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LATEST ARTICLES ( 1092 )

• Dead as a Dodo

  

  It was just a few short weeks ago when we were in London for my old girl’s 91st birthday. Everything then was normal. The Tube was packed and the streets... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Life in Lockdown

  

  We awake each morning to a cacophony of birdsong and days have merged into one. Life in lockdown passes at a snail’s pace with tasks expanded to fill the time... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Donkey and the Great Dame

  

  “Chloe the lovely donkey who has led the Palm Sunday procession from Alpington School to Yelverton Church for many years, has left the area. Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• You Gotta Roll With It

  

  With much of the planet in the grip of a coronavirus, we’re social distancing by buckling down watching the Chase on the box with our feet up. We venture out... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Petty Prejudices

  

  “Ar ya brothers?” asked the driver in broad Narfuk as we clambered into the back of the taxi. Here we go, I thought. We’re gonna have that conversation again. Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Missing You Already!

  

  I first met Clive Smith a few weeks into our first year of secondary school. My very first memory was him doing a skit of ‘The Fenn Street Gang’ – some of you... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Two Up, Two Down

  

  Our little house is one of a small row of four workers’ cottages standing proud next to the 12th-century parish church of All Saints. Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• United Against Dementia

  

  All sickness is cruel but dementia has got to be one of the cruellest of them all, robbing the victims of their very essence. Sadly, we’ve been rather touched b... Read more

  Posted on 29 February 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Cheers from Gran Canaria

  

  It was the calm before the storm. We flew out just before Storm Ciara barrelled across the flatlands on the Jet2 poofs and pensioners express to Gran Canaria... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Made in Dagenham

  

  Released in 2010, ‘Made in Dagenham’ is a gritty, evocative and warm-hearted film about the female workers at the Ford car plant in Dagenham, East London, who,... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Rain, Rain, Go Away…

  

  Since we became village people, hardly a day has passed when it hasn’t rained – drizzle one day, deluge the next and endless dreary skies. Even the ducks have... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Hotpot, Ken?

  

  Now we’ve moved on to fresh fields, my five-day-a-week gym routine is no more. Whereas I was once able to stroll to my city centre torture chamber, I’d now... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Do You Have an Expat Story to Tell?

  

  I don’t normally mix business with pleasure but I’m making an exception this week. Regular readers will know about the cruel murder of fellow expat author... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2020 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• 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