Category Archives: history

Posts predominantly history related.

All about driverless cars!

Posted on June 21, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

Today (or yesterday when you read this), I was taking a walk outside Parliament and I had the opportunity to jump in a driverless car! More about that later but it made me think of how in just a few years, … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, London, News, Popular Culture, Science and Engineering, Travel | Tagged Automated Cars, Cars, Driverless Cars, Pods | 4 Comments

Photos of Edinburgh

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

This week I’ve been away from my usual haunts in London and leading a 10 day tour around Scotland. Naturally the place to start of at is the beautiful city of Edinburgh. Like many other great cities, Edinburgh takes great … Continue reading →

Posted in Heritage, history, Photography, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle, Mons Meg, Royal Mile, Scotland, Walter Scott | 1 Comment

Trooping The Colour

Posted on June 7, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

This saturday sees the annual national event known as Trooping The Colour and is the centrepiece for the official birthday celebrations of The Queen and will see The Mall, royal parks and Horseguards Parade backed with Union Jack waving crowds … Continue reading →

Posted in Cool Britannia, Heritage, history, Life, London | Tagged Gun Salute, Household Cavalry, Major General's Review, Royal Family, The Queen, Trooping The Colour | 1 Comment

A Death Warrant from King Henry VIII

Posted on June 4, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

The little tat that King Henry VIII is one of the most famous arguments in history, it not only pitted one of the most powerful men of all time the representative of God on Earth, or the Pope but it … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, Religion and Faith | Tagged Anglican, Catholic, Christian, Dissolution of the monasteries, King Henry VIII, The Pope, Thomas Cromwell | 1 Comment

2,000 years on Bath Abbey is set to use the famous hot water that the Romans did!

Posted on May 24, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

Long before the Romans, it was the ancient Celts who lived across the British Isles who first noticed the hot waters spewing forth from deep beneath the the surface of the Earth, In fact, they used to pray there. When … Continue reading →

Posted in geography, history, Science and Engineering, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Bath, Bath Abbey, Bath and Stonehenge, Energy, Green Issues, Renewable Energy, Roman Baths | 1 Comment

Is the Queen descended from the Prophet Muhammad?

Posted on May 10, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

It is said that most of us have hundreds or thousands of living relations, if only we knew who they were. On one line of my family tree I have found to be descended from such people such as the … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, Religion and Faith | Tagged family tree, Genealogy, Islam, Prophet Muhammad, Royal Family, royalty, SOAS, The Queen | 6 Comments

London VE Day Photos from 8th May 1945

Posted on May 8, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

Today is VE Day and I wasn’t going to post anything in particular but a quick search came across countless incredible photos and so I thought, why not! VE Day is a public holiday in several European countries such as … Continue reading →