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A Dead Good Blog
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A group of poets from Blackpool, Lancashire, discussing poetry, inspiration and writing in general.
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It's CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!
Time for a new Christmas song...Jump upTurn aroundCan you hear that Christmas SoundHo Ho HoGoes the fat man in redJump upTurn aroundCan you hear that Christmas... Read more
Posted on 23 December 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
One Christmas Poem
Good evening all, This week we've been looking at numbers and feeling all festive. Not all of you? Well I have. Yesterday I rewrote the twelve days of... Read more
Posted on 22 December 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Dead Good Poetry Show - Live on Air!
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.Tonight's... Read more
Posted on 21 December 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Word Counts
by Ashley Lister I was going to be arsey about this week’s theme. I was going to moan about my working with words – not numbers. Read more
Posted on 21 December 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Numbers - My Life
As a couple of others have mentioned this week, I am not great with numbers either. For some reason, when sat in my Maths Class, a lot of what the teacher was... Read more
Posted on 20 December 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Anecdote: Learning to Count
On Monday afternoon my eldest nephew, who started school in September, snuggled beside me on the sofa to show me what he’d been learning. Read more
Posted on 19 December 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
3 is a Magic Number
Maths. I'm just not very good at it, I can budget, do basic stuff but more advanced maths does leave me scratching my head like a chimp from a teabag advert. I... Read more
Posted on 18 December 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Numbers Are the Closest Thing to God
This week the Tuesday Blog has been written by the wonderful David RileyNumbers are the closest thing to God since the old chap's sad demise in the nineteenth... Read more
Posted on 17 December 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Numbers
I love numbers. They are ever-present in the world. Be it to measure the distance between David Cameron and the real people of the land (counting using a unit... Read more
Posted on 16 December 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Oscar Wilde- a Villain, Hell!
I know relatively nothing of Oscar Wilde's work. Like most writers, I have an anthology and like most, I have flicked through it from time to time but to write... Read more
Posted on 15 December 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Dead Good Poetry Show - LIVE ON AIR NOW
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.Tonight's... Read more
Posted on 14 December 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
A Society of Assholes
by Ashley Lister There are many things that grind my metaphorical gears. I don't care for Tories (unless they're recently deceased with a comedy orange up the... Read more
Posted on 14 December 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
An Oscar Complex
Well, what a man!I decided to look at quotes from Oscar Wilde as opposed to anything else, as I think they can truly give a better insight into persons psyche. Read more
Posted on 13 December 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Would You Make A Bunbury?
Bunburying is the delightful concept at the centre of Oscar Wilde’s play The Importance of Being Earnest. Its usage and meaning within the play is perhaps best... Read more
Posted on 12 December 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
It's All in the Picture
Due to a very heavy workload I will be covering for Cerrie this week.Oscar Wilde's A Picture of Dorian Grey shocked a society when it was first published in 189... Read more
Posted on 10 December 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Oscar
If only there was time to see everybody all the time, then nobody could judge anybody else for being a fool. This is not a quote, I couldn't remember one so I... Read more
Posted on 09 December 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Dead Good Poetry Show - Live on Air!
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.Tonight's... Read more
Posted on 07 December 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
I’m a Dickensian – Get Me Out of Here
by Ashley ListerOK. I’m not a huge fan of Dickens. Kudos to the bloke for getting paid by the word, and milking as many words as he could from this arrangement. Read more
Posted on 07 December 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Did You Know? Charles Dickens.
While researching Charles Dickens, I had an epiphany. Not necessarily of the most positive nature. I realised that I am a closet rail enthusiast. Read more
Posted on 06 December 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
What the Dickens?
Unfortunately this week Lara is unable to write a blog. Her replacement, Vicky, then went and got herself all broked up and everything. So, 'ittle peeps, you... Read more
Posted on 05 December 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION