, were to be razed to the ground there would be a near universal outcry; yet… Continue reading The destruction of historic Mecca by Saudi Arabia
Spartacus – Legends never die
Today my blog is going to go off at a little bit of a tangent as I don’t normally mention television programmes let alone shows that are fair to say not main-stream viewing. However this week sees the return to British TV screen of Spartacus following behind by a week or so from its scheduling… Continue reading Spartacus – Legends never die
A Soliloquy to my childhood city or a brief guide to Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Though I have lived in the London area for most of my life, I still don’t really consider myself as being at home here. No offence to anyone but home is always home and the city I consider home is that of Newcastle Upon Tyne in the North-East of England some 320 miles away. Newcastle… Continue reading A Soliloquy to my childhood city or a brief guide to Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Body of King Richard III found under council car park
‘Let us sit upon the ground and tell sad stories of the death of Kings’. Well we could do that but the ground outside is frozen at this time of year and besides, the previous sentence refers to King Richard II. Getting to the point, history is being re-written today as archaeologists have confirmed that… Continue reading Body of King Richard III found under council car park
You think that you know Great Britain?
It easy for people who don’t live here (and even for some of us who do) to think that everything in Britain is old. We’re famous for old buildings and traditions but huge construction projects such as the London Olympics are helping to show us in a new light. Throughout much of the mid-late 20th… Continue reading You think that you know Great Britain?
Stephen Liddell 