Tag Archives: Faith

Coronavirus Diary 15 – Easter and Passover in splendid isolation – How solitude can lead to creativity.

Posted on April 10, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

This weekend is Easter (our only 4 day weekend!) for myself and many of us, Passover for many more and Sikhs and Hindu’s have Vaisakhi and in a week or so Ramadan will be starting also. It will be very … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, Religion and Faith | Tagged Alone, creativity, Diary, Easter, Faith, Hermit, Loneliness, Passover, Poetry, Solitude | 5 Comments

The Strasbourg Dancing Plague of 1518

Posted on July 8, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

We’re fast approaching mid-summer and in the UK the next few months are marked in amongst other ways, masses of music and folk festivals with the most famous of which being Glastonbury. Well before the hundreds of thousands spent their … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Religion and Faith | Tagged Dancing, Dancing Plague, Death, Faith, Hallucinations, Plague, St Vitus, Strasbourg | 1 Comment

ST PAUL’S MONASTERY IN JARROW AND THE OLDEST STAINED GLASS WINDOW IN THE WORLD

Posted on August 22, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

Recently when I was in the area for my Hadrians Wall walk, I took a detour to a place I had long wanted to visited. Not too many miles from the ancestral home of George Washington which I visited on … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Northumberland and Durham, Travel | Tagged #WPLongform, church, Faith, Long reads, Monastery, northumbria, St Paul's Monastery, Stained Glass Window, Venerable Bede | 12 Comments

Crows, Ravens & Halloween

Posted on October 31, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

Over the years, I have written quite a few posts on Halloween related subjects such as Halloweens of past and present (updated) Top 10 Haunted places in the U.K. the fearful Spring Heeled Jack who wrought terror in mostly distant times and … Continue reading →

Posted in Heritage, history, Life, Religion and Faith | Tagged Corvus, Crows, Faith, halloween, Legends, Myths, Ravens, Stonehenge, Tower of London | 3 Comments

The festival of Raksha Bandhan

Posted on August 21, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

Two weeks ago today on August 7th, was the festival of Raksha Bandhan. Originating with the Hindu faith in India (though long observed by Sikhs too), it centres on a ceremony wherein a sister will tie a Rakhi (a simple … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, Religion and Faith | Tagged Faith, Family, Hindu, India, Rakhi, Raksha Bandhan, Sikh | 8 Comments

Prince Philip and the islanders who worship him as a god.

Posted on May 11, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

Most people know who Prince Philip is. He’s held in quite high esteem and perhaps even loved for his politically incorrect remarks and insults and fiery Greek temper. However, outside of Buckingham Palace there is no where quite on earth … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, News | Tagged Faith, God, Life, News, Prince Philip, religion, Royal Family, Vanuatu, weird news | 3 Comments

Lost and found at Lambeth Palace.

Posted on April 27, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

As the residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury for centuries, Lambeth Palace, which sits on the south bank of the River Thames in London might be expected to have its fair share of graves of prominent people in history. However, … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, London, News | Tagged Archbishop of Canterbury, Archeology, Bible, Christian, Faith, Lambeth Palace, St Mary At Lambeth | 2 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 →

Posted in history, Life, London, Religion and Faith | Tagged 666, Aleister Crowley, Bloomsbury, Death, Faith, London, Magic, Satan, The Atlantis Bookshop, The Occult | 7 Comments

The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace – Benedictus

Posted on June 14, 2016 by Stephen Liddell

Do you ever have a situation where you hear a piece of music and don’t know what it is? Perhaps you hear a new song on the radio that you like the sound of but miss the introduction at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, history, Religion and Faith, WW1 | Tagged Beauty, Benedictus, Death, Faith, history, Karl Jenkins, Life, Music, Remembrance, The Armed Man: A Mass For Peace, Western Front, WW1 | 11 Comments

Sunni and Shia Islam – All you Need To Know – Islam 101

Posted on January 4, 2016 by Stephen Liddell

You’d have to be living on another planet not to hear about the seemingly endless troubles in the Middle-East. To many in the west, Muslims are Muslims but it is much more complex than that with an ancient schism dominating … Continue reading →