Jackscott

LATEST ARTICLES ( 1059 )

• He’s Behind You!

  

  I’m a sucker for a good old fashioned Grimm tale. And if it comes triple-wrapped in high camp and topped with flying fairies, then I’m hooked. Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2017 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• My Life Abroad

  

  Since 2011, the people at Blog Expat have been shining a little light on expatland by interviewing bloggers from city to steppe, temperate to tropical. They’ve... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2017 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Praying for Time

  

  Why is it that bad news travels fastest and furthest? Tales of comfort and joy are always way down the bill on the nightly news. Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2017 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot

  

  Once more round the sun and it’s that time again to look back at the top of the pansy crop. For some reason, matters medical and mortality caught the imaginatio... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2017 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Good Samaritan

  

  2016 has provided a bumper crop of depressing man-made disasters: war, terrorism, ISIS, Brexit, Trump, dangerous nationalism, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Manifesto for Life

  

  We recently attended the funeral of David Harries. It was a bittersweet gig, sad but not in the slightest bit depressing. Stripped of dust-to-dust religious... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lost in Translation

  

  I’ve just added a new translate feature to this site courtesy of Google. You’ll find it on the left hand sidebar (click the three line icon, top left, and scrol... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• New Balls Please

  

  You’ve got to hand it to former Labour Party heavyweight, Ed Balls. After losing his seat to the Tories at the last general election, he’s been busy re-inventin... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Something Nasty in the Air

  

  The good people at Displaced Nation asked me to join a motley crew of expats, repats, and otherwise displaced types to discuss Brexit and the presidential... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Jack and Liam Move to Norwich

  

  Hardly breaking news is it? But it’s the title of a little something I wrote back in the summer of 2014 for the Visit Norwich City of Stories website. Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Park Life

  

  Right now the view from the microloft is autumn bleak with a fat shroud of nickel grey as far as the eye can see. It’s just as well I don’t suffer from SAD... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Answers on a Postcard

  

  Would you Adam and Eve it? Our washing machine and dishwasher conked out within a few weeks of each other. It wasn’t entirely unexpected. Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• See the Tree, How Big It’s Grown

  

  When Liam and I first pitched our yurt in Anatolia, we bought an olive sapling in John’s memory and put it in a patio pot. It did remarkably well and bore... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Perking the Pansies

  

  Our hobbling tour of Bodrum was something of a boozy whirlwind and confirmed I can’t do multiple piss-ups anymore. It was season’s end with flight prices to... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Back to Bodrum

  

  Picture it, May 2012, a stone cottage in the centre of old Bodrum Town. With the house cleared and our bags packed, a young lady popped by to say farewell and t... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Warts and Wisdom

  

  I recently had a lumpy growth on my ankle. It looked exactly like the ‘wisdom’ wart I’d had on my head a few years ago. Clearly I’m getting wiser as I get wider... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• More Postcards from Gran Canaria

  

  Following last week’s delivery from the Royal Mail, here’s the second batch of postcards to land on the mat.Mad PedroThe staff in our global holiday village... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Postcards from Gran Canaria

  

  Gran Canaria was just what the quack ordered. We bonked, drank, slept, drank, ate, drank, swam, drank. You get the picture. We also giggled more than we’d done... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Our Rapacious World

  

  Back in 2014, stencilled slogans appeared on the pavements along Gentlemen’s Walk in central Norwich. Highlighting the menace of domestic violence across the... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Every Dog Has Its Day

  

  Liam works like a dog and every dog must have its day in the sun. And where better to laze round a sun-kissed pool lapping up a large glass of chilled white tha... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION