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Tag Archives: BBC
Supporting BBC Comic Relief with a very special Sherlock tour
Today is Easter Monday and though I’m working as I have done every day so far this year, it seems like an apt time to make this post considering the time of year. One of the nice things I like … Continue reading
Posted in Life, London, television, Ye Olde England Tours
Tagged 221B Baker Street, BBC, charity, Comic Relief, Louise Brealey, Sherlock, Speedy's, Uma Stubbs, Ye Olde England Tours
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Christmas Carols at St Paul’s Cathedral & my new favourite hymn ‘Oh Holy Night’
Before we get to the reason I started this post, I thought you might like to see a few photos of when I went to Christmas Carols at St Paul’s Cathedral. We had to queue for over 2 hours to … Continue reading
Posted in Cool Britannia, Culture, Heritage, history, Life, Religion and Faith
Tagged Adolphe Adam, BBC, Carols from King's, Christmas, Hymns, Oh Holy Night, St Pauls Cathedral
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Taboo
As always, I have been really very busy this spring but when I haven’t been busy then I have been engrossed in Taboo. It’s set in the Georgian times but to call it a costume drama would be rather … Continue reading
Posted in Popular Culture, television
Tagged BBC, Honourable East India Company, James Delaney, Jonathan Pryce, Life, London, Sir Stuart Strange, Taboo, Tom Hardy
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A timely Sherlock Holmes tour of London
Originally posted on Luxereporter:
It’s 130 years since Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published his first Sherlock Holmes novel and his character is, after numerous incarnations on screens large and small, probably going stronger now than it has since the early…
Posted in history, Life, London, Popular Culture, television, Travel
Tagged BBC, Dr Watson, Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, walking tours, Ye Olde England Tours
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Top 10 Best TV Shows of 2015
It’s nearly the end of the year so I thought I would write a brief review on my favourite TV shows of 2015. It was hard to limit the choice to just 10 of the best but here goes! Humans … Continue reading
Posted in Popular Culture, television, Uncategorized
Tagged 2015 review, BBC, Culture, Downton Abbey, Dr Who, Humans, Life, Poldark, television, The Bridge, The Walking Dead, TV Review, Wolf Hall
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Me on the BBC! (How To Get Rich Using Airbnb)
Forgetting the dreadful grammar though rather catchy title of this particular blog, I thought that I would share a recent interview appearance I made on the national BBC radio network over here. Whilst I was on holiday in Croatia two … Continue reading
Posted in Life, television, writing
Tagged BBC, books, Homestay, How To Get Rich Using Airbnb, ibooks, Interview, Kindle, Life, Mark Forrest Show, Radio, Stephen Liddell, Travel, Wimdu
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The British Schindler Sir Nicholas Winton and the Kindertransport
Not many people have heard of Sir Nicholas Winton even in his own country but his actions undoubtedly mean that thousands of people are alive today that would not have been without him. The Kindertransport has its origins on 15th … Continue reading
Posted in history, Life, WW2
Tagged BBC, charity, Geertruida Wijsmuller, history, Jewish, Kindertransport, Life, refugees, Sir Nicholas Winton, Trains, UK Politics, war, WW2
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The Box of Delights
30 years ago, I like many other young children and many an adult, was enthralled with The Box of Delights on BBC1. It is a delightful telling of the classic story of the same name by John Masefield and is … Continue reading
Posted in Popular Culture, television, writing
Tagged BBC, children, Christmas, Dr Who, John Masefield, Kay Harker, nostalgia, Patrick Troughton, television, The Box of Delights
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Doors open and opportunities knock thanks to blogging.
The more enthusiastic of my valuable readers may have noticed that I had one of those very rare occurrences this Saturday when I didn’t make a posting. It’s all been down to a very busy month or so which I … Continue reading
Posted in Life, writing
Tagged BBC, Blogging, Bloomberg, How To Get Rich Using Airbnb, Life, writing, Ye Olde England Tours
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Farewell to a great Airbnb guest – or am I Matthew from Game On
I’m not sure how many people are familiar with the 1990’s extremely funny but short-lived BBC Comedy Game-On. It centres on the lives of 3 flatmates, most particularly Matthew who comes into an inheritance after his parents are killed in … Continue reading
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Tagged Airbnb, BBC, books, Culture, Game On, How To Get Rich Using Airbnb, Humor, Humour, Kindle, Life, television, The Promise
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