Jackscott

LATEST ARTICLES ( 1098 )

• I Believe in Fairies

  

  An over-hot day (we do get them once in a blue moon) took us back to the Plantation Garden for a spot of afternoon tea accompanied by a folksy duet. I’ve... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Suck It and See

  

  Being four floors up a converted Victorian warehouse means, with the exception of the occasional determined housefly or misguided bee, we’re rarely troubled by... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Absolutely Fabulous – the Movie

  

  Was it? Well… yes and no. Naturally, we had to see it and naturally it was accompanied by a glass of fizz (that would be Prosecco – our austerity-era budget... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Norwich Pride, Bigger, Better, Prouder

  

  …finest Pride in the finest city.Lord Mayor of Norwich, Marion MaxwellEveryone is welcome here today and that is the spirit of Pride.Chloe Smith, MP Norwich... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Oh, I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside

  

  Wells-next-the-Sea was the venue for this year’s works outing with Jo Parfitt, my partner in crime and the force of nature who is Summertime Publishing. We... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Pride 2016

  

  The marching season is in full mince and after the slaughter in an Orlando gay club, Pride has a special resonance this year. Cutting through the noise, it now... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Ladies in Lavender

  

  I’m a sucker for an old dame, particularly those two old Dames Judi and Maggie. They light up my screen.  My all-time fave is Tea with Mussolini, a regular... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Dancing in the Rain

  

  What better way to raise our spirits after the misery of Brexit and the rise of the loony right than a street party? Thank the Lord Mayor for his big day. Last... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• To Have and to Hold

  

  The bells rang out for a family wedding so we brushed down our mothballed suits and headed across country to Hertfordshire, one of the well-manicured counties... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Under the Tuscan Sun – Reprise

  

  With Liam away on family duties and me at a loose end, I made a brew, raided the biscuit barrel, put my feet up and channel-hopped. Mine’s a glamorous life. Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• I Vote Remain

  

  Let’s face it, the European Union is hard to love – the faceless eurocrats in smart suits who run the show (Jean-Claude who?), the savage treatment of Greece (t... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Do You Still Have Cleavage with Just One Breast?

  

  I rarely mix business with blogging. I prefer to keep my irreverent witterings personal. But  sometimes something comes my way I just can’t let pass. Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Sun Has Got His Hat On, Hip-Hip-Hip Hurray

  

  Lunchtime at the Iron House Brasserie on St John Maddermarket is an egg lover’s heaven – Florentine, Benedict, Royale, fried, scrambled, poached, omeletted – yo... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Accidental Writer

  

  Katherine Hepburn is reputed to have said:Death will be a great relief. No more interviews.Like the late, great Ms Hepburn, I used to get probed by all and... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Jack Scott’s Postcards from the Ege

  

  Not much of the news coming out of Turkey these days is positive – refugees, bombs, riots, censorship and the usual rhetoric from the imperious Erdoğan. The... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Superior Wisteria

  

  The weather may be a little bit rubbish at the moment with low pressure rolling in from the plains of Northern Europe but this hasn’t held back the wisteria... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Twisted Cabaret

  

  Norwich has more medieval churches than you shake a stick at, a church for every week of the year so the saying goes. You can hardly turn a corner without... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Mercury Rising

  

  Let’s face it, spring is a bit of a hit and miss affair across these islands so it pays to take full advantage when Mother Nature turns up the heat. Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Learning Turkish

  

  I get regular requests from people asking to guest post here at Pansy HQ.  Generally, I politely refuse because the subject matter just doesn’t work for me – to... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Eagle Has Landed

  

  It was last knockings for Eddie the Eagle as we took our plush seats at Cinema City. The film’s been out for a while and we were two of four in the audience. Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION