Monthly Archives: July 2013

Speaking up for Introverts!

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Stephen Liddell

The world is split into two types of people, me and everyone else. More helpful than that, it is divided between Introverts and Extroverts. The world is ruled and dominated by extroverts, perhaps because introverts don’t want to speak up. … Continue reading →

Posted in Life | Tagged Culture, Extroverts, Introverts, Life, Office, party, Personality, Shy | 58 Comments

Falling out of love, with Football

Posted on July 27, 2013 by Stephen Liddell

Today is the one year anniversary since the London 2012 Olympics. I’ve said how much before I enjoyed it but what I didn’t realise at the time would be how it changed sport for me and it seems I’m not … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Opinion, Popular Culture | Tagged Advertising, Commercials, Culture, England, Fair Play, Football, Footballers diving, Life, Newcastle United, Premier League, Soccer, Sport, television, Wonga | 15 Comments

The Royal Gun Salutes For The Baby Prince

Posted on July 24, 2013 by Stephen Liddell

Following on from my blog post yesterday, I thought I thought some people may be interested in seeing the gun-salutes in central London yesterday. Gun salutes can be fired from land or on the sea and are a traditional sign … Continue reading →

Posted in history, News | Tagged Baby birth, Gun Salute, history, Life, London, Military, News, Royal Family, UK | 7 Comments

It’s a boy! New successor to the British Crown.

Posted on July 23, 2013 by Stephen Liddell

Yesterday will go down in history, not only was it the hottest day since 2006 but at 4.24pm a new successor to the throne was born. For a couple of weeks the worlds press has been camped around the streets … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged Baby birth, Culture, Duke & Duchess of Cambridge, history, Kate Middleton, Life, Prince William, Royal Family, royalty, UK | 22 Comments

The Man Who Planted Trees and The Green Wall of Africa

Posted on July 20, 2013 by Stephen Liddell

About five years ago, I watched part of a short animated film entitled The Man Who Planted Trees. It is the most lovely short French film (an English version can be viewed here) and it tells the story of a … Continue reading →

Posted in geography, Movies and Films, Popular Culture | Tagged Africa, countryside, Culture, Desert, Environment, Green Wall of Africa, Life, Maps, Sahara, The Man Who Planted Trees, Trees | 16 Comments

How To Get Rich Using Airbnb

Posted on July 13, 2013 by Stephen Liddell

This week I wrote a small How-To ebook/kindle book entitled How To Get Rich Using Airbnb. It’s in all good book stores, well Amazon UK, USA, Lulu and iTunes anyway. I wrote this book for two main reasons. First of all … Continue reading →

Posted in writing | Tagged Airbnb, Get Rich, How To, Kindle, Life, New book launch, Travel, writing | 10 Comments

Surviving The Scorchio Summer

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Stephen Liddell

It’s nearly the middle of July and surprise, surprise it is sunny and hot here. It may be sound unusual to find someone surprised of summery weather but it is a genuine surprise to everyone in London and not necessarily … Continue reading →