Tag Archives: church

London as you’ve never seen it before… at Christmas with the voice of an Angel.

Posted on December 24, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

I wasn’t going to blog again, especially so as I have been out on a tour this morning. It was my inaugrial Sacred, Secret Gardens of London tour today and I was showing round a lovely PhD student studying medicine. … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, London, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Ave Maria, Christmas, church, City of London, London, Photography, Roman, St Olave | 5 Comments

An Easter Walk

Posted on April 19, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

On Easter Sunday, I went to Church and I took my iPad so thought you might like to see some of the photos which I took.

Posted in Life, Photography, Religion and Faith | Tagged All Saints Church, Christian, church, Easter, holidays, Mama, Photography, walks, Woods | 2 Comments

The Bacton Altar Cloth Revealed To Be The Only Surviving Gown of Queen Elizabeth I

Posted on January 12, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

One of the things I like to do both when I am giving tours or merely pottering around the countryside in my own time is to stop off an explore village churches. Each one is a veritable box of delights … Continue reading →

Posted in Heritage, history, London, Religion and Faith, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Bacton Altar Cloth, church, county of herefordshire, Hampton Court Palace, Life, Queen Elizabeth I, St Faith Church Bacton | 5 Comments

Grace Darling – A Victorian Heroine

Posted on February 14, 2015 by Stephen Liddell

Not many people know about Grace Darling today but 175 years ago her fame hadn’t just spread around the land but around the world and with good reason. Grace was the daughter of William and Thomasin Darling, just one of … Continue reading →

Posted in Heritage, history, Life, Northumberland and Durham | Tagged church, Farne Islands, Grace Darling, Hero, Heroine, history, Life, North Sea, northumbria, RNLI, Victorian | 11 Comments

Why I love Buy Nothing Day and not spending money at Thanksgiving or Christmas

Posted on November 25, 2014 by Stephen Liddell

Saturday 29th November is Buy Nothing Day, a day or rather movement that started in the United States in protest of the over-commercialisation of our holidays and life in general. One of my earliest blog posts was on the reversing … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Popular Culture, Religion and Faith | Tagged #WPLongform, Black Friday, Boxing Day, Buy Nothing Day, Christian, Christmas, church, Father Christmas, Jesus, long read, Sales, shopping, Thanksgiving | 21 Comments

The mysterious Lud Church and the Green Knight

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Stephen Liddell

Lud Church isn’t even a church at all but actually a hard to find crevice in the Staffordshire countryside on the south-west fringes of the Peak District. A narrow canyon in the ground over over 100 metres (328.1 ft) long and … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Heritage, history, Religion and Faith | Tagged church, history, King Arthur, Lud's Church, Myths, outdoors, Robin Hood, Sir Gawain, Staffordshire, The Green Chapel, The Green Knight | 8 Comments

Visiting Montmatre, home of artists and Sacre Couer

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Stephen Liddell

So, we have just about reached the end of our short break in Paris. To be honest I could stay here a lot longer. There may be a few strange things about the place but overall I love it. It’s … Continue reading →