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Monthly Archives: August 2017
A walk along the Grand Union Canal
It’s been a very warm and sunny Bank Holiday weekend in London and I managed to wangle it so that I didn’t spend every minute of it working. During a few hours of spare time I decided to go on … Continue reading
Posted in history, Life, Science and Engineering, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours
Tagged Canals, hertfordshire, Star Wars, The Grand Union Canal, Tours, Travel, walks
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The London fences made from stretchers
Famously many of the iron and steel railings in the U.K. were removed and melted down to help the war effort in WW2. Whether a large city park or a private residence, chances are if there was a traditional style … Continue reading
Of Mice And Men – The smallest monument in London
I’ve known about the mice of Philpot Lane for a year when I started researching for a forthcoming London Attractions book which I am working on but it was only on Tuesday that I finally set my eyes upon it. … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, history, Life, London, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours
Tagged Philpot Lane Mice, The Great Fire of London, The Monument
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The festival of Raksha Bandhan
Two weeks ago today on August 7th, was the festival of Raksha Bandhan. Originating with the Hindu faith in India (though long observed by Sikhs too), it centres on a ceremony wherein a sister will tie a Rakhi (a simple … Continue reading
Posted in history, Life, Religion and Faith
Tagged Faith, Family, Hindu, India, Rakhi, Raksha Bandhan, Sikh
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When did travelling become such hell?
I am a little unusual I admit, I quite like travelling by public transport and I always have. I don’t see driving a car as superior and much prefer to pay someone to do that for me so along with … Continue reading
Gertrude Bell – The Ketrun – Desert Queen
From time to time, I have written about iconic and pioneering women in relative recent history, well recent by British standards 🙂 I also sometimes write about the Middle-East which is actually the one area of life that I can … Continue reading
Posted in history, Life, WW1
Tagged Baghdad, Gertrude Bell, Iraq, Islam, Lawrence of Arabia, Lest We Forget, Mesapotamia, Sykes-Picot, WW1
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The Great American Eclipse and harbingers of doom!
With the Solar Eclipse about to hit the USA and a partial eclipse in many other places including the UK, it interesting to note that what is now a special tourist event was once something to be feared. Whilst it … Continue reading
Posted in history, Life, Science and Engineering
Tagged Astronomy, Babylon, Christopher Columbus, Eclipses, Isandlwana, King Henry I, Life, Superstition, The Great American Eclipse
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What type of sleeper are you?
We’re all used to dividing ourselves between Early-Birds and Night Owls depending on our natural predilection for when we get up and are at our best. I’m very much an Early Bird, I don’t own an alarm clock and indeed … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Science and Engineering
Tagged Bears, Dolphins, Early Bird, Health, Lions, Night Owl, Sleep, Wolves
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Peter The Wild Boy
In the summer of 1725 an uncouth youth was found in the forest of Hertswold near Hameln in northern Germany. It was thought the boy was aged about 10 years old though he walked on all fours and fed on … Continue reading
Posted in history, Life
Tagged Berkhamsted, County of Hertfordshire, Hannover, history, King George, Northchurch, Peter The Wild Boy, royalty
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Secret London: streets beneath streets of London
Originally posted on The Great Wen:
Paul, the librarian at Time Out, first told me about the street beneath Charing Cross Road in around 2005. He promised to show it to me, but never did. Then, last month, I saw…
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