Tag Archives: Roman

The London Colosseum

Posted on February 5, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

We’re all familiar with the Coloseum in Rome, one of the architectural wonders of both the ancient world and Italy but though the Colosseum is by far the most iconic, there are actually Roman amphitheatres to be found across North … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, history, Life, London, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Amphitheatre, Colosseum, Gladiator, Guildhall, history, Londinium, Roman | 5 Comments

Watling Street – A Roman Road through the heart of Britain

Posted on February 1, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

Though the Romans are famed for their roads along with many other things, they didn’t invent the idea of roads but rather vastly improved upon what had gone before with better engineering, money and manpower to it easier for their … Continue reading →

Posted in geography, history, London, Travel | Tagged London, London Bridge, Maps, Queen Boudica, Roman, Roman Empire, Watling Street, Westminster | 8 Comments

An ancient Roman road re-opens in London – Watling Street Revived

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

You might have seen my last post on the London Temple of Mithras or London Mithraeum. As part of the massive building project which has seen the creation of the new Bloomburg Headquarters and the painstakingly restored and relocated Temple of … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, history, London | Tagged Bloomberg, Bloomberg Arcade, Londinium, London, London Mithraeum, London Temple of Mithras, Maps, River Walbrook, Roman, Watling Street | 1 Comment

My New London Roman Walking Tour

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

You don’t have to go to Rome to see Roman ruins, or even St Albans, Bath or York. Though people were all ready living here, it was the Romans who founded the modern city of Londinium that through the millennia … Continue reading →

Posted in history, London, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Londinium, London, London Mithraeum, London Wall, London's Roman Amphitheatre, Roman, Temple of Mithras, walking tours, Ye Olde England Tours | 3 Comments

London as you’ve never seen it before… at Christmas with the voice of an Angel.

Posted on December 24, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

I wasn’t going to blog again, especially so as I have been out on a tour this morning. It was my inaugrial Sacred, Secret Gardens of London tour today and I was showing round a lovely PhD student studying medicine. … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, London, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Ave Maria, Christmas, church, City of London, London, Photography, Roman, St Olave | 5 Comments

The lost and hidden rivers of London

Posted on September 6, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

It’s easy to see London as one big mega city with just one river, what Londoners fondly call old Father Thames. When the tide of the river rises and falls it is almost as if you can see the city itself … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, London | Tagged Charles Dickens, London, Maps, River Thames, Roman, Sewers, Sloane Square, Waterways | 9 Comments

Hardknott Pass & Hardknott Fort – Perhaps the most remote Roman outpost in the Empire.

Posted on October 19, 2016 by Stephen Liddell

Following my climb up Skiddaw on the first day of my holiday, I fancied something a little bit more sedate, though at times no less hair-raising. After visiting Castlerigg Stonecircle and in keeping with my both laid back approach and fiercely testing idea of … Continue reading →