The 2nd of December was far from an average Wednesday. It began with a flight from Dublin to Manchester to meet with my Coronation Street Blog friends, to tour the old set one final time, and enjoy a welcome catch-up …
Category: Personal Accounts
That TFI Friday Feeling
It’s the 28th of June 1996. I’m 15, school is finished for the summer, and I have just completed my Junior Certificate (GCSEs to UK readers). It’s a Friday, and it’s 6pm, an hour and day of the week observed …
The Art of St. Stephen’s Green
On the wrought iron railings of St. Stephen’s Green, beneath a rustling canopy of June foliage, a transient gallery of paintings waits patiently for a fond eye that has for too long gazed upon a wall that is missing something. …
A Year in the Life of a Corrie Blogger
I wrote this little piece, which originally appeared on the Coronation Street Blog, to mark my first year writing for the site. It was on the 22nd of October 2013, a year ago today, that I introduced myself on the Coronation …
Rewind the Film: My Year in Music (2013)
As the sparkle settles, and coffee creams sit lonely in cavernous tins, I like to spend the peaceful time between Christmas and the start of the New Year thinking about the one that has been. I began to write about …
Remembering William on Remembrance Day
For over eighty years a name has looked outward from a beautiful sheltered corner of the Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium. The river flows constant beside him, and rustling trees sway in a whispered hush. Through countless budding springs, hot sunny …
