As I’m really busy with my tours this week and don’t have a great deal of time to do a lot of writing, instead I found neat little video that I found that conveys a fascinating subject. The creation and the spread of cities and hence the spread of civilisation. Even from the graphic below… Continue reading Visualising the spread of cities throughout time
More photos from the old and the new
Today I finish my series of three posts looking at how particular locations have changed in appearance between some old photos that I found and which date from the 1880’s and 1890’s and how they look today using Google Steet view. Originally I was just interested to see if I could find the locations for… Continue reading More photos from the old and the new
The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace – Benedictus
Do you ever have a situation where you hear a piece of music and don’t know what it is? Perhaps you hear a new song on the radio that you like the sound of but miss the introduction at the beginning or annoyingly the presenter doesn’t credit it at the end. It’s hard enough when… Continue reading The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace – Benedictus
Mass Shootings in the USA are not news, it’s a chosen way of life
It’s not often that I write anything that even vaguely touches on an opinion piece but following the news of the latest in the endless stream of mass-shootings, let alone individual shootings then I thought now would be as good a time as any. I feel so strongly about this and it isn’t even my… Continue reading Mass Shootings in the USA are not news, it’s a chosen way of life
Why does the Queen have 2 birthdays?
Today Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her 90th birthday. Reaching 90 years of age is reason enough to celebrate for any of us but this is the second time the Queen has reached 90 as she also had a birthday back on 21st April which was the day she was actually born. In… Continue reading Why does the Queen have 2 birthdays?
The more things change – Photos of then and now
Following from my popular post earlier in the week Then and now – How sights have changed in 130 years I have collated some more of the old colour photographs from the 1890s cataloging interesting sights around England and then using Google Streetview, attempted to replicate these views to see how things have changed. The first… Continue reading The more things change – Photos of then and now
Then and now – How sights have changed in 130 years
Last week the Daily Telegraph newspaper printed some old photos from across England and taken in the 1890’s but rare because they were in colour. The photos were created using the Photochrom technique pioneered by Photoglob Zürich AG, which sees colour manually added to black-and-white negatives. I thought it would be fun to see if… Continue reading Then and now – How sights have changed in 130 years
Roman treasures found under the streets of London
Oldest ever manuscripts discovered 20 feet under London streets
The Battle of Jutland
Today marks the centenary anniversary of the single most important naval battle of WW1 and as I have been doing for the last few years, I thought I would write a dedicated post taken from extracts of my WW1 history book, Lest We Forget, published by Endeavour Press of London. For centuries, the Royal Navy… Continue reading The Battle of Jutland
Losing your marbles – A real life conversation!
Yesterday morning I had an early morning appointment at the garage to get my car serviced. Happily it passed its test but instead of waiting around the garage for an hour, I went into town to buy some provisions and visit the bank. Whilst I was standing outside the bank, waiting for it to open… Continue reading Losing your marbles – A real life conversation!
Stephen Liddell 