With the 70th Anniversary of D-Day around the corner I thought that I might write a short series of posts about this historic event. The first of which might be one which you’re unfamiliar with but in its own way was one of the key points of WW2. After a long series of battles in… Continue reading Operation Mincemeat: One of the biggest hoaxes in history
Month: May 2014
A day out at Stonehenge and Salisbury Cathedral
This week I’ve had the pleasure of giving two guided tours to Bruce and Heidi from Denver, Colorado. They are a really nice couple and extremely interested in their history and all things British. Our walking tour of London was at times in danger of becoming a swimming tour of London and as it has… Continue reading A day out at Stonehenge and Salisbury Cathedral
Is Putin like Hitler?
It’s the question that everyone has been talking about recently. It’s possibly what even more people have been thinking to themselves. Is Putin acting like Hitler? Putin has on more than one occasion said the fall of the Soviet Union was a catastrophe. It’s hard to find anyone from Eastern Europe who thinks that. These… Continue reading Is Putin like Hitler?
How football sounds to people that just don’t care
I thought I would issue a bonus post today seeing as it took very little effort 🙂 I can’t claim credit for the text below just as I can’t track down where it originated from but I hope some of you will like it. With the World Cup Football tournament looming and the football seasoning… Continue reading How football sounds to people that just don’t care
Game of Thrones – The fact behind the fiction
Like many others I am an avid fan of Game of Thrones, not the novels as I simply don’t have time to read them but most definitely the television series. However I don’t have access to the particular TV channel that broadcasts it in the UK so like probably many others are a year behind… Continue reading Game of Thrones – The fact behind the fiction
How wrong can we be?
We are all used to thinking that things are a lot worse than they actually are. The media make their money from convincing us things are bad and going to get worst. Opposing political parties insist we are all doomed except of course for the government of the day that state things are always on… Continue reading How wrong can we be?
Languages with no vowels
Hv y vr wndrd abt vwls? Or should I say, have you ever wondered about vowels? We use them all the time and they make up the first words that we learn at school. Nearly all our words have vowels except for some short ones like “dry” or “sky” or “hymn” and those languages that… Continue reading Languages with no vowels
All about the Eurovision Song Contest
Tonight sees the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest beamed out around the world to see a collection of singers and embarrassing performers strut their stuff to the television voters of Europe. The Eurovision Song Contest originated in the 1950’s as a way to try to bring Europe together and in that way, with the exception of… Continue reading All about the Eurovision Song Contest
A spring time walk through The Shire
With it being a long bank holiday weekend in the U.K. and horror of horrors, warm sunny weather, I have been out and about. Sitting in the sun, walking down quiet lanes, smelling flowers, watching nature and visiting the odd country pub. We’ve seen horses, foxes, turkeys, chickens, rabbits, deer and about 20 species of… Continue reading A spring time walk through The Shire
The Return of The Loch Ness Monster
The Loch Ness Monster is one of if not the worlds most famous suspected and yet totally unscientifically proven creatures along with the Yeti in the Himalayas and its North American cousin, Big Foot. Though it has been seen for 1,500 years and in the latter years of the 20th Century, several times a year,… Continue reading The Return of The Loch Ness Monster
Stephen Liddell 