Tag Archives: Architecture

Open House London

Posted on September 18, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

Open House London has long been my favourite cultural event in London each year, despite the fact I’ve always been busy working and never got to enjoy the fun myself but it is the concept of it that I love … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Culture, Life, London, Uncategorized | Tagged Architecture, Downing Street, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London, Open House London, Tours, Travel | Leave a comment

York Watergate – The ceremonial gateway to the River Thames, out of sight of water.

Posted on May 8, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

Following on from Mondays post on the Lions of the River Thames, not to far away is one of the last remnants of an era of grandeur on the Thames that has largely been swept away. The York Water Gate. … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, history, Life, London, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Architecture, Embankment, London, River Thames, The Strand, York Watergate | 4 Comments

Introducing The Tulip – Londons slightly erotic looking skyscraper

Posted on November 26, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

It says something about how much development is occurring in London and also for the longevity of my blog that my 2014 post entitled Looking Up At London is now thoroughly out of date. I’ve written other blogs about the … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Cool Britannia, Life, London, News | Tagged Architecture, Construction, London, Skyscapers, The Scalpel, The Tulip, Towers | 1 Comment

Rising like a Phoenix from the ashes.

Posted on February 13, 2016 by Stephen Liddell

At this time of year, my back garden so often looks like it has taken a real battering from months of incessant rain, sometimes snow and many weeks of seemingly constant gales or worse. Sometimes a tree will blow … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, history, Life | Tagged Architecture, Bam, Chicago, Disasters, history, Iran, Life, Lisbon, London, Manchester, Phoenix from the ashes, Reconstruction, V1 Vixen | 4 Comments

Looking up at London

Posted on November 4, 2015 by Stephen Liddell

On Saturday I did one of my Jack The Ripper walks with a particularly brave and sporting Australian lady who wanted to combine an amazing history walk and a way to see a bit of London that most tourists wouldn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, London, Photography, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Architecture, history, Jack The Ripper, Life, London, Photography, The Gherkin, The Shard, Travel, Whitechapel, Ye Olde England Tours | 6 Comments

Photos from St. Paul’s Cathedral

Posted on August 12, 2015 by Stephen Liddell

This Monday I had the chance to do something I don’t get to do very often and that is enjoy London as a tourist. It’s easy when you live and work here to get bogged down with the traffic congestion … Continue reading →

Posted in Cool Britannia, history, London, Photography, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Architecture, Culture, history, Life, London, Photography, Pinterest, St Pauls Cathedral, Tours, Ye Olde England Tours | 11 Comments

The beautiful, magical Silver Swan Automaton at The Bowes Museum

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Stephen Liddell

Every now and then when you go travelling, you come across something out of the ordinary. If you are very lucky, you might see something unique and quite amazing, the Silver Swan is such a sight. The Silver Swan Automaton … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, history, Northumberland and Durham, Travel | Tagged Architecture, Art, Barnard Castle, County Durham, Culture, Egglestone Abbey, history, holiday, Museums, Silver Swan, The Bowes Museum, Travel | 22 Comments

Qasr Amr – pleasure palace of the Caliphs

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Stephen Liddell

Qasr Amr is located on the desert road to Azraq and only a short distance from Iraq. It is possibly the highlight of the chain of desert castles built in eastern Jordan. It was built by Caliph Walid I around … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Travel | Tagged Architecture, Caliph, castles, Culture, Desert, history, Islam, Jordan, Lawrence of Arabia, Middle-East, Tours, Travel | 3 Comments

The destruction of historic Mecca by Saudi Arabia

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Stephen Liddell

Below is another article which I have recently written for the Muslim Academy site which is run to increase East-West understandings. If the first church of St. Paul was to be destroyed or the house of Mary, mother of Jesus, … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, history, News, Politics | Tagged Architecture, cultural vandalism, Culture, history, Islam, Mecca, Middle-East | 29 Comments

A Soliloquy to my childhood city or a brief guide to Newcastle-Upon-Tyne

Posted on February 9, 2013 by Stephen Liddell

Though I have lived in the London area for most of my life, I still don’t really consider myself as being at home here. No offence to anyone but home is always home and the city I consider home is … Continue reading →