Jackscott

LATEST ARTICLES ( 1083 )

• The Fantabulosa Fairy

  

  Recently, apprentice clerics at an Anglican theological college in Cambridge were given permission to hold a service to commemorate LGBT history month. Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2017 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Bugger the Bigots

  

  If Christmas was sedate and tranquil, January was an exploding glitter ball. The month began with the high flying Cinderella at the London Palladium, the... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2017 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• La La Land

  

  Lauded as a return to the great Hollywood musicals of yesteryear, the very thought of ‘La La Land’ made Liam go weak at the knees. Must be the gay gene. Either... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2017 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Seven Signs of Ageing

  

  I don’t mean Olay Total Effects or any of the other magic potions promising to hold back the ravages of time. No, I mean the seven signs as they apply to a... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2017 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• 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