Hopefully you will have read the previous post about the classic epic movie, Lawrence of Arabia, it’s not entirely necessary but it sets this post in perspective. I came to Lawrence through the film and after watching it, you do get a good idea of what he must have been like. Lawrence was also a… Continue reading In the footsteps of Lawrence of Arabia
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Lawrence of Arabia
This is the first section of a two part article about T.E. Lawrence, better known as Lawrence of Arabia. This first part will be about the better known side of Lawrence and especially the film whilst the second part will be a more personal look at Lawrence and my journey in his footsteps. You can… Continue reading Lawrence of Arabia
Qasr Amr – pleasure palace of the Caliphs
Qasr Amr is located on the desert road to Azraq and only a short distance from Iraq. It is possibly the highlight of the chain of desert castles built in eastern Jordan. It was built by Caliph Walid I around 715AD. As the name suggests it was originally part of a castle but now all… Continue reading Qasr Amr – pleasure palace of the Caliphs
A Guided tour walk around my neighbourhood
I love to walk whenever I can and I am fortunate that I live pretty much on the last street of the huge sprawl of London. I might not have as much as I want but I do have countryside almost on my door step so when I have time this is one of my… Continue reading A Guided tour walk around my neighbourhood
The destruction of historic Mecca by Saudi Arabia
Below is another article which I have recently written for the Muslim Academy site which is run to increase East-West understandings. If the first church of St. Paul was to be destroyed or the house of Mary, mother of Jesus, were to be razed to the ground there would be a near universal outcry; yet… Continue reading The destruction of historic Mecca by Saudi Arabia
A Soliloquy to my childhood city or a brief guide to Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Though I have lived in the London area for most of my life, I still don’t really consider myself as being at home here. No offence to anyone but home is always home and the city I consider home is that of Newcastle Upon Tyne in the North-East of England some 320 miles away. Newcastle… Continue reading A Soliloquy to my childhood city or a brief guide to Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Body of King Richard III found under council car park
‘Let us sit upon the ground and tell sad stories of the death of Kings’. Well we could do that but the ground outside is frozen at this time of year and besides, the previous sentence refers to King Richard II. Getting to the point, history is being re-written today as archaeologists have confirmed that… Continue reading Body of King Richard III found under council car park
You think that you know Great Britain?
It easy for people who don’t live here (and even for some of us who do) to think that everything in Britain is old. We’re famous for old buildings and traditions but huge construction projects such as the London Olympics are helping to show us in a new light. Throughout much of the mid-late 20th… Continue reading You think that you know Great Britain?
Queen Victoria and her Munshi, Abdul Karim
As regular readers may be aware, I am putting out tentative feelers in the way of free-lance writing. Amongst the first of my commissions is to write a series of articles for The Muslim Academy Website which is a not for profit organisation set up to create cross cultural discussion promote the sometimes lesser known… Continue reading Queen Victoria and her Munshi, Abdul Karim
What’s in a name? The name’s Liddell, Stephen Liddell.
Today is one of those days where I had a whole slew of subjects that I could write about but one thing led to the other which is why I am here writing about Robert Burns, the famous Scottish poet whose birth was celebrated on January 25th as it is every year. Or actually I’m… Continue reading What’s in a name? The name’s Liddell, Stephen Liddell.
Stephen Liddell 