A Dead Good Blog

An alarmingly topical take tonight as Storm Boelo blasts across the jewel of the north, furious on the heels of slightly more dainty Storm A...

It has to be  Tangerine . Apples are awesome, bananas are brilliant, cherries are cute (fabulous blossom too), damsons are delicious, entawa...

Work! A means to an end? An end in itself? Something to be avoided at all costs? Where would I place myself on the 'work to live....liv...

I'm standing on no one's shoulders* this week. That's because  giants has not proved a popular theme with the Dead Good bloggin...

Write about  slots   they said, (never mind who ' they  ' are for now), and so here I am April Foolishly tapping away on my laptop...

The simple English dictionary definition of frisson is: an emotional thrill;  (and oh yes, I do have a simple English dictionary...as port...

What a happy few days in the jewel of the north, at least for those of a tangerine persuasion! Passion combined with principle wins out in t...

Speculation is mounting over what might happen next in the twin dramas of BREXIT (you're all familiar with this national pantomime) and ...

The blog theme this week?  Balladry. My initial reaction? "Oh b*ll*cks!" I've only ever composed one ballad in my time and ...

I must be suffering from Obsessive Blogging Disorder! It's just shy of midnight and I haven't had time to think, let alone write - b...

"Most reasonable minded people will see the green shoots of recovery are showing"... Bloomfield Road visited by aliens? Th...

This week's theme is Must Try Harder and so you're in for a helping of Blackpool footballing folklore - but first, congratulations ...

I was born and grew up in West Africa, 3,000 miles  - two continents, one desert and an ocean - away from my nearest English League team. Th...