Category Archives: London

Posts predominantly related to London

The Trafalgar Square Fourth Plinth

Posted on April 3, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

The Fourth Plinth is probably the most famous public art commission in the world and it all began back in 1994 when after 150 years with an empty plinth, Prue Leith, then chair of the Royal Society of Arts wrote … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, history, Life, London, News | Tagged Fourth Plinth, Iraq, ISIS, Michael Rakowitz, Nelson, Nineveh, Terrorism, Trafalgar Square | 5 Comments

The Roman Ruins Under A London Hairdressers

Posted on February 8, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, London, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Leadenhall Market, Londinium, London Roman Walking Tour, Nicholson & Griffin, Roman Basilica, Roman Empire, The Forum | 5 Comments

The London Colosseum

Posted on February 5, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, history, Life, London, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Amphitheatre, Colosseum, Gladiator, Guildhall, history, Londinium, Roman | 5 Comments

Watling Street – A Roman Road through the heart of Britain

Posted on February 1, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in geography, history, London, Travel | Tagged London, London Bridge, Maps, Queen Boudica, Roman, Roman Empire, Watling Street, Westminster | 5 Comments

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 | 1 Comment

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 | 8 Comments

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 →