Tag Archives: Southwark

Standing in the footsteps of Walt Disney

Posted on January 27, 2022 by Stephen Liddell

In some quarters it is almost sacrilgeous to say so but I’ve never watched a classic Walt Disney animated film. When other children were doing so, I was much more interested in live action and often rather bloody history and … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, London | Tagged Borough, Disney, Disney Street, Southwark, Walt Disney, Walt Disney in London | Leave a comment

The Statue of King Alfred The Great that isn’t all it might appear.

Posted on January 25, 2022 by Stephen Liddell

Every where you go in London, it is hard to move without bumping into statues and the politics behind who is worthy of a statue, where it should be and how high a status it has in comparison to other … Continue reading →

Posted in Heritage, history, Life, London, Photography, Travel | Tagged King Alfred The Great, King Alfred The Great Statue, Roman, Southwark, Statue, Trinity Square | 4 Comments

The Legend of Mary Overie

Posted on February 15, 2021 by Stephen Liddell

Everyone knows of that famous old miser Ebenezer Scrooge in the the literature of Charles Dickens but right in the heart of one the most Dickensian feeling part of Central London there is a story that predates Ebenezer by 1,000 … Continue reading →

Posted in history, London, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Legends, London, Southwark, The Legend of Mary Overie | 9 Comments

The life and death of Doorkins Magnificat who put the Cat into Southwark Cathedral

Posted on November 25, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

The week between Christmas and New years is a strange one in the U.K. so many American and other tourists arrive and forget that they are in a foreign country and that having no national holidays since the summer, we … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, London, Religion and Faith | Tagged Borough, Cathedrals, Catherine Eddowes, Southwark, Southwark Cathedral | 4 Comments

You shall not pass! (on London Bridge)

Posted on December 4, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

Many people will have seen the terrorist attack on and around London Bridge last week with the remarkable image of him being overpowered by a man armed with an antique Narwhal Tusk, a fire extinguisher and a pair of fists. … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, London | Tagged 1066, Anglo-Saxon, City of London, London, London Bridge, Narwhal Tusk, Southwark, Terrorism, Terrorists, William The Conqueror | 7 Comments

A video of the re-opened Borough Market

Posted on June 15, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

Borough Market has long been one of my favourite parts of London and so aside from the more obvious issues following the recent attack there and the adjoining London Bridge, I have been waiting to get back inside both for … Continue reading →

Posted in Cool Britannia, Life, London, News, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Borough Market, food, London, London Bridge, Markets, Neals Yard, Southwark, Terrorism, Travel, Video | 6 Comments

Cross Bones Graveyard – A resting place for the ‘Single women’ of London

Posted on December 8, 2016 by Stephen Liddell

Today whilst conducting a private Charles Dickens Walking Tour with a colleague, I took a little detour through the back streets of Borough and Southwark to visit two very special and unique places. This area of London lies just south of … Continue reading →