Monthly Archives: January 2018

An ancient Roman road re-opens in London – Watling Street Revived

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

You might have seen my last post on the London Temple of Mithras or London Mithraeum. As part of the massive building project which has seen the creation of the new Bloomburg Headquarters and the painstakingly restored and relocated Temple of … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, history, London | Tagged Bloomberg, Bloomberg Arcade, Londinium, London, London Mithraeum, London Temple of Mithras, Maps, River Walbrook, Roman, Watling Street | 2 Comments

Busting the myth of London being a Rainy city

Posted on January 27, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

If there is one thing that tourists ask me when I’m out with them it is Brexit or Donald Trump. If there is a second thing they ask me it is about the weather. For some reason, people have … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, London, News, Opinion, Travel | Tagged Climate, Hollywood, London, movies, Rain, Weather, Wet | 13 Comments

Londons newest attraction – the Roman Temple of Mithras

Posted on January 24, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

Last week I was very excited to see the Temple of Mithras or the London Mithraeum as it is also known. I have a vague recollection of almost tripping up over it in 1998 when it was previously shoddily presented … Continue reading →

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My New London Roman Walking Tour

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

You don’t have to go to Rome to see Roman ruins, or even St Albans, Bath or York. Though people were all ready living here, it was the Romans who founded the modern city of Londinium that through the millennia … Continue reading →

Posted in history, London, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Londinium, London, London Mithraeum, London Wall, London's Roman Amphitheatre, Roman, Temple of Mithras, walking tours, Ye Olde England Tours | 4 Comments

3 billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri

Posted on January 18, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

I’m on quite a good run of films recently. I wasn’t planning to write another mini-review so quickly after the last one for All The Money In The World but my trip to The Pictures yesterday almost made me feel it … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Movies and Films, Opinion | Tagged 3 billboards outside Ebbing, Cinema, Film Review, Frances McDormand, Missouri, Movie Review, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson | 6 Comments

Sport brings people together – How Cricket is creating a new future for Rwanda

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

We all know that sport has a unique ability to bring people together from all around the world and those of us who have travelled to places a little less ordinary know that there are few better ways to make … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, News, Popular Culture, Travel | Tagged Africa, Cricket, genocide, Kigali, Long reads, Rwanda, Rwanda Cricket, Sport | 13 Comments

All The Money In The World – Review

Posted on January 11, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

This is the second film of 2018 that I’ve seen at the Pictures and bizarrely, both have featured Michelle Williams, the other being The Greatest Showman. All The Money In The World is a dramatisation of a real life kidnap … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Movies and Films | Tagged All The Money In The World, All The Money In The World Review, Christopher Plummer, Films, Hatfield House, John Paul Getty, Kevin Spacey, Kidnap, Michelle Williams, movies | 2 Comments

Why is sorry the hardest word? – The modern stars with their non-apologies

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

Some years ago I wrote an Unapologic Guide To Saying Sorry but I feel there are some celebrities who might need a refresh. If you’re anything like me, the chances are that before last week you’d never heard of Logan Paul, … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, News, Opinion | Tagged Aokigahara forest, Apologies, Harvey Weinstein, How To Say Sorry, Kevin Spacey, Logan Paul, Logan Paul Suicide, Sorry, Suicide, Suicide Forest | 1 Comment

The castle at the bottom of a Turkish Lake

Posted on January 4, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

It has been thought by many that the breaching of the Bosphurus thousands of years near present day Istanbul may have given rise to the accounts of the legendary Great Flood not just with Noah in the Holy Bible … Continue reading →

Posted in geography, history, Life, News | Tagged Archeology, Atlantis, Black Sea, Dead Sea, Floods, Maps, Noah, Paratethys Sea, Turkey | 3 Comments

First Footing at New Year

Posted on January 2, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

First Footing is still very much alive in modern Britain. A survey shows that nearly a third of people in Britain say that First Footing continues to play a part in their New Year celebrations. The greatest number of followers … Continue reading →