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Tag Archives: Long reads
Revealing the remains of Eanswythe – An ancient Anglo-Saxon princess and Saint.
Exciting news has come out recently, at least exciting if ancient skeletal remains are your thing. An Anglo-Saxon princess who was one of England’s earliest Christian saints has been identified by scientists in a church in Kent. The remains have been found … Continue reading
Posted in history, Life, News
Tagged #WPLongform, Anglo-Saxon, Christian, County of Kent, Eanswythe, Long reads, Princess Eanswythe, Saint Eanswythe
10 Comments
Dancing on the Dead at Enon Chapel – The Victorian Sensation!
Everyone likes a Christmas party don’t they? Well except me but that’s because I’m a misery guts and couldn’t think of anything worse than, except for a New Years Eve party of course. You might think that having parties at … Continue reading
Posted in history, Life, London, Religion and Faith
Tagged #WPLongform, Burials, Death, Enon Chapel, George Walker, Long reads, party, Portugal Street, Victorian
13 Comments
ST PAUL’S MONASTERY IN JARROW AND THE OLDEST STAINED GLASS WINDOW IN THE WORLD
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
Sport brings people together – How Cricket is creating a new future for Rwanda
We all know that sport has a unique ability to bring people together from all around the world and those of us who have travelled to places a little less ordinary know that there are few better ways to make … Continue reading
Posted in Life, News, Popular Culture, Travel
Tagged Africa, Cricket, genocide, Kigali, Long reads, Rwanda, Rwanda Cricket, Sport
13 Comments
Shad Thames and Jacobs Island – The Venice of Drains
This my second post resulting from my scouting out a new tour I have been wanting to start offering to my lovely tourists. As well as the regular tourist hotspots, I really enjoy taking people to the lesser visited parts … Continue reading
Posted in history, Life, London, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours
Tagged Bermondsey, Charles Dickens, Crime, Jacobs island, Long reads, River Neckinger, Rotherhithe, Slums
22 Comments
When your biggest hope turns into your worst nightmare – The Legend of Prester John
Prester John was for several centuries once one of the most famous people in the world, despite not having ever existed. His non-existence however didn’t stop him having a great and possibly horrific legacy to those who believed in him … Continue reading
Posted in history, Religion and Faith
Tagged Christian, Ethiopia, Genghis Khan, history, India, Iran, Legends, Life, Long reads, Prester John, The Mongols
10 Comments
Aphantasia – To have a blind mind’s eye
Do you ever find yourself daydreaming? If I ask you to imagine a beach, a mountain or a three-legged lizard juggling bananas, can you do it? Most of us can to varying degrees. Some of us can picture it … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Uncategorized, writing
Tagged #WPLongform, Aphantasia, creative writing, Dreams, Facebook, Funny, Humor, Humour, Hyperphantasia, Imagination, Life, Long reads, Medicine
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Happy 100th Birthday Granddad
Today is a special day as my Granddad, Harold Stanley Heard, was born 100 years ago today on March 5th 1916. It seems such a long time ago when you think about it. 20 of those periods would take you … Continue reading
Posted in Life
Tagged #WPLongform, childhood, Death, Family, Granddad, Life, Long reads, Monologue, nostalgia, Travel
6 Comments
The Battle of Verdun 100 years on.
France and its military have something of poor reputation amongst many. Centuries of rivalry with Britain where it increasingly came off second best, its requirement to be rescued in WW1 and quick capitulation in WW2 coupled with decisions to stay … Continue reading
Posted in WW1
Tagged 100th anniversary, Battle of Verdun, First World War, France, history, Lest We Forget, Life, Long reads, Military, Verdun, war, World War 1, WW1
4 Comments
How The Blind Can See With Sounds (& me too)
Many people know that creatures like Bats and Dolphins navigate by sonar like systems but is unknown to many is that blind humans can do so too. In recent years, there have been more and more documentaries and reports on … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Science and Engineering
Tagged #WPLongform, Blindness, Disability, Human Echolocation, Human Sonar, Life, Long reads, Nature, Science, Sonar, Sounds, Spatial Awareness, Star Trek
2 Comments