Tag Archives: Death

Buffy The Vampire Slayer! – Don’t ruin the legacy with a remake.

Posted on July 23, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

Like several other people trying to forget about big issues in the world, this weekend allowed some of us to become pre-occupied with a small one…. they want to remake Buffy The Vampire Slayer! At its heart was Buffy – … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, News, Popular Culture, television | Tagged Buffy, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Culture, Death, Fantasy, Joss Whedon, Pop culture, television | 9 Comments

Modern day Grave Robbers who stole from my mothers grave

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

I wasn’t going to write anything today; I’ve had a chest infection which turned into bronchitis and then manifested itself into something like pneumonia for the last 10-12 weeks. I have been out of the house only a handful of … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Religion and Faith | Tagged All Saints Church, Crime, Death, Flowers, Leavesden, Mourning, sadness, Stealing, Theft, Thieves, Watford | 10 Comments

Missing Mam, 4 years on.

Posted on July 17, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

It’s now well over 4 years since I unexpectedly lost my mother and though I would very much like to say things have settled into a new normal, they really haven’t. Or if they have then the new normal really … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Opinion | Tagged Death, Depression, Grief, Mama, nostalgia, Remembrance, sadness, Susan Liddell | 9 Comments

Talk of Terrorism is all hype.

Posted on June 10, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

I rarely post simple blog posts but this graphic caught my attention. I’ve never quite understood the media obsession with terrorism or indeed some prominent political hype about it either and that despite living almost my entire life under the … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, News, Opinion | Tagged Death, Disease, government, Health, Media, NHS, Terrorism | 5 Comments

So you want to have your own duel?

Posted on April 5, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

So we now know all about the history of duels thanks to my post earlier this week but what if we want to duel ourselves? There is always some idiot out there who flames you on Twitter, leaves a rude … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life | Tagged Combat, Death, Duel, Duelling, Honor, Honour, Life, Pistols | 9 Comments

Duelling – A Matter Of Honour

Posted on April 3, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

It’s hard to imagine a when men would fight for honour almost at the drop of a hat or indeed a white handkerchief but there was a time when this was de rigueuer. There used to be thousands of … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life | Tagged chivalry, Combat, Death, Duel, Duelling, Duels, history, Honor, Honour, Pistols, Swords | 8 Comments

Aleister Crowley – The Wickedest Man In The World

Posted on March 23, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

Whilst writing my blog on Bloomsbury recently and following a day spent exploring every single street that I could happen upon, I became intrigued by a man who was once known as ‘The wickedest man in the world’. This is … Continue reading →