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LATEST ARTICLES ( 1092 )

• That Sinking Feeling

  

  Norwich is riddled with old tunnels. Chalk and flint was mined for centuries, and many of the oldest mines run close to the centre of the city. Chalk was used... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2017 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• East Angrier

  

  Norfolk has its very own community television station called Mustard TV. Why Mustard? It’s a nod to Coleman’s mustard, the city’s famous hot and spicy condiment. Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2017 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• I Beg Your Pardon

  

  All men convicted of homosexual offences no longer illegal have now received a royal pardon. The general pardon (so-called Turing’s Law) is modelled on the... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2017 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Time of Their Lives

  

  Billed as the road movie for the silver generation, ‘The Time of Their Lives’ stars Collins’ Joan and Pauline supported by ex-Italian stallion, Franco Nero. Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2017 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lion

  

  I’ve always been a sentimental old fool. I only have to hear Vanessa Redgrave’s voice-over at the start of Call the Midwife and I start to well up, knowing the... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2017 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• John Hurt, RIP

  

  John Hurt, the first Chancellor of the Norwich University of the Arts, was a talented, versatile and prolific character actor. Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2017 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Stepping Back Through Chalcedon: Kadıköy Walk

  

  Lisa Morrow, writer of several books about Turkey, has branched out into audio with a talking tour of the Kadıköy district of Istanbul. Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2017 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Story of Norwich – Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor, Rich Man, Poor Man,...

  

  Our flat is like a weather chamber. When Mother Nature decides to throw a wobbly, we hear every eruption. So last month when Storm Doris (Doris?) huffed and... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2017 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Message from My Husband

  

  I hate beards. Well, I hate the idea of having one. So it makes no sense whatsoever that I should grow a beard – other than as a perverse way of raising a few... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2017 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• 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