Sometimes when I am out and about in London I find that for a few days or even weeks my paths cross with that of a famous or historical figure on numerous and sometimes unexpected occasions and recently I have been bumping into the romantic poet John Keats who died just over 200 years ago.… Continue reading Bumping into John Keats at St. Guy’s Hospital
Category: London
Covent Garden May Fayre & Puppet Festival – Celebrating the 360th Birthday of Punch and Judy
One of the things about doing tours in London is that in a way it is both my office and indeed my stage and tours can be variable and incorporate whatever it is we come across in addition to my vague plans for the day. Yesterday (Sunday) we happened across the annual Punch and Judy… Continue reading Covent Garden May Fayre & Puppet Festival – Celebrating the 360th Birthday of Punch and Judy
Going to my first Opera at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
Last Saturday I managed to bag a small ambition that I had wanted to do for decades, experience a real life opera and I managed to do so in one of the very finest venues in the world, the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London. I always like live theatre but for all sorts… Continue reading Going to my first Opera at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
Visiting the State Apartments at Speaker’s House at the Palace of Westminster
Two weeks ago I wrote a post on how I randomly met Jeremy Corbyn on the London Underground. I met him when I was on my way into Parliament, not as a guide myself this time but as a tourist or at least I wasn’t actively working. I was one of the first group of… Continue reading Visiting the State Apartments at Speaker’s House at the Palace of Westminster
The Queen’s Green Canopy
Last week when I was out and about in London I passed through the Embankment Gardens as I do quite often. It’s one of the most beautiful parks in Westminster and always full of blooming flowers, well kept lawns, water features and in the summer, much needed shady trees. I’ve written before about London named… Continue reading The Queen’s Green Canopy
Meeting Jeremy Corbyn
I’ve had the pleasure to meet several MPs during my 26 months of being Excluded and indeed before then in my work as a tour guide. And also one MP who was particularly condescending and dismissive but more about him later. On Monday this week I was on my way to Parliament for something altogether… Continue reading Meeting Jeremy Corbyn
How to survive a nuclear war
It’s hard to escape the news about crazy dictator Putin threatening the world with nuclear war; its something many of us alive at least up to about 1990 will remember was always a chance occurrence but the old style communists in the Kremlin were a bit more sensible than the big breasted but not very… Continue reading How to survive a nuclear war
Walking the walk but not talking the talk!
The first Nursery Rhyme Tour of London was a big success (I hope) and went 4 hours with just a small hotchoc and church diversion. It was lovely to meet two Excluded tourists as we explored the places, origins and possible historical tie-ins for the nursery rhymes so many of us learned who we were… Continue reading Walking the walk but not talking the talk!
Locked in an empty building with some Roman ruins at the Vine Street Wall
I always like to go exploring around London and am always on the lookout to make my tours better and just learn more in general. Over the years I have been afforded several opportunities to visit where no-one else goes, deep into church crypts that are only open once very few centuries, the homes of… Continue reading Locked in an empty building with some Roman ruins at the Vine Street Wall
Coronavirus Diary 85: Living by example.
It is surprising how often in life how often synchronicity happens. Last Saturday I set off for the East End of London to take some photos and do a little research for the new book that I am writing on every day Victorian era people who lost their lives whilst saving the lives of others.… Continue reading Coronavirus Diary 85: Living by example.
Stephen Liddell 