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• Magical Mystery Tour

  

  We boarded the bus.Where’s he taking me? A little rural retreat with ancient beams and hearty fare, deep in the flatlands?We boarded the train. Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2017 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Postcards from Corfu Town

  

  Knickers in the WindOur final night in Corfu (or Kerkyra as the Greeks call it) is a slow meander through Corfu Old Town, a labyrinth of lanes and alleyways... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2017 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Postcards from Albania

  

  When in Greece go to AlbaniaIt’s only three miles from Corfu at its closest point so it would be rude not to. We sailed the hydrofoil from Corfu Town and here w... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2017 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Postcards from Corfu

  

  The A GaysWe chose simple and we got sublime. Our billet is a modest studio (A1 for the A Gays) overlooking a sparkling pool. All we have to do is drag our tire... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2017 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Gay Britannia

  

  If you are LGBT, 16 or over and living in the UK, Her Maj’s Government wants to know about your experiences of living in our always green but not always pleasan... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2017 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Home Sweet Home

  

  While we’re away in sunny Corfu chomping on the mutton, slapping on the sunscreen, gassing the bugs and gagging on the retsina (despite sage advice to go easy o... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2017 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• In the Footsteps of the Durrells

  

  We’re off on our hols to sunny Greece. Seven heavenly days round a cool pool in Corfu. We’re flying out from Norwich’s very own international airstrip – small... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2017 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Tits with Chicks

  

  The top floor of the old Co-op warehouse provides a bird’s eye view of the low-rise streets beyond. England is famed as a wet-weather country but the east is... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2017 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Norwich, City of Murals

  

  I’ve always liked a mural, ever since Coronation Street’s former resident charlady Hilda Ogden tarted up her back parlour with a sea view embellished with a tri... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2017 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Dunkirk

  

  Generally, I don’t like war films. They tend to be way too violent or jingoistic (or both) for me. I don’t do gore or mindless nationalism. Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2017 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Life After My Saucepans

  

  Fellow author and blogger Lindsay de Feliz gave up marriage and a successful UK career to follow her dreams as a scuba diving instructor in the Dominican... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2017 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• What’s the Point of Pride?

  

  They used to say,‘they shouldn’t be allowed to march.’Now they say,‘Why bother to march?’Certainly there’s more joy than anger on pride marches these days.... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2017 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Pretty and Witty and Gay

  

  The words famously not sung by Natalie Wood in West Side Story – and there was plenty of pretty, volumes of witty and oodles of gay at yesterday’s Norwich Pride. Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2017 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Day the Rot Set In

  

  On this day fifty years ago, the Sexual Offences Act received Royal Assent. The act partially decriminalised male homosexual acts. Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2017 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• God’s Own Country

  

  On a complete whim, we decided on a mini tour of Yorkshire. As England’s largest traditional county by far, it was a very teeny weeny tour encompassing just... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2017 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Sticky Fingers and Sticky Knickers

  

  When Mother Nature flicks the switch, Norfolk broads dance in the park. So it’s no surprise the summer festival season is in full swing, with tasty titbits to... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2017 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• London Pride 2017

  

  In Istanbul, tear gas and rubber bullets broke up small groups of brave souls attempting to defy the ban of this year’s pride march. Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2017 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Heaven is a Place on Earth

  

  Recently, the wonderful Stephen Fry presented an equally wonderful programme on Channel Four celebrating five iconic buildings inextricably linked with the... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2017 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Angels, Monks and the Devil’s Brew

  

  Learning to speak English must be difficult enough, but learning to spell it must bring even the most dedicated student out in hives. It’s just the little game... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2017 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• On the Lash

  

  It’s sod’s law. The warmest day of the year so far and I’m home alone. Our large south-facing windows can make the micro-loft a tad sweaty during the... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2017 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION