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• Calendar Girls

  

  Come Valentine’s Day, romantically-minded Liam likes to put on a show and the show in question was the Calendar Girls musical at the Theatre Royal, Norwich.... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2019 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Salud from Gran Canaria

  

  Contrary to rumour, the age demographic around the pool of the gentlemen-only bungalow resort was more mixed than anticipated. Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2019 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Christmas Past

  

  While we’re away in the Canaries sharing cheap Spanish plonk with the rest of the antique gays, here are a few images of Christmas just past to be going on with... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2019 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• SAD Season

  

  When the big skies of Norfolk are low and dreary, the only remedy for seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is an emergency injection of sunshine. Happily, we... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2019 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Favourite

  

  New Year’s Day took us to the movies to see The Favourite, a saga of love, rivalry and power, based loosely on the intimate relationship between a sickly and... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2019 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Carnal Knowledge

  Following bountiful Christmas fare, and with emotions loosened by the Malbec, we plopped onto the sofa and cried our way through Mama Mia, Here We Go Again on... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2019 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Mary Poppins Returns, Practically Perfect in Every Way

  

  There’s no better way to spend Boxing Day than a trip to the flicks, especially when it’s to see the long-awaited sequel to a classic. Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2019 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• For the Love of God

  Come Christmas time, the patients at the surgery where Liam earns an honest crust are a generous lot. Gifts of biscuits, sweets, chocolates and the odd bottle o... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2019 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• 2018 and All That

  

  The world may be going to Hell in a handcart but the Pansies keep on blooming – year in, year out. I keep them fed and watered and I’m grateful to those who pas... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Perfect Day

  

  Christmas comes but once a year, thank the Lord. You can almost taste the stress in the high street from the world-weary shoppers to the fixed-grin workers... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice

  

  Liam is mended enough to return to work (at a doctor’s surgery, ironically). Broken ribs are a nasty business and it’ll be months before he’s fully repaired. Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• From Crack to Smack

  

  Liam's busted ribs are mending slowly but surely and the pain has eased. At one point, I was considering putting him on the liquid morphine left over from my... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Give Us a Twirl

  

  My poor Liam fell badly and broke a couple of ribs. Naturally, most people assume he was a little worse for wear after a few sherries. In that case, he would... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• 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