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• The Lotus Eaters

  

  Greece beckons – seven lazy days round a Cretan pool. As with last year, we’re flying from Norwich’s bijou international airport but, unlike last year, we’ve... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• No Frills, No Thrills

  

  Queuing is as quintessentially British as fish and chips, a Sunday roast or chicken tikka masala. I’m all for it. It appeals to my first-come-first-served... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Life is a Cabaret, Old Chum

  

  This year’s Norfolk and Norwich Festival has been in full swing with the usual eclectic mix of the traditional and the avant-garde in words, music, dance,... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Money, Museums and Men

  

  On the second day of our London jolly, we were planning to take in the view from the Shard, until we realised it was thirty quid a piece. Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Hard Act to Follow

  

  When Liam planned our ‘jolly’ down memory lane, he wasn’t to know it would be the hottest May Day holiday on record. The Sun puts a smile on everyone’s face,... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Nothing Like a Dame

  

  We took our seats at Cinema City for Nothing Like a Dame, a film that captures four great thespian dames – Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Joan Plowright and Eileen... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

  

  For the uninitiated, the Channel Islands are an archipelago in the English Channel, spitting distance from the French coast of Normandy. They include, among... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Bubble-Wrapped Barcelona

  

  Well not actually Barcelona – Sitges, a smart resort a few miles south which has been a magnet for the A-Gays for donkey’s years, even before that bastard Franc... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Itchy Knits

  

  March was Maker’s Month at the Forum where handy creatives from across the county showcased their passion for all things woven and sewn. Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Some EnchanTIN Evening

  

  As some people on Faceache already know, last week was a double anniversary for me and him indoors – 12 years since we first met and 10 years hitched. Thank... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Strangers’ Hall

  

  A bitter east wind blew us into Strangers’ Hall with its unassuming entrance on Charing Cross. That’s Charing Cross in Norwich not its more celebrated twin in... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Middle England Or Middle America?

  

  Imelda Staunton or Frances McDormand? Who could choose? Not us, so we did both.First up, Imelda was finding her feet in Finding Your Feet, ably supported by a... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Schindler’s Lift

  

  Following a boozy afternoon on the tiles, I had no memory of making it back to our hotel in East London. This is despite staggering from Soho to Piccadilly... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Naughty Square Mile

  

  It was high time for a little naughty fun in the smoke – a chance to spend a boozy afternoon with the London landlady of our Turkey years and an old mucker of... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Tales from Hollywood

  

  Two Hollywood stories caught my eye recently as I flicked through my newspaper and sipped my coffee in a local café. The first was the revelation that comedy... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Baby, It’s Cold Outside

  

  A Siberian cold front  – ‘The Beast from the East’ – has rolled in from Europe,  cloaking the flatlands in a thick blanket of fluffy snow drifting in the... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Can I Get, Like, a Coffee?

  

  It’s often said that the strength of the English Language is its extraordinary ability to absorb, evolve and invent. All fine and dandy. Otherwise we’d still... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Milk and Two Sugars, Please

  

  This winter’s brought some lively weather to keep us from our slumber and to wake the dead in the funeral parlour next door. Unsurprisingly, the huffing and... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Darkest Hour

  

  There’s been a flurry of historical war films lately and more to come, I’m sure. It’s not surprising, given the various centenaries involving the Great War of... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Come on Baby, Do the Loco-motion with Me

  

  With low eastern skies the colour of Milk of Magnesia, I’ve been pining for the hazy days of last summer when we were giants of the steam age, quite a result fo... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION