Paul Ariss

Cross If You Dare To #WordlessWednesday Photograph by Paul Ariss

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Thanks Hugh. Wigan salutes you.

Catherine O’Hara spent decades elevating comedy with precision, warmth, and an instinct for the absurd. She is missed.

THE EMBARRASSED CONFESSIONS OF A HIGHLY IMPRACTICAL MAN I often wonder when gripped by one of my regular feelings of severe inadequacy whether there are two types of person in this world -those who can do DIY and those who can’t. I’ll take it further; i…

Am I the only man to admit to a total lack of everyday skills?
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A SOBER WARNING #WordlessWednesday Dog and Gun Public House, Keswick, Cumbria. Photo by Paul Ariss

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Advent 2025 Part Two ☃️🦌

We're beginning to get into the Advent swing, and here are five more songs that I like. I've played four of these before but one is making its debut - the video is newly released so I'm showing that I'm down with the kids and keeping my fingers on the pulse of that pop…

An informed and compassionate blog from Clive at Take It Easy on World Mental Health Day 2025

Dove Cottage, home of William Wordsworth from 1799 to 1850. I visited this incredibly charming and cosy cottage on Friday. Though a very happy family home for William it looks like it may be in need of a damp course! #GrasmereCumbria

THE SAD BUT IMMORTAL LEGACY OF THE BRONTE’S HOMETOWN As this weird period of my year continues in my sisters spare room, waiting as the legal palaver grinds on and on for my new property 130 miles away, I try and find new ways daily to fill the hours…

My recent visit to the hometown of the Bronte's was a mixture of reverence and sadness #Howarth
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JANE AUSTEN AND THE THEATRE BY THE LAKE Jane Austen was born 250 years ago in Hampshire and is regarded by many as England’s greatest female author. Writing in an age when women were not considered to have credibility in the arts she had…

The work of Jane Austen meets the beautiful location of Derwentwater and The Theatre By The Lake #JaneAusten #TheatreByTheLake #LakeDistrict
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5 Reasons Why Every Blogger Should Have a Contact Page and How to Build One How easy do you make it for visitors to your blog to contact you without attracting the spammers and spambots?

How easy do you make it for visitors to your blog to contact you without attracting the spammers and spambots?

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THE DREAM VACANCY #WordlessWednesday Photograph by Paul Ariss. Mason Arms, Gilcrux, Cumbria

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MIST OVER WHITEHAVEN BAY #WordlessWednesday Visit the post for more.

During the last few weeks I have been able to see the interesting parts of Cumbria and the Lake District that most tourists don't get to. Seeing the mist over Whitehaven Bay, a literal launch pad for the trade in rum in the 18th century, was eerily atmospheric.
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Looks interesting Darlene. I wasn't aware you'd grown up in Canada, let alone the Rockies. Lucky you.

A flying visitor to the gardens of Hutton-in-the-Forest, Cumbria, UK

Staying with family while I wait for my new property to go through the legal stages of completion. I may be living out of bags and boxes at the moment but staying in the Lake District definitely has its advantages #Derwentwater

FROM THIS SMALL ROOM TO A THRILLING,WAITING WORLD This coming Friday I will be moving out of the house that I have lived in since I was eight years old. The biggest part of my lifetime has been spent within these walls and I am the only one of my …

I'm moving from the home I've lived in since I was eight years old later this week. I'll miss the house, but one room in particular means far more than just bricks and mortar.
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TRYING HARD TO RECOGNISE THE AMERICA OF MY DREAMS My grandfather Gordon Ariss from Birmingham UK, boarded the ship HMT Rohna on the 25th November 1943, along with 1,981 American soldiers. The next day the ship was attacked by a wave of German airc…

My relationship with the America I am now worried about, began years before I was born when my grandfather lost his life along with over 1000 US military personnel. And even that was hushed up by a paranoid government.
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Flash Fiction – Blue Sky Mike embraces change and love, symbolised by blue skies and blue wings. But where will they lead him?

Mike embraces change and love, symbolised by blue skies and blue wings. But where will they lead him?

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Again, many thanks!

Thank you very much Natrice, it is good of you to say so, I appreciate it.

We are ALL part of the Human Race!!

After years of trying I finally had a breakthrough this month when I got a Runners-Up placing publication in Writers Magazine for my short story 'Guitar Gods and Downward Dogs. Here it is if you'd like a read #DontGiveUp

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FOR SALE. LOW MILEAGE. ONE VERY CARELESS OWNER #WordlessWednesday Visit the post for more.

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Thank-you Mr Roberts.

I've been a massive Bruce fan since 1979. I abhor Trump. However, if this statement from Bruce is true, where is the evidence? Why is Trump in the White House?

YouTube video by Paul Ariss Video of Ask Me Again from Paul Ariss

If you have no pressing needs in the next 3 minutes and 48 seconds I'd be ever so pleased if you watched the video to my new song 'Ask Me Again'. That's it, that's my big pitch. Thank-you.
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Congratulations, that must be a big thrill!

Gorgeous photo Paul. It has a great feeling of spring about it.