Category Archives: Culture

Posts predominantly culture related.

A Quick Guide To Newcastle Upon Tyne.

Posted on April 25, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

My football team Newcastle United won promotion to the English Premier League last night and as a coincidence, I came across this great post about the city I consider to be my home. Now a top destination for the finer … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Culture, Life, Northumberland and Durham, Photography, Travel | Tagged Life, Newcastle, Newcastle United, nostalgia, Sir Edward Grey, Tyne, Tyne Bridge | Leave a comment

Bloomsbury – The Literary Heart of London

Posted on March 20, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

Bloomsbury is one of my very favourite parts of London. I’m a little biased as I spent four years studying at SOAS, a college in the University of London during the 1990’s and in recent years have been spending quite … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, history, Life, London, Photography, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged 1984, Bloomsbury, British Museum, Literature, Peter Pan, Senate House, Virginia Woolf | 7 Comments

Queuing by the numbers

Posted on February 20, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

There are few things more British than queuing or Standing In Line as it is called in some places. It’s often said that we will stand behind a queue of one and I’ve seen that quite a few times. It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Cool Britannia, Culture, Funny & Humour, Life | Tagged British, history, Life, London, Queue, Queuing, Standing in line, tradition | 7 Comments

Up Helly Aa – The Modern Day Viking Festival

Posted on January 30, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

This coming Tuesday sees one of the most spectacular event of the British cultural calendar though it is a long from most people in the British Isles. It is known as Up Helly Aa and takes place in the town … Continue reading →

Posted in Cool Britannia, Culture, history, Life, Travel | Tagged history, Lerwick, Life, Scotland, Shetland, The Shetland Islands, Up Helly Aa, Vikings | 8 Comments

Why has 2016 seen so many celebrity deaths?

Posted on December 28, 2016 by Stephen Liddell

It was back in early spring that it was said that 2016 was obviously being written by Game of Thrones writer, George RR Martin. The number of famous people who have died in 2016 is almost too big to … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Life, Popular Culture | Tagged 2016, Carrie Fisher, Celebrity Deaths, David Bowie, Death, George Michael, Life, Social Media, Watershed Down | 1 Comment

Apricity – The Warmth of Winter Sun

Posted on November 30, 2016 by Stephen Liddell

It’s freezing cold outside this morning. At 8.30am the garden is still minus 10C or 10F, the garden is covered in frost and ice and a pale blue stretches across the horizon with a very weak and watery like pale … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Life | Tagged Apricity, Cosy, English, Foreign words with no equivalent in English, Frost, Language, Life, London, Sun, winter, Words | 3 Comments

Arrival – Movie Review

Posted on November 15, 2016 by Stephen Liddell

It’s a long time since I wrote a film review adn that is partly because I’ve been too busy to watch many and those that I have seen, have not really been worth the effort to write about but Arrival … Continue reading →