Monthly Archives: April 2021

Coronavirus Diary 77: Haircuts and toilets

Posted on April 28, 2021 by Stephen Liddell

It’s hard to believe that I bought my house on the 31st January 2020 and in all that time, I haven’t had my hair cut. As hard as it is for some in government and business to believe, there were … Continue reading →

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Morton’s Tower at Lambeth Palace

Posted on April 26, 2021 by Stephen Liddell

There aren’t too many early Tudor buildings left around these days but Central London has a few. One of them is within sight of Parliament itself and it’s at one of the palaces that is much less visited than some … Continue reading →

Posted in history, London, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Archbishop of Canterbury, Lambeth Palace, Lambeth Walk, Morton's Tower, St Mary At Lambeth, The Lambeth Walk, walking tours | 3 Comments

Coronavirus Diary 76 – Why does the government care more about rich football clubs than destitute workers?

Posted on April 21, 2021 by Stephen Liddell

It might be just me but as half the country and all of the charlatans in Downing Street nimbly jump from ‘greed is good’ to ‘lets stop greedy football clubs because it might win votes’, but I really couldn’t care … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, News, Politics | Tagged Boris Johnson, European Super League, ExcludedUK, Football, Premier League | 4 Comments

The old General Lying-In hospital in Lambeth

Posted on April 19, 2021 by Stephen Liddell

Do you remember last Monday I wrote about the Leake Street tunnel of street art? Well there is a good reason why the street carries that name and that is because it is just round the corner from the … Continue reading →

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That time the Duke of Edinburgh gate-crashed my walking-tour

Posted on April 14, 2021 by Stephen Liddell

With the death of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh last week it reminded me of when I met him. I remember at least two occassions though saw him in a non-speaking capacity at other times. One time was when … Continue reading →

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The Leake Street Graffiti tunnel

Posted on April 12, 2021 by Stephen Liddell

One of the great things about London is that it has so many facets. History, big-business, entrepreneurs, literature and theatre, shopping and so much much more including modern culture and that includes street art. A few years ago I … Continue reading →

Posted in Cool Britannia, Life, London, Photography, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Art, Graffiti, Leake Street Tunnel, Street Art, Tunnels, walking tours | 1 Comment

Solving the mystery of Captain Henry Every – The Pirate who became the subject of the first world-wide manhunt from India to North America

Posted on April 7, 2021 by Stephen Liddell

A few weeks ago I wrote a blog on Colonel Blood and his audacious career that involved stealing the Crown Jewels and in the last few days I’ve been reading about a discovery of some Arabian coins unearthed in an … Continue reading →

Posted in history | Tagged Captain Henry Every, Fancy, Ganj-i-Sawai, Mughal, Pirates, Treasure | 3 Comments

Roe v. Wade (2021) Movie Review

Posted on April 5, 2021 by Stephen Liddell

It’s been a long time since I did a film review, understandably so as with so much of public life, film-going has been all but shut down at least in the old-fashioned going to the cinema sort of way. Thankfully … Continue reading →