Category Archives: Travel

Posts predominantly travel related.

A video of the re-opened Borough Market

Posted on June 15, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

Borough Market has long been one of my favourite parts of London and so aside from the more obvious issues following the recent attack there and the adjoining London Bridge, I have been waiting to get back inside both for … Continue reading →

Posted in Cool Britannia, Life, London, News, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Borough Market, food, London, London Bridge, Markets, Neals Yard, Southwark, Terrorism, Travel, Video | 4 Comments

Ye Olde Fighting Cock – The Oldest Pub in Britain?

Posted on May 18, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

This time last week I was giving a lovely guided tour to a charming couple to the old Roman city of St Albans which as it happens is just 5 miles from my house and an hour out of central … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged County of Hertfordshire, food, history, Pubs, St Albans, Ye Olde Fighting Cocks | 4 Comments

A Quick Guide To Newcastle Upon Tyne.

Posted on April 25, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

My football team Newcastle United won promotion to the English Premier League last night and as a coincidence, I came across this great post about the city I consider to be my home. Now a top destination for the finer … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Culture, Life, Northumberland and Durham, Photography, Travel | Tagged Life, Newcastle, Newcastle United, nostalgia, Sir Edward Grey, Tyne, Tyne Bridge | Leave a comment

Bloomsbury – The Literary Heart of London

Posted on March 20, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

Bloomsbury is one of my very favourite parts of London. I’m a little biased as I spent four years studying at SOAS, a college in the University of London during the 1990’s and in recent years have been spending quite … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, history, Life, London, Photography, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged 1984, Bloomsbury, British Museum, Literature, Peter Pan, Senate House, Virginia Woolf | 7 Comments

Great Fires Of London & those who fought them

Posted on March 9, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

I’ve been crisscrossing the country so far this week so have got a little behind on my blog posts so please consider this an emergency posting! I mentioned a few weeks ago that I was going to create a few … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Heritage, history, Life, London, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Firefighters Memorial, Great Fire Of London, Queen Boudicca, St Pauls Cathedral, The Blitz, The Monument | 11 Comments

Opportunity Knocks… Again! From blogging to the small screen.

Posted on February 27, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

I’ve found that blogging has opened no end of doors for me whether it be writing books and articles, my tour company or being invited onto the radio or television however I must admit that I wasn’t expecting what happened … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Travel, WW1 | Tagged Common Wealth War Graves Commission, CWGC, Death, Life, Manfred Von Richthofen, Red Baron, Reuel Dunn, WW1, Ye Olde England Tours | 16 Comments

From the Palace to the Jungle

Posted on February 17, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

You don’t have to have been to London to know what The Household Cavalry look like. With their bright red uniforms, highly polish breastplates and distinctive tasseled helmets. Their traditions date back to 1680 and are the personal mounted escort … Continue reading →