Month: April 2017

Lost and found at Lambeth Palace.

As the residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury for centuries, Lambeth Palace, which sits on the south bank of the River Thames in London might be expected to have its fair share of graves of prominent people in history. However, recent building work at the now deconsecrated church of St Mary-at-Lambeth has unearthed some incredible… Continue reading Lost and found at Lambeth Palace.

A Quick Guide To Newcastle Upon Tyne.

My football team Newcastle United won promotion to the English Premier League last night and as a coincidence, I came across this great post about the city I consider to be my home. https://youtube.com/watch?v=c4jKtaf_G6Q%3Fversion%3D3%26rel%3D1%26fs%3D1%26autohide%3D2%26showsearch%3D0%26showinfo%3D1%26iv_load_policy%3D1%26wmode%3Dtransparent Now a top destination for the finer things in life, Newcastle is a hub of premium restaurants, specialist bars and vibrant… Continue reading A Quick Guide To Newcastle Upon Tyne.

The Vulture Stone at Gobekli Tepe – A monument to a cosmic disaster.

Many of us are familiar with the use of ancient civilisations making monuments that in some way link up to either our calendar, the sun, moon or stars.  From the stone circles in the British Isles the Mayan temples in Central America, ancient civilisations often focussed much of their wealth, manpower and engineering to either… Continue reading The Vulture Stone at Gobekli Tepe – A monument to a cosmic disaster.

North Korea – The Bad Hair Day Country

All these years that I have been blogging and only around 2 or 3 countries have never visited my blog.  This is my concerted effort to get 1 viewer from one such country, North Korea. If this doesn’t work then I’m just going to go to Seoul airport and have some cool young lady squirt gel… Continue reading North Korea – The Bad Hair Day Country

One ha’penny, two ha’penny, hot cross buns!

Hot Cross Buns are one of those delicious treats that you can have at Easter.  Until just a few years ago, they could only be found within a week or two of Easter but these days hundreds of millions are consumed from early Spring if not sooner. Hot Cross Buns are a primarily British culinary… Continue reading One ha’penny, two ha’penny, hot cross buns!

Taboo

As always, I have been really very busy this spring but when I haven’t been busy then I have been engrossed in Taboo.   It’s set in the Georgian times but to call it a costume drama would be rather selling it short. Lots of people have perceptions that 19th Century Britain and indeed 16th-21st… Continue reading Taboo

Standing Up To Corporate Greed

I’ve written several posts on corporate tax dodgers and greed and this week, none was more surprised to be confronted by another example of this just a minute from where I live when I got on my local bus. Imagine my surprise when my bus ticket increased from £10 to £15 overnight.  A figure so… Continue reading Standing Up To Corporate Greed

So you want to have your own duel?

So we now know all about the history of duels thanks to my post earlier this week but what if we want to duel ourselves? There is always some idiot out there who flames you on Twitter, leaves a rude comment on our blogs or a frankly nonsensical review on Amazon about our books.  Conventionally… Continue reading So you want to have your own duel?

Duelling – A Matter Of Honour

It’s hard to imagine a when men would fight for honour almost at the drop of a hat or indeed a white handkerchief but there was a time when this was de rigueuer.   There used to be thousands of duels and this penchant for legalised violence would be what descended into the infamous cowboy shoot-outs… Continue reading Duelling – A Matter Of Honour