Despite walking round London over 300 days a year for 11 years, the amount of times I’ve been there just for fun like a local or tourist could be counted on one hand. I’ve not been in Buckingham Palace, until last year I’d not been to a West End Show for 16 years nor eaten… Continue reading Face to mask with a WW1 Gashood
The Holdovers Film Review
The last really great film I watched was Saltburn which was shockingly unique and often simply shocking. I remember when sitting down to watch Saltburn there was a trailer for The Holdovers and I made a mental note that this film was just my cup of tea. Nobody likes teacher Paul Hunham who is fantastically played… Continue reading The Holdovers Film Review
Don’t tell him Pike!
The Home Guard (initially Local Defence Volunteers) was an armed citizen militia supporting the army during WW2. Operational from 1940 to 1944, the Home Guard had 1.5 million local volunteers otherwise ineligible for military service, such as those who were too young or too old to join the regular armed forced (regular military service was restricted to those aged 18 to… Continue reading Don’t tell him Pike!
Rediscovery of a lost British Saint and today is his Feast Day!
Today is a Red Letter Day, or at least it was centuries ago. We still sometimes say that it is a Red Letter Day which means it is somewhat special. In the medieval times when monks and scholars would document every day regardless of whether anything happened or perhaps they’d write out the Holy Bible or the… Continue reading Rediscovery of a lost British Saint and today is his Feast Day!
Mummy Unwrapping Parties
The Victorians were both an amazing and slightly weird lot. They pioneered the science and engineering almost everyone in the world takes for granted whilst being extremely strong on morals and keeping ankles covered and where a morbid curiosity about death clashed with the fledging modern medicine. **It should be noted this post does contain 2… Continue reading Mummy Unwrapping Parties
2024 Elections
In 2024, more than half the planet will vote in elections. However not all elections are equal and whilst the better ones can completely change the course of a country or even the world, others are little more than a farcical sham. The dark burgundy circles represent good and almost ideal democracies despite the best efforts… Continue reading 2024 Elections
The betrayal that ended the old British kingdom of Rheged
One of the eras of history I most enjoy is that bit of British history after the Romans and before the arrival of those pesky Normans. When the land was split between numerous kingdoms who battled for control and eventual a land of many kingdoms became one of few. It seems at least some of these… Continue reading The betrayal that ended the old British kingdom of Rheged
Wild about babies!
18 months or so ago I wrote about some wonderful public art in Paternoster Square near St Pauls https://stephenliddell.co.uk/2022/06/16/the-wildlife-table-of-love-in-paternoster-square/ which led to a further post on https://stephenliddell.co.uk/2022/06/27/rabbitwoman-and-dogman/#:~:text=As%20unlikely%20animal%20kingdom%20companions,as%20well%20as%20an%20individual. Over the last year or two, I’ve seen Rabbitwoman and Dogman appear temporarily in new places around London but last week and actually the first day after their… Continue reading Wild about babies!
Sword Rests in the City of London.
The historic churches of the City of London contain many unusual and interesting furnishings and fittings. Among the most intriguing are the sword rests. You don’t really find Sword Rests in the rest of the country, perhaps because bringing a sword into a church may seem rather incongruous but in the City, the Lord Mayor… Continue reading Sword Rests in the City of London.
Floods re-create Athelney Island – Refuge of King Alfred The Great vs the Vikings
The last few weeks and indeed months have seen much of the southern Britain inundated with big storms and seemingly incessant storms. At one point over 600 flood warnings were in place as rivers burst their banks, fields and plains flooded and houses evacuated. The floods of course are awful for everyone involved but people… Continue reading Floods re-create Athelney Island – Refuge of King Alfred The Great vs the Vikings
Stephen Liddell 