I once posted a really wonderful map of all the main roads in the Roman Empire Fantastic Map of The Roman Empire and as I love maps I am always on the lookout for something similar and if you do a search on my blog you will find more maps than you know what to do with!… Continue reading A Map of Trade Routes in the 11th and 12th Century in the Old World
Having an Excluded Christmas and a Shielding New Year
Today marks the 11 month anniversary since I last had a full days work. It’s hard to believe that almost a year has gone by and as almost everyone has Well I’ve had a worse Christmas than this year but not by much. I’m used to having them on my own and not seeing anyone… Continue reading Having an Excluded Christmas and a Shielding New Year
Remembering the Siege of Sidney Street 110 years today
Even if many don’t know the precise events, the Siege of Sidney Street is something that most Londoners have heard of due to its tragic events and dramatic ending, On the 3rd January 1911 two Latvian anarchists held out in an East End tenement for seven hours against more than 200 armed police and a… Continue reading Remembering the Siege of Sidney Street 110 years today
A not very good review of a pretty rubbish year, 2020.
Having a special interest in chest infections, it was about 55 weeks ago when I first heard of what was to become the Coronavirus. It took until January before the first hints of it were dismissed in the mainstream awareness and it wasn’t until February when the western world became more properly aware of what… Continue reading A not very good review of a pretty rubbish year, 2020.
Making a Christmas Posset
It’s long been traditional at this time of year to make mulled wine or cider and its something I too often do. It’s certainly just the thing for cold winter weather at Christmas time. However there is a drink that is very more traditional and allows us to not just experience a Dickensian Victorian… Continue reading Making a Christmas Posset
The Chedworth Romain villa mosaic – Adding some light to the Dark Ages
Last week news was released on recent research that might change the way people think 6th century Britain following the discover by archaeologists of Britain’s first known 5th-Century mosaic at a Roman villa in Gloucestershire. Radiocarbon dating revealed a mosaic at Chedworth was designed and created in the middle of that century. This shows sophisticated… Continue reading The Chedworth Romain villa mosaic – Adding some light to the Dark Ages
Living in a Slow Glass World
It’s been a rather surreal few weeks where I live, in an increasingly surreal year. It has been extremely dense fog for the most part as I write this for almost 2 weeks. It reminds me a little of the famous pea-soup fogs of old London in the Victorian times or 1950’s or indeed it… Continue reading Living in a Slow Glass World
Stalin Vs Hitler: A comparison – who was worst?
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? Just when you think you have weighed up all the factors then you realise you… Continue reading Stalin Vs Hitler: A comparison – who was worst?
My offering of Christmas goodies! Books and Video Tours
I must be the most useless blogger the world has ever seen at least when it comes to self-publicity. Here I am with a new book that came out at the end of August and I’ve never even mentioned it AND it is an official #1 best seller. If I ever had motivation or ambition… Continue reading My offering of Christmas goodies! Books and Video Tours
Getting up to mischief in some old woods
Some of you might remember back towards the beginning of the pandemic I wrote a lengthy series of posts on my new neighbour having gone exploring when everyone else was confined indoors. One of my posts was on Grim’s Dyke, an ancient pre-historic monument and the grave of Visiting the grave of W.S Gilbert –… Continue reading Getting up to mischief in some old woods
Stephen Liddell 