When we think of robots and artificial intelligence, it’s easy to think that it is a modern 21st century obsession or at least of 20th century science fiction such as Star Trek. This is not entirely the case. One of my favourite works of art I have ever seen is the The beautiful, magical Silver Swan… Continue reading The Mechanical Turk Chess-Player that shocked the world!
Month: March 2021
I just watched the last year of Game of Thrones and loved it!
It’s taken me a Iittle time, well around two years but I finally got round to watching the last year of Game of Thrones. I actually watched the final two years of Game of Thrones in a week as I couldn’t remember if I had watched the penultimate series until I was around five episodes… Continue reading I just watched the last year of Game of Thrones and loved it!
Coronavirus Diary 75 – Finding a Holy and Magical Well in St Albans.
I’ve been to a few Holy Wells in my time, some ancient pagan wells and some slightly less ancient but still extremely old Christian ones. The problem with wells in cities and particularly near to London is that they are either blocked up or entirely built over. Some times is simply due to the rise… Continue reading Coronavirus Diary 75 – Finding a Holy and Magical Well in St Albans.
From bad boys to the hello girls – the origins of the Telephone Operator
As was often the case with Victorian era workplaces, many of the worst and most menial jobs were filled by boys and this was the case with the early Telegraph networks. As revolutionary as it seems to go from telegrams to spoken calls, it wasn’t immediately apparent to the first telephone network providers that… Continue reading From bad boys to the hello girls – the origins of the Telephone Operator
A Gruntled look at Orphan Negatives.
One of my post popular posts ever was 102 great words that aren’t in English but should be! and I’ve written lots on different aspects of both English language Words we still use from Shakespeare! and Tracing words back through time others Languages with no vowels I love words and the meaning of words and especially words that have… Continue reading A Gruntled look at Orphan Negatives.
Sarah Everard and making the streets a more friendly place.
The last 2 weeks London has been shocked and looking over its shoulder due to the sad abduction and subsequent murder of 33 year old Sarah Everard as she walked home on the evening of the 3rd March through the Clapham area. Sadly it seems her body has been discovered and if it could be… Continue reading Sarah Everard and making the streets a more friendly place.
Coronavirus Diary 74 – The day I was debated in the Houses of Parliament
Wednesday 3rd March 2021 was Budget Day, the day of the year where the government sets out its spending plans for the year and announces investments, cutbacks and virtually any policy relating to money and taxes. As such many of the 3 million people like myself who are in #ExcludedUK and have gone without any… Continue reading Coronavirus Diary 74 – The day I was debated in the Houses of Parliament
Coronavirus Diary 73 – I got my vaccine!
Wednesday the 3rd of March was a big day for me for several reasons, I had another #1 book, The Budget was held in Parliament (more on that next time) and most eagerly awaited of all it was the day the day I was to get my Coronavirus Vaccine. As someone who spends so much… Continue reading Coronavirus Diary 73 – I got my vaccine!
Oops, I did it again!
Just a short post today as I had something else planned and it wasn’t another reference to a Britney Spears song. As you may remember, my new book £xcluded Voices was released on Monday and within hours it reached number one in its Amazon section. I didn’t expect that in anyway as I know it’s… Continue reading Oops, I did it again!
£xcluded Voices – True Stories of social injustice during COVID-19
As almost everyone reading this will know. I’m of of 3 million in the UK who has gone through the entirety of the Coronavirus epidemic with not a single penny of help even though in my case, it is both illegal for me to work and I’m recommended to stay at home alone (shielding) due… Continue reading £xcluded Voices – True Stories of social injustice during COVID-19
Stephen Liddell 