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LATEST ARTICLES ( 1059 )

• Wicked

  

  Our final jolly in old London Town at the end of 2019 was a trip to see Wicked – the stage prequel to The Wizard of Oz and a show every friend of Dorothy... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• RIP, Lindsay De Feliz, the Saucepans Lady

  

  I was badly shaken and much stirred to hear of the murder of fellow author, Lindsay de Feliz in December. Among her many qualities, Lindsay was very social medi... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Cats

  

  I’m not a big Andrew Lloyd Webber fan and didn’t rate ‘Cats’ when I saw it in the West End. I remember thinking it was okay, that’s all. But when I saw the... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• 2019 and All That

  

  It’s funny how things turn out. At the start of 2019 we were loft-living city-style, happy as pigs in the proverbial. By the end, we’d escaped to the country... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2019 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Cottage Christmas

  

  It’s Christmas Eve and we’re stopping home this year to soak up the village vibe. Thank you to Mr Marks and Mr Spencer for the superior festive fare. Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2019 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• You Gotta Have Faith

  

  Despite the decidedly mixed reviews, we threw ourselves into the festive spirit by seeing ‘Last Christmas’, starring among others, the fabulous Emma Thompson... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2019 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

  

  The north folk round these parts take Christmas very seriously. The pretty sisters of Loddon and Chedgrave are decked out in their best festive livery and... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2019 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Helping History Out of the Closet

  

  The Autumn edition of ‘Link’, the South Norfolk Council community magazine, dropped on the mat. Packed with facts and fun, it’s something to thumb through over... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2019 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Days on the Tills, Nights on the Tiles

  

  We arrived early in Chelsea for our close encounter with Tut’s bling giving us the chance to wander round my old manor where, back in the day, I was the money... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2019 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Tut Mania

  

  I was eleven when, in 1972, Tutankhamun last came to town. I queued for hours at the British Museum to get just a fleeting glimpse of that death mask as I... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2019 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• We’ll Meet Again

  

  This year, Liam and I jollied in London for our birthdays. A state of the art, hi-tech micro-room in St James’ was the perfect base for our foraging. Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2019 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Sun’ll Come Out (Tomorrow)

  

  The hunky young chap who provided our removals quote was Loddon born and bred and so we had a long chat about village life. His pearls of wisdom were... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2019 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The End of the Yellow Brick Road

  

  Our move date from city to country coincided with tickets to see Armistead Maupin’s one-man show at Norwich’s Theatre Royal. Maupin is the author of the Tales o... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2019 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• So Far So Good

  

  Organised chaos has reigned for weeks. A production line of cardboard boxes great and small come and go with endless deliveries of stuff we didn’t know we... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2019 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• We Have the Stars

  

  I’ve moved a lot in my time – more than most, I reckon. I dropped from the womb in utilitarian army digs at Canterbury then on to a central London military... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2019 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Beware of Mad Cows

  

  As we’re the only gays in the village, Liam, in his infinite wisdom, thought it would be fun to get better acquainted with our new parish. I thought pub crawl.... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2019 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Only Gays in the Village

  

  By chance, Liam spotted a renovated 1850s cottage for sale in a small village called Chedgrave, ten miles southeast of Norwich. We went to see it. We liked it.... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2019 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Shiny Shrimps

  

  Business has been brisk; we’ve been working late to meet immoveable deadlines and we needed a little light relief from our labours. Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2019 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Monarch of the Hill

  

  In 2010, I handed over a king’s ransom for a set of crowns courtesy of a handsome Turkish dentist called Ufuk (yes, you’ve read it right). Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2019 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Big Bugs

  

  We’ve had an invasion of psychedelic gorillas, a parade of colourful elephants, the flight of the camp dragons and a husk of vivid hares, not mention the wacky... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2019 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION