AnglOrony

Named after the River Leam, originally a small village, it grew into a spa town in the 18th century when it became popular to go after medicinal qualities of fresh springs. In the 19th century, the town experienced one of the most rapid developments in England.  Leamington Spa’s Parade used to be a very fashionable pedestrian area. There are fine examples of Regency architecture. One could see with the imaginations eyes how ladies in white dresses and white umbrellas we walking up and down this street a hundred years ago. Today is a different tale, although we were lucky enough that the street was closed for traffic during our visit. Some sporting event. The spa waters in the area were known in Roman times. They were rediscovered in 1784. Six of the seven wells were drilled for commercial purposes. Only the original spring at the site of the Aylesford Well , adjacent to the Parish Church, occurred naturally. During the early 19th century, developers began concentrating the town's e...

Decades have passed since the Fab Four - John, Paul, George, and Ringo left Liverpool for good but the spirit of the boys 'next door' have not died here. It still lives in the underground music clubs and in the famous Cavern. In this port city, the bands come and go like the tides.  From the iconic Merseybeat scene in the 1960's, there have ben artists that left a permanent mark - Elvis Costello, Dead or Alive, The Farm, OMD, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Anathema. Liverpool's rock music scene lives on and is doing very well. It is rooted in what has been achieved, the rich heritage of predecessors. Young bands add new vision of sound, their youth, verve and imagination. What they often lack is, of course - experience, confidence, cohesion and own unique style. This is not the case with Red Rum Club. Six musicians, a band of real mates, had polished their skills in several other projects.  The name is a brilliant combination of meanings. It refers to the black stallion R...

What an experience! We had a chance to explore the whole building of th e College of Psychic Studies in London. A place dedicated to the exploration of consciousness since late 19thcentury, continuously - the oldest of its kind in the whole world! Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  (known for his iconic  Sherlock Holmes stories) himself was the most prominent president here, for several years.  For the two of the Summer months, the members and the public could visit and explore this majestic place, looking at the rich exhibition, entitled Strange Things Among Us . But first - as we visited first time here - the amount of the bookish volume at the reception room - was even to us - jaw-dropping. The topics - all occult, paranormal, spiritual.  We could had spend hours in that great library! Before us, however, were more rooms, 13 or 14 of them, and nooks and crannies - to discover.  One of the first: the Presidents Office where  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  himself wor...

The mysterious massive polygonal stonework , best known from Peru, seem to be more common than we previously thought. More similar sites are being discovered around the world and - what is more surprising - they are in plain site but hardly noticed . One of such brilliant sites was presented by Hugh Newman , researcher and broadcaster, owner of the MegalithomaniaUK project: The other great researcher, traveller and author on the subject of megaliths is Brien Foerster whose work is documented on his You Tube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/user/brienfoerster And here is a summary of his work: The research is not in line with what most of the academic world thinks and publishes.  The independent researchers pinpoint to the fact that those structures could not have been cut out by Bronze Age hand tools. Clearly these mysterious archaic structures were not ancient tombs of the civilisations of Egypt, Peru, Mexico or others, they were adapted by those cultures for their purp...

Let's have a look. Visiting small local towns over time gets you the sense how they have changed - for better or worse - and how the times changed, overall. We first visited Wigan in the 2009, and these was an era of the years of New Labour government in the UK so the Northern towns and cities got a boost of money with many redevelopments. The Face of Wigan sculpture was a symbol of those changes in and around Greater Manchester . DW STADIUM We started our second trip to Wigan at the all-important stadium - home of Wigan Athletic FC and Wigan Warriors RLFC , football and rugby teams, that make the fame for the local name. As you can see from the architecture - it has been completed in the era of the New Labour as well, in the 1999. The opening ceremony was held by no other than sir Alex Ferguson , Manchester United most successful. The statue is of Dave Whelan,  the former Wigan Athletic owner, unveiled in 2016, three years after they won the FA Cup . From the stadium we headed...

Another visit to London for training reasons had been arranged in the new headquarter of our company. It happened to be just around another tourist's hot-spot .  A quick walk along the Tower Hill strikes with places rich in power and the past. This is the most important area not only in London's history but the whole of the British Isles. Tower of London view from the north side Among the many royal palaces and castles on the British soil, the Tower of London is a symbol of British history .  Surviving from the earliest moment of the Norman conquest in 11th century , its layout has been established by the 13th century and remained largely intact. Tower Hill Underground Station Most of all, it is a symbol of the Norman   ruling class that invaded Anglo-Saxon Britain a thousands years ago, that built castles and palaces and had been granted privileges and land.  The remains of this rule and a social divide are still present in the British society.  The a...