by Barry Walsh | Jan 22, 2023 | New Blog
Two of the longest walks in the life of a teenage boy in the 60s: The hesitant stroll across the dance floor to ask a girl to dance. The even longer trudge back to mates after she says, ‘no’. I wonder if boys are less easily embarrassed today? I wonder, too, if girls...
by Barry Walsh | Jan 3, 2023 | New Blog
One of the inspirations for my new novel, Danny Boy, is something I know to be true: ‘A good youth club can save your life’. If more support and money (political support without money doesn’t cut it) had been given to youth clubs during the past ten years, fewer young...