Ashleylister

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2360 )

• Like a Roll of Bounty in a Swimming Pool

  

  Absorption. I think this can be applied to writing. I think it's important to read widely and sometimes randomly. Every writer's work is different, but it is... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• What You Seek is Seeking You.

  

  There's a strange circularity to learning and teaching. Just as my daughter discovered that she would retain more information for her pending exams by teaching... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Maddaddam

  

  While we await the arrival of a new blogger for Mondays, we will be posting short book reviews in this slot. The last book I read was the final part of the... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Mad Hatters

  Good evening readers. Apologies for the late post today, I've been out seeking inspiration from the wild.When it comes to the theme of Mad Hatters I think... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Serendipity

  

  A guest post by C J Heyworth. Given that my mother was a widow who chose not to remarry after my father's death when I was seven in the Summer of 1953, I suppos... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Unusual Behavour?

  Ok, the Mad Hatter is a little strange to say the least, but let's face it, we all have our moments ......This week (and next) is all about appointments for me. Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Difficulty of Finding...

  I have been struggling to write for too many months now. I can just about manage a few sentences, a list of observations, the odd scribble about last night's... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Bumbling by Day...

  

  ...leaping by night. Hello language lovers. It's been a while since I wrote for the blog and I am, as usual, writing under the influence of too little sleep. I... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Blackpool Grit

  

  Colin has taken the decision to stop writing for the Dead Good Blog. He wished to say goodbye and thanks for reading. I'm sure you will agree that he has... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Sound of Silence.

  Good afternoon readers.This week, we've been looking at the theme 'what really gets my goat'. Silencing. That gets my back up.It has been alleged that my last... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Blackpool & The Fracking Censors? Put This in Your NUS Meeting.

  There was going to be no blog post today as a mark of respect for those members pushed out of the group by their official college ties. Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Important Notice

  This week we have seen one of the founding Dead Good Bloggers leave his post of Saturdays because of things that have been said with regard to the material he... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• What Really Gets My Goat?!

  Prejudice and ignorance!In some small degree it could be argued that we are all guilty of those qualities, but when they come to the fore in a greater sense,... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• and It's Goodnight from Him

  by Ashley Lister This will be my last post on the Dead Good Blog. I just want to note here that it’s been a pleasure working with so many professional writers. Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• What Really Gets My Goat?

  Apart from the Brazilian goat eaterOr people that use feet as well as the millimetre"It's six foot one way and 500 mil the other"Oh brotherJust pick oneand be... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Is This a Question? A Last Stand from Lancashire.

  Good afternoon readers,As a Proud Northerner, I am often accused of being abrasive, brash, rude, offensive and well, you get the point. I must offer a reason fo... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Poetry Show

  

  on air soon!Just a reminder that tonight's edition of The Poetry Show will be playing for two hours from 8pm on Fylde Coast Community Radio.Tonight's show is... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Naming of Dogs - NSFW

  

  by Ashley Lister This week's theme is questions. One of the questions people often ask me is, "What are you doing in my garden?" One of the other questions... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• An Unanswerable Question?

  How? Who? What? Where? When? Why?The world is full of so many questions. It is also full of people who are struggling to find the time to answer them, but they... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• But Why Mum, Why? Why? But Why? But Why is That? Why?

  

  So. Questions.Apparently when I was three years old I tormented the living daylights out of every person I constantly came into contact with by constantly... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2014 CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION