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Tag Archives: #WPLongform
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
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
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
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How Shakespeare has influenced Pop Culture
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
The Death of the music scene in London
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
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Why I love Buy Nothing Day and not spending money at Thanksgiving or Christmas
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
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