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LATEST ARTICLES ( 1059 )

• Do You Have a Tale to Tell?

  It’s been ten years since Liam and I jumped ship and waded ashore to Bodrum. Ditching the profitable careers did little for our bank balance but a great deal fo... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Is This the Real Life? Is This Just Fantasy?

  We were planning to see Bohemian Rhapsody, the new Freddie Mercury biopic. But the reviews have been decidedly mixed, despite Rami Malek’s astonishing... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Wine, Willies and My Golden Years

  

  Fewer and fewer people can be bothered to go to an actual shop, buy an actual card, write an actual greeting, slip it into an actual envelope, write an actual... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• You Have My Word

  

  A family ‘do’ took us cross country to Hertford, north of London – three trains there, three trains back. On the way, we changed at Cambridge – ‘the City of... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Star is Born… Again, Again and Again

  

  ‘I’m going to see A Star is Born,’ said a colleague of Liam’s. ‘It’s supposed to be brilliant,’ she gushed. ‘Have you seen the original, you know, the one with... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• No Jacket Required

  

  Liam’s birthday is only a couple of weeks after mine so we tend to celebrate our birthday’s together. When I say ‘celebrate’ I don’t mean razzmatazz, wild... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Heal Thyself

  

  Long-suffering readers may remember that during our last days in Turkey I developed peripheral arterial disease which affects the blood flow to my legs. Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Ripping Yorkshire Again!

  

  The final leg of our great north run saw us in England’s ‘second’ capital  – variously called Eboracum by the Romans, Eoforwic by the Saxons, Yorvik by the... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Ripping Yorkshire

  

  The final leg of our great north run saw us in England’s ‘second’ capital  – variously called Eboracum by the Romans, Eoforwic by the Saxons, Yorvik by the... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Tatty and Batty Knaresborough

  

  The heatwave is just a distant memory and autumn is here. The mugging sun has given way to pearly skies and so, before we whack up the heat, roll out the... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• It’s a Sin

  

  It’s my habit to pop out for a mid-morning coffee following the torture at the gym. One sunny day I parked myself outside a café to rest my weary bones, sip my... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Fancy a Curry?

  

  And what better place to have one than Brick Lane in London, the curry capital of the UK and popularly known as Banglatown? The area has seen successive waves o... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• This Publishing Lark

  

  I’m so grateful for my new career as an indie publisher at Springtime Books. I get to work from home (tick) and I get to make a little cash to keep us out of th... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Right Side of God

  

  Little ol’ Norwich has been voted as one of the top twelve places to live in the UK according to the Sunday Times (as reported in our local rag, The Norwich... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Bee in the City

  

  Along Norwich’s hare course of fifty or so multi-coloured leporids, there are supposed to be over 160 leverets nesting in shop windows or larking about in gay... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Gay with a Bun in Bungay

  

  Last month’s prolonged heatwave, reminiscent of our Turkey days, drove us from the sticky city to the cute little towns of Bungay and Beccles, just across the... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Pretty in Pink

  

  What better way to spend a steamy afternoon than at a traditional village fête? The community-minded folk of Poringland do it every year. Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• British Pride

  

  Norwich Pride has come of age with a huge rainbow flourish as sparkling as the weather. A marcher held up a placard that read ‘The First Pride was a Riot’ – a... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Russian Pride

  

  Yesterday, Norwich Pride reached the grand old age of 10 and the streets of the city throbbed to the fabulous in their multi-coloured glory. We came, we saw,... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

  

  ‘Mamma Mia!’ is silly singalong foot-tapping ABBA-fest, a huge block of cheesiness that leaves a warm glow inside like a sugary bowl of Ready Brek. It’s one... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION