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LATEST ARTICLES ( 1098 )

• A Bird’s Eye View

  

  Recently, I stumbled across a fuzzy aerial view of Loddon Staithe, the inland harbour which divides our sleepy parish of Chedgrave from our larger next-door... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2026 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Nobody Likes a Slack Ring

  

  A couple of years back, Liam lost his wedding ring. He knew not how, he knew not where. He got really upset about it, but these things happen. We put it down... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2026 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Perky Daffodils

  

  Ringed by wonky tombstones, our pretty village church sits on top of a small hill. Called ‘All Saints’ – to cover all the holy bases – the unassuming little... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2026 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Palladium of Drag

  

  I recently stumbled upon this delicious titbit – pun intended – on Faceache about drag life at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern way back in the sixties. Click the imag... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2026 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Load of Bowls

  

  The sedate game of bowls has ancient roots going way back to the time of the pharaohs. Nowadays, the Brit variety is traditionally associated with carefully... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2026 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Flirty Birds and Ruffled Feathers

  

  After a relentlessly dull and drizzly winter – unseasonally wet even for these notoriously showery islands – the sun finally poked through the low cloud and... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2026 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• There’s Still Life in the Old Blog Yet

  

  When I started this blogging lark way back in October 2010, life in pansies HQ was a different place – different house, different town, different country. Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2026 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Wuthering Heights – Wild and Windy, Moody and Broody

  

  What better way to spend Valentine’s Day than a love story at the flicks? So that’s what we did. But this wasn’t any old love story. Oh no. Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2026 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Ferrow Brothers

  

  Another remarkable little gem lifted from the Queer Norfolk Archive at Norwich’s Millennium Library is the astonishing story of the Ferrow sisters of Great... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2026 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Cottage Ladies

  

  Until modern times, the status of women was Bible-clear – to love, honour and obey – with a particular emphasis on obey. Women had little say and precious few... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2026 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• He’s Behind You – Again

  

  This year’s winter has been more or less the usual tedious diet of dull and damp. So what better way to blow away the blues and lift the spirits than a festive... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2026 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Hamlet Or Hamnet? That is the Question

  

  We’ve seen a bunch of films over the last year – some good, some less so. But none have been as powerful as Hamnet. This no-holes-barred historical drama... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2026 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Glitter, Glamour and the Glums

  

  Our yuletide revelry was crowned with a trip to the Great Yarmouth Hippodrome, Britain’s last remaining circus building, for their ‘Christmas Circus and Water... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2026 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• London, City of Hope

  

  We saw in 2026 with a proverbial bang at a house party thrown in style by two of our favourite village people. It was a banter-filled evening of merriment,... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2026 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Top of the Pansy Pops 2025

  

  Yes, folks, it’s that time again when I look back at another year of my missives from the sticks. The most popular broadcasts of 2025 have a distinctly nostalgi... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2025 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• LGBT Armed Forces Memorial – No More Shame

  

  Last month, His Maj, King Charles, dedicated the first national memorial honouring LGBT armed forces personnel, 25 years after the ban on LGBT people serving... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2025 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• My Dribbling Years

  

  Being closer to the finish line than the start, I’m regularly pricked and poked, and not in a good way – blood tests for diabetes and high cholesterol, liver an... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2025 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Sparks, Candles and Cardamom

  

  Suddenly one late evening our lights started to flicker and our electric hob began to beep randomly. Our neighbours, too, were experiencing spooky goings on. Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2025 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Happy Birthday, Perking the Pansies

  

  “In the beginning there was work and work was God. After 35 years in the business, the endless predictability made me question the Faith. Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2025 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Roys of Wroxham

  

  Way back in 2013, I wrote a brief throwaway piece about a day trip to Wroxham – ‘Gateway to the Norfolk Broads’ – a town entirely given over to those who like t... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2025 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION