There aren’t too many early Tudor buildings left around these days but Central London has a few. One of them is within sight of Parliament itself and it’s at one of the palaces that is much less visited than some of its near neighbours. Lambeth Palace is the official residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury… Continue reading Morton’s Tower at Lambeth Palace
Coronavirus Diary 76 – Why does the government care more about rich football clubs than destitute workers?
It might be just me but as half the country and all of the charlatans in Downing Street nimbly jump from ‘greed is good’ to ‘lets stop greedy football clubs because it might win votes’, but I really couldn’t care less. Ok, not too big a secret given that an old post of mine… Continue reading Coronavirus Diary 76 – Why does the government care more about rich football clubs than destitute workers?
The old General Lying-In hospital in Lambeth
Do you remember last Monday I wrote about the Leake Street tunnel of street art? Well there is a good reason why the street carries that name and that is because it is just round the corner from the old General Lying-In hospital which was created at the behest of Dr John Leake. The… Continue reading The old General Lying-In hospital in Lambeth
That time the Duke of Edinburgh gate-crashed my walking-tour
With the death of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh last week it reminded me of when I met him. I remember at least two occassions though saw him in a non-speaking capacity at other times. One time was when I had to sing Run Rabbit, Run Rabbit in Maori to the Queen on Commonwealth… Continue reading That time the Duke of Edinburgh gate-crashed my walking-tour
The Leake Street Graffiti tunnel
One of the great things about London is that it has so many facets. History, big-business, entrepreneurs, literature and theatre, shopping and so much much more including modern culture and that includes street art. A few years ago I blogged before on Whitechapel Street Art itself a perhaps unexpected side to an area known for its… Continue reading The Leake Street Graffiti tunnel
Solving the mystery of Captain Henry Every – The Pirate who became the subject of the first world-wide manhunt from India to North America
A few weeks ago I wrote a blog on Colonel Blood and his audacious career that involved stealing the Crown Jewels and in the last few days I’ve been reading about a discovery of some Arabian coins unearthed in an orchard on Rhode Island that might shed new light on an incredibly infamous pirate, Captain… Continue reading Solving the mystery of Captain Henry Every – The Pirate who became the subject of the first world-wide manhunt from India to North America
Roe v. Wade (2021) Movie Review
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 there are now streaming services available where we can in some way satisfy our craving… Continue reading Roe v. Wade (2021) Movie Review
The Mechanical Turk Chess-Player that shocked the world!
When we think of robots and artificial intelligence, it’s easy to think that it is a modern 21st century obsession or at least of 20th century science fiction such as Star Trek. This is not entirely the case. One of my favourite works of art I have ever seen is the The beautiful, magical Silver Swan… Continue reading The Mechanical Turk Chess-Player that shocked the world!
I just watched the last year of Game of Thrones and loved it!
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 couldn’t remember if I had watched the penultimate series until I was around five episodes… Continue reading I just watched the last year of Game of Thrones and loved it!
Coronavirus Diary 75 – Finding a Holy and Magical Well in St Albans.
I’ve been to a few Holy Wells in my time, some ancient pagan wells and some slightly less ancient but still extremely old Christian ones. The problem with wells in cities and particularly near to London is that they are either blocked up or entirely built over. Some times is simply due to the rise… Continue reading Coronavirus Diary 75 – Finding a Holy and Magical Well in St Albans.
Stephen Liddell 