It’s no coincidence that I have rolled out of bed in the middle of the night to write this piece. I couldn’t sleep. The issues. The pain. The upset. The tumult. Everything that has been happening […]
It’s no coincidence that I have rolled out of bed in the middle of the night to write this piece. I couldn’t sleep. The issues. The pain. The upset. The tumult. Everything that has been happening […]
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 […]