Tag Archives: #WPLongform

Revealing the remains of Eanswythe – An ancient Anglo-Saxon princess and Saint.

Posted on April 1, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

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!

Posted on December 17, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

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 | 14 Comments

ST PAUL’S MONASTERY IN JARROW AND THE OLDEST STAINED GLASS WINDOW IN THE WORLD

Posted on August 22, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

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

Aphantasia – To have a blind mind’s eye

Posted on April 28, 2016 by Stephen Liddell

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 | 10 Comments

Happy 100th Birthday Granddad

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Stephen Liddell

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

How The Blind Can See With Sounds (& me too)

Posted on February 20, 2016 by Stephen Liddell

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

How Shakespeare has influenced Pop Culture

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Stephen Liddell

How can I be British, a writer, yet have never really written about Shakespeare in over 3 years of blogging. Would you believe that when I was at Secondary School (High School), it was politically incorrect for us to learn … Continue reading →

Posted in Heritage, history, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged #WPLongform, Culture, English, history, Language, Life, Literature, Long reads, Phrases invented by Shakespeare, Shakespeare, William Shakespeare, Words invented by Shakespeare, Ye Olde England Tours | 7 Comments

The Death of the music scene in London

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Stephen Liddell

I’ve written before on the various building and engineering projects that are transforming many cities in Britain and London in particularly. In the grand scheme of things, many of these obviously offer huge improvements bringing 20th and often 19th century … Continue reading →

Posted in Cool Britannia, Heritage, London, Opinion, Politics, Popular Culture | Tagged #WPLongform, Art, economics, Life, London, long read, Media, Music, News, Opinion, Politics, rich corporations, X Factor | 2 Comments

Why I love Buy Nothing Day and not spending money at Thanksgiving or Christmas

Posted on November 25, 2014 by Stephen Liddell

Saturday 29th November is Buy Nothing Day, a day or rather movement that started in the United States in protest of the over-commercialisation of our holidays and life in general. One of my earliest blog posts was on the reversing … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Popular Culture, Religion and Faith | Tagged #WPLongform, Black Friday, Boxing Day, Buy Nothing Day, Christian, Christmas, church, Father Christmas, Jesus, long read, Sales, shopping, Thanksgiving | 22 Comments

My life is too short for long scroll-bar selections

Posted on September 6, 2014 by Stephen Liddell

Do any of you remember the old fashioned telephones. I don’t mean just the ones that have a cable that connects into the wall but those with a dial on the front rather than push-buttons. I always liked those phones … Continue reading →