Category Archives: Opinion

Posts predominantly related to the views espoused by yours truly.

Do you have confidence in anyone? Or is the world incompetent?

Posted on December 12, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

I don’t know about you but since I was about 3 years of age, I’ve had a sneaking suspicion that the world is populated largely by incompetent people. This is a feeling that has increased exponentially to the level where … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, News, Opinion | Tagged Arriva, Brexit, Diane Abbott, EU, Incompetence, Labour, Theresa May, Vote of no-confidence, Watford, Yodel | 12 Comments

Imprisoned childen, phone zombies… do you ever feel like you’re living on another planet?

Posted on August 8, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

Whilst walking to the cinema this week in the never-ending heatwave, it occurred to me that something wasn’t quite right. The weather was perfect, the schools are on holiday and yet I didn’t see a single person as I walked … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, News, Opinion | Tagged Civilisation, Commuting, Internet, Life, nostalgia, online, phone zombies, Smartphones, Society | 6 Comments

21 Types of Air Passengers that make life hell.

Posted on March 22, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

I don’t know about you but I hate flying. I’ve flown 39 times and each one I have hated it. I’m a long distance train sort of person but sometimes flying is the only practical option and if zooming around … Continue reading →

Posted in Funny & Humour, Life, Opinion, Travel | Tagged Airport Checkin, Airports, Backpacks, children, Passengers, Reclining Seats, Security | 13 Comments

Black Panther Movie Review

Posted on February 22, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

Earlier this week I went to see the Black Panther movie. Some of you may know that I despise comicbook based movies. Just going from the trailers they seem very generic, derivative and not very deep; I like science-fiction but … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Movies and Films, Opinion, Popular Culture | Tagged Africa, Black Panther, Erik Killmonger, Film Review, M'Baku, Movie Review, Shuri, T'Challa, Wakanda | 13 Comments

There’s English and there’s English.

Posted on February 19, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

Language is very important to all of us, which ever one it is that we speak. Over 20,000 people a year read my old post on 102 Words That Aren’t In English But Should Be 102 Words That Aren’t In English … Continue reading →

Posted in Cool Britannia, Culture, Life, News, Opinion | Tagged Business English, English, English as a second language, Foreign words with no equivalent in English, Idioms, Language, Words | 9 Comments

James Bulger 25 years on – the crime that shocked the nation.

Posted on February 15, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

25 years ago this week, a crime shook Britain and the city of Liverpool in particular with such revulsion that no-one who was alive at the time will ever forget. It was a crime where society sank to a new … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, News, Opinion | Tagged Bootle, Crime, James Bulger, Jon Venables, Liverpool, Murder, Robert Thompson | 9 Comments

Busting the myth of London being a Rainy city

Posted on January 27, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

If there is one thing that tourists ask me when I’m out with them it is Brexit or Donald Trump. If there is a second thing they ask me it is about the weather. For some reason, people have … Continue reading →