Monthly Archives: November 2014

Why I love Buy Nothing Day and not spending money at Thanksgiving or Christmas

Posted on November 25, 2014 by Stephen Liddell

Saturday 29th November is Buy Nothing Day, a day or rather movement that started in the United States in protest of the over-commercialisation of our holidays and life in general. One of my earliest blog posts was on the reversing … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Popular Culture, Religion and Faith | Tagged #WPLongform, Black Friday, Boxing Day, Buy Nothing Day, Christian, Christmas, church, Father Christmas, Jesus, long read, Sales, shopping, Thanksgiving | 21 Comments

Mr Turner, the movie and the man.

Posted on November 22, 2014 by Stephen Liddell

I’m always a big fan of the longer movie. I enjoy getting into a story I can get my teeth into and that doesn’t necessarily revolve around car chases and fast cutting shooting and fighting. A small part of me … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Movies and Films | Tagged Art, Constable, Film, history, movies, Mr Turner, Painting, The Fighting Temeraire, The Royal Academy of Art, Timothy Spall, Victorian, William Turner | 11 Comments

Band Aid 30

Posted on November 18, 2014 by Stephen Liddell

There are many problems with the world at the moment and certainly with our country but one thing that we can be proud of is our record of charity and giving to countries that are poorer than our own. In … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Popular Culture | Tagged Africa, Band Aid, Band Aid 30, charity, Do They Know Its Christmas, Ebola, Foreign Aid, iTunes, Life, Music, News, Politics, Sir Bob Geldof | 9 Comments

Once you go Mac, you never go back!

Posted on November 15, 2014 by Stephen Liddell

There is a saying in the Apple community, that once you go Mac, you never go back. Three weeks ago I went Mac and I thought that I would write a little about my experiences. It was probably the longest … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Science and Engineering | Tagged Apple, Apple v PC, iMac, IOS, Once you go Mac, Windows, Yosemite, you never go back | 15 Comments

PS. Thanks for being my hero

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Stephen Liddell

As long-time and regular readers will be aware, I have been for some time been interested in a particular family relation of mine, Serjeant Reuel Dunn who served in the Royal Flying Corps, the precursor to the RAF. He was … Continue reading →

Posted in history, writing, WW1, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Cabaret Rouge Cemetery, history, holidays, Lest We Forget, Life, Red Baron, Reuel Dunn, Royal Flying Corps, Souchez, Vimy Ridge, WW1, Ye Olde England Tours | 12 Comments

Sights of the WW1 battlefields

Posted on November 8, 2014 by Stephen Liddell

This my penultimate post for now on WW1 and my recent tour to the battlefields of France and Belgium. There are simply so many places to see and despite being out all day, every day for a week, we only … Continue reading →

Posted in history, writing, WW1, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Beaumont Hamel, Delville Wood, history, Hitler, In The Footsteps of Heroes, Lest We Forget, Life, New Munich Trench Cemetery, Pals Memorial, The Somme, Trenches, Vimy Ridge, WW1 | 15 Comments

Paying homage at the Thiepval Memorial to family and strangers alike.

Posted on November 4, 2014 by Stephen Liddell

During my trip to the WW1 battlefields in September there were a number of places I wanted to visit for the first time and just as many as I wanted to revisit after a gap of several years. Thiepval though … Continue reading →