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Monthly Archives: May 2016
The Battle of Jutland
Today marks the centenary anniversary of the single most important naval battle of WW1 and as I have been doing for the last few years, I thought I would write a dedicated post taken from extracts of my WW1 history … Continue reading
Posted in history, WW1
Tagged Battle of Jutland, books, First World War, Germany, history, Lest We Forget, Life, North Sea, U.K., World War 1, WW1
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Losing your marbles – A real life conversation!
Yesterday morning I had an early morning appointment at the garage to get my car serviced. Happily it passed its test but instead of waiting around the garage for an hour, I went into town to buy some provisions and … Continue reading
Kindness From Strangers When Travelling
How do you like to travel? Despite spending my time providing all-inclusive tours in London and around the U.K. when it comes to travelling myself, I really like to rough it with the locals. Though I can understand the … Continue reading
May Map Madness
I am busy in real life at the moment. London and the U.K. is bursting with tourists and I barely have a moment to think. So in lieu of one my more wordy blog posts, here are some more … Continue reading
When did Cinema become so infantile?
I have a day off today and I thought I would go to the cinema this morning but then it struck me how there is absolutely nothing of any merit playing on one of the many, many screens at the … Continue reading
Posted in Movies and Films, Popular Culture, television, Uncategorized
Tagged Arts, Cinema, Comics, Culture, Curzon, DC Comics, Entertainment, Hollywood, Life, Marvel, television
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Friday the 13th – Why is 13 the unlucky number?
The fear of the number 13 or even Friday the 13th even has a name, Paraskevidekatriaphobia – from the Greek words paraskeví (meaning ‘Friday’), and dekatreís (meaning ‘thirteen’). The fear of the number 13 itself is called Triskaidekaphobia. Partly this is … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, history, Popular Culture
Tagged 13 Unlucky Number, Culture, Friday 13th, Friday the 13th, history, Knights, Life, News
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Thomas Coram and The Foundling Hospital
Whilst researching for a new book which I am writing on ‘Things To Do In London’, I came across a park which piqued my curiosity. The park is called Coram’s Fields and remarkably it is only open to children with adults … Continue reading
Posted in history, London, Travel
Tagged Bloomsbury, charity, Coram's Fields, Culture, Foundling Hospital, Foundling Museum, Handel, Life, London, Thomas Coram
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3 Quotation Challenge
Greetings! I’ve been nominated by Amy Reese to participate in the Quotations Challenge in which one provides three quotations over the next three days or all in one post. I choose three quotes in one day, mostly because I’m busy … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Popular Culture
Tagged Fantasy, film quotes, Friends, George Patton, history, Life, Quote Challenge, Quotes, Spock, Star Trek, Terry Pratchett, writing
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Are you a Global Citizen?
I’ve always thought the concept of patriotism and especially nationalism to be a very weird and most likely stupid and illogical idea. It just makes no sense to me that people from any individual country can believe on whatever level … Continue reading
Posted in News, Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged Culture, economics, Global Citizen, history, Life, News, Politics, religion, Surveys
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Amazing maps tracking the cargo ships of the world
I’ve posted plenty of posts dedicated to maps over the years but none quite like this. This special project was undertaken by UCL and Kiln in London and tracks all the major cargo vessels of the world. As well as … Continue reading
Posted in geography, Science and Engineering
Tagged Cargo Ships, climate change, English Channel, Environment, geography, Life, Maps, Oceans, Trade, Travel
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