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LATEST ARTICLES ( 1092 )

• 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

• Cops and Robbers

  

  The deluge of GDPR emails has finally dried up, thank the Lord. For the uninitiated, GDPR stands for the General Data Protection Regulation 2018. Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• GoGoHares!

  

  Following the flight of camp dragons, the parade of vivid jumbos and the troupe of panto gorillas in our midst comes an assortment of big-eared, bright-eyed... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Three Lions on a Shirt

  

  Despite coming from a family of footie obsessives, I’m not a fan of the beautiful game, or of anything sporty really. But even I’ve been swept along by the... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Minos, Minotaurs and Mazes

  

  Manolis, our obliging landlord at the Eleonas Country Village, organised an ancient treat for our last day on Crete. Our evening flight gave us plenty of time... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Postcards from Crete

  

  Aphrodite’s SanctuaryDarkness had fallen by the time we opened the front door of the Aphrodite Guest House at the Eleonas Country Village. Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Miller’s Tale

  

  It was one of those warm and overcast days threatening thunderstorms that saw us at Sculthorpe Mill near the pint-sized market town of Fakenham, about 25 miles... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• There’s No Place Like Home

  

  While we’re away lotus-eating on Crete, supping and splashing about, here are a few random snaps of Norwich, ‘a fine city’ according to the civic slogan – to... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION