Monthly Archives: December 2018

Looking back at 2018 in cartoons

Posted on December 31, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

It’s tradition at the end of a year to look back at the events that we’ve lived through and I thought this year that I would do so with the use of political cartoons. It’s amongst the finest of British … Continue reading →

Posted in Funny & Humour, Life, News, Politics | Tagged 2018, Brexit, Cartoons, Donald Trump, Jeremy Corbyn, political cartoons, Politics, Putin, year in review | 4 Comments

Christmas Carols at St Paul’s Cathedral & my new favourite hymn ‘Oh Holy Night’

Posted on December 26, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

Before we get to the reason I started this post, I thought you might like to see a few photos of when I went to Christmas Carols at St Paul’s Cathedral. We had to queue for over 2 hours to … Continue reading →

Posted in Cool Britannia, Culture, Heritage, history, Life, Religion and Faith | Tagged Adolphe Adam, BBC, Carols from King's, Christmas, Hymns, Oh Holy Night, St Pauls Cathedral | 6 Comments

My home made Mulled Wine recipe

Posted on December 24, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

I always post a short or indeed Christmas post at this time of year and if you’d like to look at some earlier efforts before you make yourself a drink then be my guest. London as you’ve never seen it … Continue reading →

Posted in Heritage, Life, Religion and Faith | Tagged Christmas, Cooking, Life, Mulled Wine, Receipe, tradition, Wine | 8 Comments

Top 10 films of 2018

Posted on December 19, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

It’s become tradition that every year I do a blog post listing my favourite television programmes and films of the year. As for the big screen, I don’t think it has been a classic year either. I don’t think anything … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Movies and Films, Opinion, Popular Culture | Tagged 2018 review, Darkest Hour, Film Review, halloween, Movie Review, Operation Overlord, Peterloo, The Meg | 4 Comments

Dancing on the Dead at Enon Chapel – The Victorian Sensation!

Posted on December 17, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

Everyone likes a Christmas party don’t they? Well except me but that’s because I’m a misery guts and couldn’t think of anything worse than, except for a New Years Eve party of course. You might think that having parties at … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, London, Religion and Faith | Tagged #WPLongform, Burials, Death, Enon Chapel, George Walker, Long reads, party, Portugal Street, Victorian | 12 Comments

Do you have confidence in anyone? Or is the world incompetent?

Posted on December 12, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

I don’t know about you but since I was about 3 years of age, I’ve had a sneaking suspicion that the world is populated largely by incompetent people. This is a feeling that has increased exponentially to the level where … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, News, Opinion | Tagged Arriva, Brexit, Diane Abbott, EU, Incompetence, Labour, Theresa May, Vote of no-confidence, Watford, Yodel | 12 Comments

When the Plague came to London

Posted on December 10, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

This time of year in Britain at least is known as the Flu season. Our highly changeably though at this time of year predominantly chilly and wet weather combined with some particularly overcrowded cities means that we are perhaps uniquely … Continue reading →

Posted in history, London, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Bad Cold, Diary, Flu, Life, London, Pepys, Samuel Pepys, The Black Death, The Plague | 11 Comments

Aldgate Priory – the medieval ruins inside a 21st century office block.

Posted on December 5, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

Two weeks ago I was wondering round the streets of Whitechapel and Aldgate looking for a rather secret churchyard that I had passed by many times but never assumed I could get inside. Typically, the gate which is often open, … Continue reading →

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The original 9 principles of the police

Posted on December 3, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

There had been many attempts at upholding law and order over the centuries. Groups of Night Watchmen and organisations such as the Bow Street Runners came and went, doing the best they could but the concept of a professional police did … Continue reading →