Category Archives: Life

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Meeting James Bond in his London apartment!

Posted on January 13, 2021 by Stephen Liddell

On Thursday and Friday last week I did interviews for the Metro and Daily Telegraphs newspapers and so I had to spend a little time going through 2019 photos as the newspaper wants me to send some so as well as … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, London, Movies and Films, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged 007, James Bond, James Bond Walking Tour of London, Ye Olde England Tours | 1 Comment

Having an Excluded Christmas and a Shielding New Year

Posted on January 6, 2021 by Stephen Liddell

Today marks the 11 month anniversary since I last had a full days work. It’s hard to believe that almost a year has gone by and as almost everyone has Well I’ve had a worse Christmas than this year but … Continue reading →

Posted in Life | Tagged Christmas, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Diary, CoronavirusUK, Diary, Life, New Year, Shielding | 5 Comments

A not very good review of a pretty rubbish year, 2020.

Posted on December 30, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

Having a special interest in chest infections, it was about 55 weeks ago when I first heard of what was to become the Coronavirus. It took until January before the first hints of it were dismissed in the mainstream awareness … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Opinion | Tagged 2020, Coronavirus, Diary, New Year, year in review | 5 Comments

Making a Christmas Posset

Posted on December 23, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

It’s long been traditional at this time of year to make mulled wine or cider and its something I too often do. It’s certainly just the thing for cold winter weather at Christmas time. However there is a drink … Continue reading →

Posted in Heritage, history, Life | Tagged Christmas, Drinks, Mulled Wine, Posset, winter | 9 Comments

The Chedworth Romain villa mosaic – Adding some light to the Dark Ages

Posted on December 21, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

Last week news was released on recent research that might change the way people think 6th century Britain following the discover by archaeologists of Britain’s first known 5th-Century mosaic at a Roman villa in Gloucestershire. Radiocarbon dating revealed a mosaic … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, News | Tagged Archeology, Britannia, Chedworth Roman Villa, Mosaic, Roman Empire, Romans | 2 Comments

Living in a Slow Glass World

Posted on December 16, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

It’s been a rather surreal few weeks where I live, in an increasingly surreal year. It has been extremely dense fog for the most part as I write this for almost 2 weeks. It reminds me a little of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Life, writing | Tagged Bob Shaw, Fog, Light of Other Days, sadness, Short Story, Slow Glass, Twilight Zone | Leave a comment

My offering of Christmas goodies! Books and Video Tours

Posted on December 9, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

I must be the most useless blogger the world has ever seen at least when it comes to self-publicity. Here I am with a new book that came out at the end of August and I’ve never even mentioned it … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, London, Travel, writing, WW1, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged 101 Most Horrible Tortures In History, Christmas, Lest We Forget, Secret Gardens of the City of London, Straight from the Horse's Mouth, Virtual Video Tour | Leave a comment

Getting up to mischief in some old woods

Posted on December 7, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

Some of you might remember back towards the beginning of the pandemic I wrote a lengthy series of posts on my new neighbour having gone exploring when everyone else was confined indoors. One of my posts was on Grim’s Dyke, … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, London, Travel | Tagged Gilbert and Sullivan, Grims Ditch, Grims Dyke, Grims Dyke Hotel, Harrow, Stanmore, W S Gilbert, walks, Woods | Leave a comment

Rishi Sunak is a liar and a boring one at that.

Posted on November 27, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

It’s hard to believe but I am approaching my 10th month without any pay or government support during the Coronavirus epidemic. The government of course continue to lie and the country largely doesn’t care at all even though I … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, News, Politics | Tagged Coronavirus, Diary, ExcludedUK, Rishi Sunak, Rishi Sunak is a liar | 10 Comments

The life and death of Doorkins Magnificat who put the Cat into Southwark Cathedral

Posted on November 25, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

The week between Christmas and New years is a strange one in the U.K. so many American and other tourists arrive and forget that they are in a foreign country and that having no national holidays since the summer, we … Continue reading →