In a rather unassuming building close to the central station is a place I’ve wanted to visit for many years but have always been too busy. The Lit & Phil is Newcastle’s exquisite independent library, open to all and free to explore and browse. Founded in 1793, its purpose-built library opened in 1825 on Westgate… Continue reading The Lit & Phil Library in Newcastle
Tag: books
My New Book: Angels of Postman’s Park
For the last two years or more I have been working on my new book which I’m very happy to have released on the 28th March as my little tribe to my wonderful mother who died 10 years ago on that date. Sat almost in the shadow of St Pauls Cathedral, Postman’s Park is a… Continue reading My New Book: Angels of Postman’s Park
My Project for 2022
I hop everyone has had a Happy New Year and festive period. I can’t believe this is 2022 and yet I can so clearly remember 1982! The summer of 2022 will see my 10 year anniversary of writing this blog and as I write this there have been 912,000 visitors to my blog which seems… Continue reading My Project for 2022
It’s not exactly rocket science nor brain surgery come to that!
I remember a few years ago as I waited with anticipation for a tourist who was going to be the very first to experience a brand new tour. I had offered to meet him at his hotel but he insisted that he was happy using the London Underground and that he was only 3 or… Continue reading It’s not exactly rocket science nor brain surgery come to that!
Coronavirus Diary 78 – Selling your belongings because the government has left you #ExcludedUK for 15 months
As the world continues to go back to normal for many of us, at varying degrees, I’ve just had my second Oxford vaccine on Friday 30th April and am pre-writing this post in anticipation of feeling as ill as I did after the first inoculation on the 3rd of March; still they say it is… Continue reading Coronavirus Diary 78 – Selling your belongings because the government has left you #ExcludedUK for 15 months
Oops, I did it again!
Just a short post today as I had something else planned and it wasn’t another reference to a Britney Spears song. As you may remember, my new book £xcluded Voices was released on Monday and within hours it reached number one in its Amazon section. I didn’t expect that in anyway as I know it’s… Continue reading Oops, I did it again!
My new book cover and blurb for my £xcluded Voices book.
I thought I would share the book cover for my upcoming new book. Everyone reading this will know I am one of the 3 million #ExcludedUK and tomorrow sees me start my 55th week of having no income or government support and whilst Shielding alone too. So rather than write a history book dealing with… Continue reading My new book cover and blurb for my £xcluded Voices book.
My WW1 history book ‘Lest We Forget’ is currently available free on Kindle by the Publishers
I know it’s quite a common thing for some writer to make their books available free or heavily discounted for a short period of time. It’s never something I’ve agreed with or indeed done. Whilst checking on some on something else I found out my WW1 history book Lest We Forget which was published by… Continue reading My WW1 history book ‘Lest We Forget’ is currently available free on Kindle by the Publishers
My new book is out – Secret Gardens of the City of London
After a year of solid work my new book has just been released in Paperback, Kindle Apple iBook formats. So what’s it all about? Secret Gardens of the City of London is based on my unique, popular and generally well regarded tour with Ye Olde England Tours Sacred Secret Sanctuary Gardens Walk (rated by Trip Advisor… Continue reading My new book is out – Secret Gardens of the City of London
Book covers…. book titles
So I’ve been working on finishing my new book. I’m on the 3rd sweep through it now and I feel like I know it off by heart. I got the idea about a year ago based on my very successful My new tour – Sacred, Secret, Gardens of London but even I didn’t know how… Continue reading Book covers…. book titles
Stephen Liddell 