Ashleylister

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• Anonymous

  

  In the fourteenth century, the Lollards set about translating the Latin Vulgate bible into English under the leadership of John Wycliffe. Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Bible

  I want to approach this subject eloquently, so I’m going to bare my soul a little in order to explain my views. One of the first books my mother bought for me... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Bible Stories with a Generous Helping of Easter

  This week’s theme is “The Bible.” Now I am pretty certain there will be lots of argument regarding what is considered to either be the truth or fabrication.... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Undiscovering the Magic

  Good afternoon folks.This week on the blog, we've been looking at magic. On this note, I have discovered a machine that lets me turn back time- I'm going to... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Modern Magic

  

  By Ashley ListerAccording to Lost in Translation by Charlie Croker, this is a translation agency’s advertisement in The Moscow Times.“Bet us your letter of... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• B*gger Magic

  Don't forget to head down to Café Number 5 at 6pm for some Magical poetical fun and japes at our open mic night tonight. I'll be there, albeit a little late... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• It Sits in the Middle and Knows

  

  On Saturday, we Dead Good Poets met for our monthly workshop. After a fun word game which involved coming up with the most inventive similes (I failed but not... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Magic

  I'll tell you what would be a great magic trick, if I managed to hit all my deadlines this week. It's first week back at college so I'm a little under the cosh. Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• My Magic

  (a moment in my life) Colin DaivesI love magic, have done since my very earliest memory. I actually wanted to be a magician, even tried practising for our in... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Key Facts and the Passing of a Great.

  So the devil is in the detail, isn't it.We have been born as an age of analysts, critical thinkers, quantum philosophers and forensic detectives. A vast age of... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Dead Good Poetry Show

  

  on air now!Just a reminder that tonight's edition of the Dead Good Poetry Show will be playing for the next two hours on Fylde Coast Community Radio.On tonight'... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Exeter Book

  

  by Ashley Lister According to Wikipedia: “The Exeter Book […] is a tenth-century book or codex which is an anthology of Anglo-Saxon poetry. Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• My Key

  I had a lot of problems the last couple of years. They were of the sort that sent me a little round the bend, off the beaten track, this sort of thing. Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Bible According to Rupert Murdoch

  

  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was GOTCHA! And the Lord Rupert said let there be a Royal Family, and let enormous quantities of trivia and drivel b... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2013 CREATIVITY, CULTURE

• Keys.

  Symbolism can make even the most mundane objects interesting. And the key is about as mundane as you can get. We use them every day without a second thought. Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Bunch of Keys

  Happy bank holiday Monday. I decided to write a poem today. “What where you thinking?” Radical thinking, I know.This scribble has been designed as a groan fest... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Internet is for Porn

  by Ashley Lister If I was going to make one modest proposal to large internet presences, such as Google and YouTube, it would be: accept that people have sex.I... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Modest Proposal of a Stalker

  

  I wanna hold youWanna please youWanna wrap you up and keep youI’ll stay right here from dusk till dawnSat upon your nice front lawnI’ll scare away those men... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• 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, but this one vital idea was repeated many times over the years. Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Urban Fox

  My modest proposal, though not so modest and usually tainted with curses, is this… LEAVE IT ALONE. The first of my other proposals would be to shove a branch... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION