A Dead Good Blog

A cake is a recognised symbol of any celebration and has been for centuries. A wedding cake has always been a traditional centre piece to th...

This word has a few uses. We talk about...a class act...a classy outfit...having class...first class to third class... in a class of its own...

I’ve spent the last month or so re-reading my collection of ‘Upstairs, Downstairs’ books. These slim paper-backs tell the story of the popul...

When I was young it was unheard of to give teachers presents at Christmas, Easter or any other occasion.   However, I noticed, when I began...

OK, purple prose, yeah. Firstly I looked up 'prose' or as I found out, to just write normally. Then I looked up 'purple...

On Monday afternoon my eldest nephew, who started school in September, snuggled beside me on the sofa to show me what he’d been learnin...

The most important thing in the world is to be kind. This is the lesson my mother taught me.  She taught me lots of things, obviously, bu...

Last week I dropped my netbook on the floor. Afterwards it made an annoying beeping sound as if it were on a countdown to its own self-des...