One of the abiding characteristics of our current state of pandemic-induced lockdown is fear. People are afraid. Afraid to go out. Afraid to shop. Afraid they may be asymptomatic. Afraid to hug loved ones. Social media […]
One of the abiding characteristics of our current state of pandemic-induced lockdown is fear. People are afraid. Afraid to go out. Afraid to shop. Afraid they may be asymptomatic. Afraid to hug loved ones. Social media […]
(Context: this was written before the Covid-19 pandemic) What do you say or how is a person supposed to feel or react when someone says the following to you? I wouldn’t want to be Irish. I […]
(Context: this was written before the Covid-19 pandemic) What do you say or how is a person supposed to feel or react when someone says the following to you? I wouldn’t want to be Irish. I […]
According to the Oxford dictionary of Advanced learning this the definition of the word Dweeb : ‘A person, especially a boy or a man, who does not have good social skills and is not fashionable’ When […]
According to the Oxford dictionary of Advanced learning this the definition of the word Dweeb : ‘A person, especially a boy or a man, who does not have good social skills and is not fashionable’ When […]
Thank the heavens that my parents were readers. My Mum always had a Catherine Cookson on the go, or a Mills & Boon until they went ‘mucky’ as she ended up declaring. Dad had the George […]
Thank the heavens that my parents were readers. My Mum always had a Catherine Cookson on the go, or a Mills & Boon until they went ‘mucky’ as she ended up declaring. Dad had the George […]
Growing up in Northern Ireland in the 1970’s and 80’s I recall very clearly the many times I, my family and friend’s families all had to “make do”. Oftentimes, stuff got repurposed and given a new […]
Growing up in Northern Ireland in the 1970’s and 80’s I recall very clearly the many times I, my family and friend’s families all had to “make do”. Oftentimes, stuff got repurposed and given a new […]
My primary school was like something from Animal Lampoon’s Animal House. At one time it held the British record for the greatest number of pupils in a single early year’s school and it also had the […]
My primary school was like something from Animal Lampoon’s Animal House. At one time it held the British record for the greatest number of pupils in a single early year’s school and it also had the […]
But not just any bike. It was mine and I loved it. It was orange in colour (there’s irony there but more of that later), a BSA, a manufacturer whose name actually stood for British Subsidised […]
But not just any bike. It was mine and I loved it. It was orange in colour (there’s irony there but more of that later), a BSA, a manufacturer whose name actually stood for British Subsidised […]
One of the most moving conversations I have had during my research phase came last year when I found myself sat at a kitchen table with a man who had been one of the hunger strikers […]
One of the most moving conversations I have had during my research phase came last year when I found myself sat at a kitchen table with a man who had been one of the hunger strikers […]
Now, I’m going to contradict myself, but as it’s my site I’m going to claim author’s prerogative, especially as this is to allow the telling of another true story from my own past. You may be […]
Now, I’m going to contradict myself, but as it’s my site I’m going to claim author’s prerogative, especially as this is to allow the telling of another true story from my own past. You may be […]