Blog Stats
- 851,987 love my blog!
My Amazon #1 ranking best seller in Religious Travel
Take a look at my books on Kindle, iBooks & Paperback
Take a look at my books on Kindle, iBooks & Paperback
Take a look at my books on Kindle, iBooks & Paperback
Take a look at my books on Kindle, iBooks & Paperback
Take a look at my books on Kindle, iBooks & Paperback
Take a look at my books on Kindle, iBooks & Paperback
Take a look at my books on Kindle, iBooks & Paperback
Take a look at my books on Kindle, iBooks & Paperback
Take a look at my books on Kindle, iBooks & Paperback
Take a look at my books on Kindle, iBooks & Paperback
-
Recent Posts
- Coronavirus Diary 76 – Why does the government care more about rich football clubs than destitute workers?
- The old General Lying-In hospital in Lambeth
- That time the Duke of Edinburgh gate-crashed my walking-tour
- The Leake Street Graffiti tunnel
- Solving the mystery of Captain Henry Every – The Pirate who became the subject of the first world-wide manhunt from India to North America
Top Posts & Pages
- April 23rd is Saint George's Day - The Patron Saint of England & dragon slayer extraordinaire
- History of social classes and does class matter?
- 10 of the most oppressed minorities around the world
- Virgin: The best complaint letter in the world
- The incredible true tale of Job Maseko - The man who sunk a ship whilst a prisoner.
- The tragedy of Smalls Lighthouse
- Dragons Hill - Where Saint George killed that dragon!
- How football sounds to people that just don't care
- Did Jesus Christ visit England?
- The secret underground road right in the heart of London
- Follow Stephen Liddell on WordPress.com
We’re on Facebook
Follow me on Pinterest!
Read the best blog on the internet in your language!
Categories
Blog Post Archives
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
Monthly Archives: February 2015
No-takers for Paradise?
A week or so ago I wrote about the famous mutiny on HMS Bounty and the island of Pitcairn in the South Pacific. It turns out that though at one time the island was home to several hundred people, over the … Continue reading
Posted in history, Travel
Tagged British Overseas Territory, Captain Bligh, Fletcher Christian, geography, history, HMS Bounty, Life, News, Pitcairn Islands, Travel
8 Comments
Terra Nullius, enclaves & the strange case of Bir Tawil – The land that nobody wants.
When European nations were looking at empire building there were a number of sham reasons used to justify it. Either religious edicts from Rome, pure Ethnocentrism from France (the belief of one race being superior to all others) or in … Continue reading
Posted in geography, history
Tagged Antarctica, Bir Tawil, British Empire, Enclave, geography, history, India, Life, Maps, Politics, Rio Grande, Roman Empire, Terra Nullius
6 Comments
Captain Bligh, Fletcher Christian and The Mutiny on The Bounty
HMS Bounty was a small and rather unremarkable ship that was bought and re-fitted for the Royal Navy for a not particularly exciting mission but little did anyone onboard realise their names would go down in maritime history. It started … Continue reading
Posted in history
Tagged Australia, Captain Bligh, Fletcher Christian, history, HMS Bounty, John Adams, Life, Mutiny, Mutiny on the Bounty, Pitcairn Islands, Royal Navy, Tahiti
9 Comments
Was it something I said? – Accents and dialects of the world and Great Britain
Over the weekend it was a revealed in a Time Magazine survey that we British apparently have the most sexy accent in the world. Whilst not sure how many from Tanzania or Mongolia were surveyed, we sure are grateful to … Continue reading
Grace Darling – A Victorian Heroine
Not many people know about Grace Darling today but 175 years ago her fame hadn’t just spread around the land but around the world and with good reason. Grace was the daughter of William and Thomasin Darling, just one of … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, history, Life, Northumberland and Durham
Tagged church, Farne Islands, Grace Darling, Hero, Heroine, history, Life, North Sea, northumbria, RNLI, Victorian
17 Comments
Making Book Promo Videos
The more observant of you may have noticed this blog post is a day or two later than normal. Partly this is because I’ve been a bit unwell and partly it is because I have been very busy making some … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Movies and Films, writing
Tagged Advertising, Amazon, Author, Blogging, Book promo, books, Kindle, Life, promo video, Twitter, Video, writing
1 Comment
#Mugabe Falls
It’s always nice to see politicians make an idiot of themselves. Whether it former President George W. Bush or current London Mayor Boris Johnson, if we have to put up with characters then at least we can laugh at them. … Continue reading
Posted in Funny & Humour, Life, Uncategorized
Tagged #Mugabefalls, Comedy, Funny, Humor, Humour, Life, Meme, Mugabe Falls, News, Politics, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe
10 Comments