Category Archives: Life

Posts predominantly related to Life.

Standing in the footsteps of Walt Disney

Posted on January 27, 2022 by Stephen Liddell

In some quarters it is almost sacrilgeous to say so but I’ve never watched a classic Walt Disney animated film. When other children were doing so, I was much more interested in live action and often rather bloody history and … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, London | Tagged Borough, Disney, Disney Street, Southwark, Walt Disney, Walt Disney in London | Leave a comment

The Statue of King Alfred The Great that isn’t all it might appear.

Posted on January 25, 2022 by Stephen Liddell

Every where you go in London, it is hard to move without bumping into statues and the politics behind who is worthy of a statue, where it should be and how high a status it has in comparison to other … Continue reading →

Posted in Heritage, history, Life, London, Photography, Travel | Tagged King Alfred The Great, King Alfred The Great Statue, Roman, Southwark, Statue, Trinity Square | Leave a comment

Coronavirus Diary 84 – Deserted icons of London in Winter

Posted on January 20, 2022 by Stephen Liddell

A few days ago I took two lovely people around some of the most famous sights in London. Normally even in January there would be crowds of people everywhere but as you can see out of millions of people, we … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, London, Photography, Travel | Tagged Buckingham Palace, Covent Garden, Covid19, Diary, ExcludedUK, Parliament, Piccadilly Circus, Street Photography, Trafalgar Square, Travel photography | 1 Comment

Lady Florence Norman – The Scooter riding Suffragette

Posted on January 13, 2022 by Stephen Liddell

In London and many other cities, they are the either a much needed liberating ‘last-mile’ mode of transport or the latest bane on urban life. Scooters, particularly those standing e-scooters are loved by riders and seemingly hated by many others … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, London | Tagged EScooters, Lady Florence Norman, Scooters, Suffragetes | Leave a comment

The redemption of King Richard III and a new lead on the ‘Princes in the tower’

Posted on January 11, 2022 by Stephen Liddell

For a few centuries, King Richard III has been largely denigrated as perhaps the monarch without any merit whatsoever, even more so than bad King John… and that is saying something. He was ugly, he was deformed, he murdered his … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, News | Tagged churches, John Evans, King Richard III, Richard III, Tower of London, Tudor | Leave a comment

New Year, New Rainforest

Posted on January 6, 2022 by Stephen Liddell

When people think of rainforests they tend to think of tropical ones such as the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil. Not many people realise that that you can have temperate rainforests and that just as the tropical varieties are currently being … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, News | Tagged countryside, Environment, Green Issues, Rainforest, Temperate Rainforest, Trees, Wistman's Wood | 4 Comments

My Project for 2022

Posted on January 4, 2022 by Stephen Liddell

I hop everyone has had a Happy New Year and festive period. I can’t believe this is 2022 and yet I can so clearly remember 1982! The summer of 2022 will see my 10 year anniversary of writing this blog … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, London, Travel, writing, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged £xcluded Voices, books, Coronavirus, ExcludedUK, Happy New Year, New Year, New Year Resolutions, Secret Gardens of the City of London, writing | 4 Comments

My Top 10 Movies of 2021

Posted on December 30, 2021 by Stephen Liddell

As with 2020 it’s been a weird year for film-goers. I only managed to go at all because Cineworld gave me a free annual pass. I definitely made the most of it and went to see dozens of films just … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Life, Movies and Films, Popular Culture, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Film Reviews, Free Guy, In The Heights, Last Night In Soho, No Time To Die, Top Ten Movies, Top Ten Movies 2021, West Side Story | 6 Comments

Personal thoughts on the death of Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Posted on December 26, 2021 by Stephen Liddell

I was saddened to hear a few hours ago about the death of Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Not because at 90 years of age he could be said to be short-changed on that account but because there are so few people … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, News, Opinion, Religion and Faith | Tagged Apartheid, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Desmond Tutu, Fen Court, Quotes, Racism | 1 Comment

Coronavirus Diary 83 – The (lack of) joy at Christmas and discombobulated thoughts

Posted on December 24, 2021 by Stephen Liddell

I must admit that I don’t feel 1% Christmassy and that is 1% less than last year when at least I knew everyone else was to various degrees miserable and isolated but I’m 22.5 months now into being Excluded (15 … Continue reading →