Whilst working on my previous post There’s English and there’s English, I came across this wonderful chart on languages. There are at least 7,102 known languages alive in the world today. Twenty-three of these languages are a mother tongue for more than 50 million people. The 23 languages make up the native tongue of 4.1… Continue reading A World Of Languages
Month: February 2018
Black Panther Movie Review
Earlier this week I went to see the Black Panther movie. Some of you may know that I despise comicbook based movies. Just going from the trailers they seem very generic, derivative and not very deep; I like science-fiction but there should be an element of intelligence in the story or plot. However, I do… Continue reading Black Panther Movie Review
There’s English and there’s English.
Language is very important to all of us, which ever one it is that we speak. Over 20,000 people a year read my old post on 102 Words That Aren’t In English But Should Be 102 Words That Aren’t In English But Should Be. A few weeks ago however a report appeared that put the cat… Continue reading There’s English and there’s English.
James Bulger 25 years on – the crime that shocked the nation.
25 years ago this week, a crime shook Britain and the city of Liverpool in particular with such revulsion that no-one who was alive at the time will ever forget. It was a crime where society sank to a new low and thankfully in the intervening years, nothing quite so sickening has ever happened since.… Continue reading James Bulger 25 years on – the crime that shocked the nation.
Tracing words back through time
Back in the mid 1990’s when I was studying at SOAS, one of the classes that I most enjoyed were those given by Professor Alexander Piatagorsky. He is said to have been the greatest Russian philospher of all time and one of the lesser known but greatest thinkers of the modern world. Sasha was… Continue reading Tracing words back through time
The Roman Ruins Under A London Hairdressers
I hope you’ve all enjoyed my recent guide to some of the remaining sights of Roman London. Since writing those posts, last week I carried out my very first Roman Walking Tour of London from someone who must have seen my posting. The tour went very well with the friendly chap from Istanbul, a city… Continue reading The Roman Ruins Under A London Hairdressers
The London Colosseum
We’re all familiar with the Coloseum in Rome, one of the architectural wonders of both the ancient world and Italy but though the Colosseum is by far the most iconic, there are actually Roman amphitheatres to be found across North Africa and the Middle East, much of Europe and also the British Isles. There is… Continue reading The London Colosseum
Watling Street – A Roman Road through the heart of Britain
Though the Romans are famed for their roads along with many other things, they didn’t invent the idea of roads but rather vastly improved upon what had gone before with better engineering, money and manpower to it easier for their vast armies to police the empire and to a lesser extent to enable trade and… Continue reading Watling Street – A Roman Road through the heart of Britain
Stephen Liddell 