PinnedDean EastgateI was a teenage spyI hid in the attic to stay safe from my family5 min read·Mar 7, 2024----
PinnedDean EastgateHow it feels to not grieve your parents… as people expect you to fall apart over the catered vol au vents5 min read·Feb 19, 2024--2--2
PinnedDean EastgateI was never lost on boyhood bike rides, until I got homeEnglish countryside back roads were safe in the 1970s. My family wasn’t.5 min read·Feb 12, 2024----
PinnedDean EastgateDriving my grandfather’s carWhen I was 12, my grandfather presumed I’d know what I was doing with his car. I didn’t think I did. But it would’ve been worse to let him…5 min read·Jan 22, 2024----
PinnedDean EastgateSqueaky Stairs and the Upside Down Marshmallow TestThe Marshmallow Test can help predict life success, but looked at from another angle, it could also be a childhood trauma red flag7 min read·Jan 14, 2024----
Dean EastgateThe bigger the words, the slighter the experienceAnd most experiences are slight.2 min read·1 day ago----
Dean EastgateBeware AbroadIn the 1970s, Abroad was in its infancy and composed of regions called things like Tenerife, Corfu or worst of all, the Costa Del Sol, all…10 min read·Jun 10, 2024----
Dean EastgateinAge of EmpathyHow I stayed uncool and met my heroI was a teenage jazzman in rural 1980s England6 min read·Mar 30, 2024----