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Monthly Archives: 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, … Continue reading
Posted in history, Life, London, News
Tagged Archbishop of Canterbury, Archeology, Bible, Christian, Faith, Lambeth Palace, St Mary At Lambeth
2 Comments
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. Now a top destination for the finer … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Culture, Life, Northumberland and Durham, Photography, Travel
Tagged Life, Newcastle, Newcastle United, nostalgia, Sir Edward Grey, Tyne, Tyne Bridge
3 Comments
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 … Continue reading
Posted in history, News, Science and Engineering
Tagged Archeology, Astronomy, Gobekli Tepe, Graham Hancock, Ice-Age, Life, The Vulture Stone, Turkey, Younger Dryas
23 Comments
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Funny & Humour, Life, News, Opinion, Popular Culture
Tagged Adam Bomb, bad hair day, Dictator, Garbage Pail Kids, Hair Cuts, Kim Jong-un, North Korea
7 Comments
An Easter Walk
On Easter Sunday, I went to Church and I took my iPad so thought you might like to see some of the photos which I took.
Posted in Life, Photography, Religion and Faith
Tagged All Saints Church, Christian, church, Easter, holidays, Mama, Photography, walks, Woods
2 Comments
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, history, Life, London, Religion and Faith
Tagged Easter, food, Happy Easter, Hot Cross Buns, tradition
5 Comments
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Popular Culture, television
Tagged BBC, Honourable East India Company, James Delaney, Jonathan Pryce, Life, London, Sir Stuart Strange, Taboo, Tom Hardy
4 Comments
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Life, News, Opinion
Tagged Arriva Buses, Greed, Life, rich corporations, Rip-Off, Rip-Off Britain, tax dodgers, W10 Bus, Watford, Watford Observer
8 Comments
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading