Category Archives: Religion and Faith

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For Sale: An authentic Victorian Vampire Slayer Box Set

Posted on July 13, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

One of my favourite television programme 20 or so years ago was Buffy The Vampire Slayer and even now there have been few shows with such sharp dialogue often overlooked by many at the time due to the perceived nature … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, News, Religion and Faith | Tagged Buffy, Folklore, Gothic, Vampire, Vampire Slaying Kit | 4 Comments

The Fire Temple of Chak Chak that weeps for its princess.

Posted on June 29, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

Earlier this week I was reminded of a wonderfully tragical romantic episode of history when I was attaching the fabulous new BBC 4 show entitled The Art of Persia. Towards the beginning of the programme they visited a spot that … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Religion and Faith, Travel | Tagged Chak Chak, Drip Drop, Fire Temple, Iran, Persia, Yazd, Zoroaster, Zoroastrian, Zoroastrianism | 7 Comments

Coronavirus Diary 15 – Easter and Passover in splendid isolation – How solitude can lead to creativity.

Posted on April 10, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

This weekend is Easter (our only 4 day weekend!) for myself and many of us, Passover for many more and Sikhs and Hindu’s have Vaisakhi and in a week or so Ramadan will be starting also. It will be very … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, Religion and Faith | Tagged Alone, creativity, Diary, Easter, Faith, Hermit, Loneliness, Passover, Poetry, Solitude | 5 Comments

Marketing – Medieval Style

Posted on December 18, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

It’s easy for us to think that Marketing, Advertising and Corporate Branding are all relatively recent developments that plague our modern life. However when I was at the excellent Knights of St John Museum in London yesterday I was reminded … Continue reading →

Posted in history, London, Religion and Faith | Tagged Advertising, Branding, Bread, Crusades, Flag, Hospitaliers, Knights, Knights of St John, Maltese Cross, Marketing | Leave a comment

A close look at a grave of a Pirate or is it?

Posted on November 4, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

Huddled on the the battered coast of Northumberland you’ll come across many an ancient ruin, castle or church. There is more than enough to spend an hour or so at St Aidan, so named after the saint who died on … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Northumberland and Durham, Religion and Faith, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Bamburgh, Cemetery, church, Grace Darling, Northumberland, Pirate Grave, Pirates, St Aidans Church | Leave a comment

An eerie journey along old Corpse Roads

Posted on October 30, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

Can anyone believe that I have written Halloween (related posts for 7 years now. When I started this blog I thought I’d be lucky to still be going in a month. As with everything else, I always try to keep … Continue reading →

Posted in Cumbria & The Lake District, history, Life, Religion and Faith | Tagged Corpse Road, Death, Funeral, halloween, outdoors, Stonehenge, Superstition, walks | 8 Comments

An example of how English has changed over 1200 years.

Posted on September 11, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

I found this poster earlier today and thought it was well worth sharing. The text contains a brief passage of one of the most famous Psalms and I think gives a wonderful insight to how language changes. I really don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Heritage, history, Religion and Faith | Tagged Anglo-Saxon, Beowulf, English, English language, Middle English, Old English, Psalm | 10 Comments

The Fig Tree Tomb of Watford

Posted on August 28, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

Last week whilst on a little diversion in my local town, I took the time to visit the beautiful and ancient St Marys Church. It is the oldest building in Watford and in truth following decades of wanton destruction by … Continue reading →

Posted in Heritage, history, Life, Religion and Faith | Tagged Cemetery, church, Death, Fig Tree Tomb, Legends, Victorian, Watford | Leave a comment

Brompton Cemetery – Part of The Magnificent Seven

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

I always love visiting Brompton Cemetery which doubles up as a Royal Park. There is so much to see with the architecture, gothic style tombs and just a vast array of wildlife in this huge open space in the middle … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, London, Religion and Faith, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Brompton Cemetery, Catacombs, Cemetery, Gothic, Graves, John Snow, Royal Park, West Brompton | 9 Comments

The Strasbourg Dancing Plague of 1518

Posted on July 8, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

We’re fast approaching mid-summer and in the UK the next few months are marked in amongst other ways, masses of music and folk festivals with the most famous of which being Glastonbury. Well before the hundreds of thousands spent their … Continue reading →