A Dead Good Blog

  Housework, that never-ending project that always starts with good intentions, but there are so many distractions and a complete lack of in...

Some years ago, I’d guess about forty, I was on my own in Lancaster where a work commitment had gone awry. Instead of packing up and heading...

The story of Jane Eyre was my first introduction to the Bronte family.   Charlotte’s famous novel has been serialised on television many tim...

  I recently watched the 1940 film, ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ on TV. It’s dark, disturbing and honest of the time, but falls short of John Stein...

    Filling the bird feeders is my first job of the morning. Three fat-ball holders and two seed holders hanging on branches of the surround...

On a short visit to Dublin a few years ago, I was fascinated by the Ha’penny Bridge over the River Liffey. It is cute and pretty and loo...