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Interview with Life’s A Show Writer & Director – Harvey Puttock

Posted on July 12, 2021 by Stephen Liddell

Last week I posted a short review and link to the comedy short Life’s a Show which I was fortunate enough to be given a preview too. Afterwards I got to chat to writer and director Harvey Puttock about the … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Movies and Films, Popular Culture, writing | Tagged Films, Harvey Puttock, Q&A, Questions and Answers | Leave a comment

Life’s a show – Film Review

Posted on July 5, 2021 by Stephen Liddell

One of the nice things about doing my blog for this long is that I often get invited to review films. I can’t accept every offer so pick those which I think might be fun or interesting and recently one … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Movies and Films | Tagged Comedy, Coronavirus Diary, Film Review, Films, Harvey Puttock, Jon Tracy, Life’s a Show | 1 Comment

Going back to the cinema after lockdown to watch The Unholy!

Posted on June 2, 2021 by Stephen Liddell

As everyone else has awaited the end of lockdown to go to the shops, pubs, eat out or simply to meet up with someone, for me I have been waiting 17 months to go to the cinema. I’ve always loved … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Movies and Films, Religion and Faith | Tagged Cinema, Cineworld, Film Review, Films, Horror, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Movie Review, movies, The Unholy | 2 Comments

Roe v. Wade (2021) Movie Review

Posted on April 5, 2021 by Stephen Liddell

It’s been a long time since I did a film review, understandably so as with so much of public life, film-going has been all but shut down at least in the old-fashioned going to the cinema sort of way. Thankfully … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Movies and Films, Opinion, Popular Culture | Tagged Abortion, Film Review, Films, Jon Voight, movies, Nick Loeb, Roe v. Wade | 3 Comments

I just watched the last year of Game of Thrones and loved it!

Posted on March 29, 2021 by Stephen Liddell

It’s taken me a Iittle time, well around two years but I finally got round to watching the last year of Game of Thrones. I actually watched the final two years of Game of Thrones in a week as I … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Life, Opinion, television | Tagged Game of Thrones, Game of Thrones Infographics, Jon Snow, Khaleesi, Westeros | 4 Comments

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

Stalin Vs Hitler: A comparison – who was worst?

Posted on December 14, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

It’s a bit of a fools errand trying to compare disasters, discoveries and empires from different time-periods. How can one properly make comparisons between the Roman Empire and the British Empire for example? The Mongol Empire and the French Empire? … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Popular Culture | Tagged Hitler, Hitler Vs Stalin, Nazi, Soviet Union, Stalin, The Death Of Stalin, WW2 | 2 Comments

Dragons Hill – Where Saint George killed that dragon!

Posted on October 14, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

We’re nearing the end of my series of posts set on and around Whitehorse Hill and the Ridgeway. It would be easy to think that surely there is nothing else to see within the short walk of the car park … Continue reading →

Posted in Heritage, history, Life, Popular Culture, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged George and the dragon, Legends, Myths, national trust, Oxfordshire, Saint George, Uffington | 8 Comments

The Legend of Jack O’ Legs – Hertfordshire’s answer to Robin Hood!

Posted on September 21, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

We all know the story of Robin Hood, Little John and the others in Sherwood Forest but where I live we have a similarly motivated though perhaps less successful and well-know figure and his name is Jack O’Legs who also stole … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, Popular Culture | Tagged Baldock, church, County of Hertfordshire, Giant, Jack O'Legs, King Arthur, Legends, Robin Hood, Weston | 4 Comments

Coronavirus Diary 65 – Social Distancing at the Cinema with a blockbuster (Tenet) movie review

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

Just before moving, I got myself an annual cinema card as going to the Pictures is my favourite pastime. I thought I’d move house and finally get to go to unlimited movies, cricket matches, Theatre productions. None of that is … Continue reading →