Tag Archives: Video

The Hartley Colliery Disaster of 1862

Posted on September 9, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

My blog is full of disasters from beer floods in London to Grace Darling – A Victorian Heroine. burning building self-sacrifices  to heroic against the odd tales of survival I Am The Army – The Incredible Story of William Brydon Many of them … Continue reading →

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The Extinction Rebellion Protests in London

Posted on April 24, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

The environment is something I’ve always taken a keen issue in since when as a young boy I gave all my meagre savings to help seals in the North Sea.  I’ve written a few posts here and there on the … Continue reading →

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A drive through London in 1946

Posted on November 4, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

I came across this video today when I was mean’t to be working on one of my worik in progress manuscripts.  It shows that traffic has always been bad in London though it seems quiet at first. I really enjoyed … Continue reading →

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Crossing The River Thames By Cable Car

Posted on June 29, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

Sometimes when I am running tours, I get to do new things even in my home city.  Of course, that isn’t too hard when you live in London as not only is there a 2,000 year old back catalogue of … Continue reading →

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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 →

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My Film With The CWGC For The 100th Anniversary of Reuel Dunn & The Red Baron

Posted on April 1, 2017 by Stephen Liddell

You might remember that in early February I received an impromptu telephone call which had me driving and crawling around the old Western Front in France to do a video for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission who had seen my … Continue reading →

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Animation of Allied bombing raids on Nazi occupied Europe

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Stephen Liddell

I was going to write something entirely different today and indeed had even started writing it when I happened across a segment of this newly released animated video by the Imperial War Museum in London which I thought many others … Continue reading →

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7 Songs to have a good cry with

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Stephen Liddell

Songs to have a good cry with. Continue reading →

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Official Book Promo Video for V1 – Vixen (The best live action book trailer ever!!)

Posted on January 13, 2016 by Stephen Liddell

Writing is by necessity a generally lonely profession.  You don’t get that many outgoing authors but the introverted writer is almost a stereotype.  I’m quite happy writing by myself if I don’t have anything else to do then I can … Continue reading →

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New book promo video & poems from Very Sad Poetry

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Stephen Liddell

A few weeks ago I released my new book, Very Sad Poetry.  Thank-you to everyone who as purchased a copy, for a few days I was giving William Wordsworth a run for his money on the Amazon ranking charts and … Continue reading →

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