Jackscott
A diminutive, myopic, washed up ex-pretty boy with my best years behind me with a distinctly perverse and frivolous view of the world.
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Perking the Pansies
http://www.perkingthepansies.com/
Imagine the absurdity of two openly gay, recently ‘married’ middle aged, middle class men escaping the liberal sanctuary of anonymous London to relocate to a Muslim country. I chronicle our exploits with the mad, the sad, the bad and the glad in a blog for the whole world to ignore.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 1024 )
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Gumusluk Travel Guide
Roll, roll up for your free Kindle copy of the meticulously researched Gümüşlük Travel Guide: Bodrum’s Silver Lining by the incomparable Roving Jay. Read more
Posted on 07 June 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION -
Wild Things
The old Co-operative Society depository that now ware-houses our micro-loft sits along one side of St Stephen’s Square, just outside the old city walls. Read more
Posted on 04 June 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION -
Normal for Norfolk
As a recent interloper to this green and pleasant corner of England, it’s not for me to suggest that the north folk of Norfolk are less blessed in the old grey... Read more
Posted on 30 May 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION -
A Sight for Sore Eyes
Meandering through the fairground masses in Chapelfield Gardens at Easter, I was stopped in my tracks by two unusual sights standing out from the candyflossed... Read more
Posted on 25 May 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Lofty Visitors
English weather at its worst is a depressing and insipid affair – no drama or performance, just days of persistent damp greyness. Read more
Posted on 20 May 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION -
IDAHOT Day 2014
To help promote and support today’s IDAHOT Day 2014, the marvellous people behind OUT140 invite you to write your own coming out story in 140 characters or less... Read more
Posted on 17 May 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION -
Bearded Men in Dresses
Hairy Conchita’s sweeping victory at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest was historic for two reasons: A country not associated with the Balkans, Baltic and/or... Read more
Posted on 15 May 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION -
Eurovision – And the Band Played On
The Eurovision Song Contest is like herpes. There is no cure. The overblown glittery bandwagon pulls into Copenhagen this year, no doubt costing the Danish... Read more
Posted on 10 May 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION -
Driving Miss Daisy
Apart from a half-hearted attempt at learning to drive in my twenties (booked some lessons, took a test, nearly killed someone, didn’t bother with a replay),... Read more
Posted on 07 May 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION -
Jay Talking
The incomparable Roving Jay recently blew into town for a few bevvies, a bite and a chin wag. She was on a pilgrimage to the Norfolk flatlands of her birth and... Read more
Posted on 02 May 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Cockney Sparrow
Liam and I were deeply saddened to hear of the death of Patricia ‘Babs’ Miller, after finally losing a long battle with cancer. We first met Babs one cold... Read more
Posted on 01 May 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Elephant Parade
The Chapelfield Shopping Centre, but a hop and a spit from our micro-loft, has been invaded by a herd of elephants in multi-coloured livery – all courtesy of... Read more
Posted on 27 April 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION -
Fairground Attraction
Yesterday, I left Liam indoors slaving over the final pre-edits of the new book and tootled into town to catch the bank holiday vibe. Read more
Posted on 22 April 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION -
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
I took up pole position outside Pret a Manger on Haymarket to sip my usual tipple, rest my gym-tortured limbs and people-watch. It was a bumper crop. Read more
Posted on 18 April 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION -
Closed for 2014
A sunny spring day saw us on a double decker cruising cross-country past gilded fields of rapeseed. We were on our way to Loddon, a picture postcard market... Read more
Posted on 13 April 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION -
Blast from the Past
I was busying myself with morning admin when my tippy-tappying was interrupted by an old Seventies tune on Radio 2, the summertime hit ‘Beach Baby’ by the grou... Read more
Posted on 08 April 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION -
When in Rome
The great castle keep of Norwich dominates the city’s skyline. At first sight, it looks too twee to be authentic, its walls too sharp, its stonework too white... Read more
Posted on 03 April 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION -
Twitter Ye Not
If ever there was cast-iron evidence for limiting the number of terms in the top job, it’s the Prime Minister of Turkey’s current spat with Twitter, an... Read more
Posted on 30 March 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION -
I Do
Today‘s the day that same sex marriage was legalised in England and Wales. Scotland follows suit in October and it can only be a matter of time before Northern... Read more
Posted on 29 March 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Sisterhood
I first compiled my expat glossary in 2011 as a tongue-in-cheek classification of the various expat types Liam and I encountered during our time in Turkey. Read more
Posted on 26 March 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION