Tag Archives: Art

Jewels of Persia at the Epic Iran – 5,000 years of Culture exhibition at the V&A

Posted on August 9, 2021 by Stephen Liddell

The Victoria and Albert Museum in London is the world’s largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts, and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and named after Queen Victoria and Prince … Continue reading →

Posted in Heritage, history, Life, London, Religion and Faith | Tagged Art, Epic Iran Exhibition, Iran, V&A, Victoria and Albert Museum | 4 Comments

The Leake Street Graffiti tunnel

Posted on April 12, 2021 by Stephen Liddell

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Cool Britannia, Life, London, Photography, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Art, Graffiti, Leake Street Tunnel, Street Art, Tunnels, walking tours | 1 Comment

The new fourth plinth artwork at Trafalgar Square

Posted on August 3, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

Readers with a long memory might remember a post I wrote in 2018 The Trafalgar Square Fourth Plinth about a rather interesting temporary art installation what is said to be the most viewed public art annually in the world. Sadly the old … Continue reading →

Posted in Cool Britannia, Life, London, News, Opinion | Tagged Art, Fourth Plinth, London, Modern Art, Sculpture, Trafalgar Square | 7 Comments

Visiting the home of Edward Adrian Wilson – a forgotten hero who died with Captain Scott of the Antarctic.

Posted on June 15, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

Every now and then I write a post not quite realising the scope it will take on, perhaps once or twice a year I investigate something and it gives me something to reflect on all year and this is what … Continue reading →

Posted in geography, history | Tagged 73 Stanmore Hill, Antartica, Art, Captain Scott, Diary, Edward Adrian Wilson, Explorer, South Pole, Stanmore, Wales | 9 Comments

Coronavirus Diary 45 – Paint me like one of your French girls

Posted on June 4, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

Every day since I took delivery of my little front garden bench, I have had an early morning cup of tea there. The road is always quiet and I share my time between watching the sun rising higher in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Life | Tagged Art, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Diary, Diary, Ding Dong, garden, Self isolation, Social Distancing, Sunrise | 7 Comments

Plumbing the depths of despair.

Posted on March 9, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

As if being pushed under a tube train in February and attacked in the street in November isn’t bad enough I’ve recently had the only item of value stolen from my new home recently. With not much else that can … Continue reading →

Posted in Heritage, history, Life | Tagged Art, Bathroom, Floods, Life, Robbery, Sculpture, Statue, Water Lane | 6 Comments

Crop Circles, Tornados and Aliens oh my!

Posted on February 3, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

Last week I was looking for a neolithic burial tomb and some ancient stones on Googlemaps. There are thousands of such places but most people only seem to know of Stonehenge. Whilst I was looking for my tomb and amongst … Continue reading →

Posted in Cool Britannia, Life, Popular Culture | Tagged Aerial Photography, Aliens, Art, Avebury, Crop Circles, Maps, Stonehenge, Tornado, Tornadoes, Weather, Wiltshire | Leave a comment

Cheers to pub signs!

Posted on January 20, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

As we near the darkest and coldest nights in the U.K. many of us will be spending at least some times in pubs. This would have been even more the case in years gone by. There have been … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Heritage, history, Life | Tagged Art, history, Pub Signs, Pubs, Red Lion, Romans | 6 Comments

The statue of Peace in Smithfield with its secret sign of fidelity.

Posted on May 27, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

As I mentioned in passing on my post on Smithfield Market the area hasn’t just got a millennia long relationship with animal markets and executions. It was also a place where men in Victorian times would bring their unwanted wives to … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, London, Travel | Tagged Art, London, Smithfield, Statue | Leave a comment

The Kazakhstan art exhibition in a disused London power station

Posted on October 8, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

Whilst out and about scouting a new walking tour in the East End of London, I had the good fortune to come across one of those hidden treasures which I still do so regularly even after all my exploration. Going … Continue reading →