This week much of the news in the UK and Ireland has been dominated by the discovery of horse DNA in a number of popular supermarket beef burgers where a sample from a Tesco burger revealed that rather than being a beef burger, there was in fact 29% horse-meat. Knowing the low quality of some… Continue reading Why don’t we eat horse meat?
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Calligraphy: The Art of writing or why I bought a Fountain Pen
I don’t know about you but I hate pens. Not all pens but just the cheap throw-away biro type pens that we all seem to have to endure these days. The sort of pens that 20 years ago would be attached to the end of a chain at banks or medical practices. Sufficient to write… Continue reading Calligraphy: The Art of writing or why I bought a Fountain Pen
Canterbury Cathedral:- The murder and martyrdom of Thomas Becket
Recently on the 29th December, a remembrance service was held in Canterbury Cathedral. The service is held every year as it has been for centuries, in memory of one of most dramatic and tragic figures of early Medieval English history, Thomas Becket. The death of Thomas Becket. is one of the most dramatic and well-known… Continue reading Canterbury Cathedral:- The murder and martyrdom of Thomas Becket
Why I did all my New Year Resolutions at Christmas.
So did you have a nice Christmas? I hope you did. Mine was everything that I hoped it would be, well mostly. Having said goodbye to our last paying guests on Airbnb my wife and I had the house to ourselves pretty much for the first time since mid September. We love having guests stay… Continue reading Why I did all my New Year Resolutions at Christmas.
2012 blog in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 5,900 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 10 years to get… Continue reading 2012 blog in review
The end of the world is nigh: A brief history of Armageddon
It seems hard to believe that this may be my final ever blog, at least if you are one of the millions of people who are caught up in the Mayan calendar hysteria gripping parts of the world. According to the Mesoamerican Long Count Calendar,the 21st December 2012 is the year 5125 which is the… Continue reading The end of the world is nigh: A brief history of Armageddon
Guess who is coming for dinner
Well I recently was tagged by my friend and blogger at Tea with a Pirate whose blog I have long enjoyed as his interests match mine so precisely with travelling tales particularly from the Middle-East, Eastern Europe and Central Asia as well as being the home of the most delicately crafted Haiku’s on WordPress. My… Continue reading Guess who is coming for dinner
A chance to change a life, namely mine!
Most readers here will know that my heart isn’t really in the normal office job that I am pained to live out year after year. I’d much rather write, run a tour or hotel business or any combination of the three. Recently we have opened up our home to visitors and having honed my customer… Continue reading A chance to change a life, namely mine!
Armistice Day – Remembrance Sunday
Sunday sees the third, final and probably by far the most important in the triumvirate of special days in the UK autumn calendar, Armistice Day. Regular readers of my blog will know that I take an interest in visiting memorials around the country (and indeed the world) and Sunday will see the whole nation do… Continue reading Armistice Day – Remembrance Sunday
Remember, Remember The 5th Of November
The second in our group of 3 special days at this time of year is Guy Fawkes Night, now more commonly known as Bonfire Night. Not having an Independence Day or an official National Day, Guy Fawkes Night is a day that children look forward to for many weeks in the U.K. From an early… Continue reading Remember, Remember The 5th Of November
Stephen Liddell 