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LATEST ARTICLES ( 1092 )

• It’s All Double Dutch to Me

  

  A couple of weeks ago I popped over to the low land of dykes, bikes, canals, tall thin blonds and tall thin buildings. I’ve been to old Amsterdam many, many... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• In Rude Health

  

  17 miles west of Norwich in Norfolk’s rural heartlands lies the sleepy market town of Hingham, home to just under 2,500 country cousins. Not much happens in... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Talented Hands

  

  Liam lived in Wales for 15 years. With a music degree under his arm, he chucked himself into the local choirs and carols scene. Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Anne Reid, I Love to Sing

  

  A couple of weeks back, Liam treated us both to a slice of cabaret at Norwich’s trendy Playhouse Theatre. We were front and centre for a night of song and gossi... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Ghost of Gallipoli

  

  Ellie McKnight is a bright academic working at Belfast University. When she falls for a minor diplomat, Ellie throws caution to the wind, jettisons her career... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Short and Curlies

  

  My fifties are my contented years. Happy in life and at home, my banner waving days are behind me and I’m resigned to the advent of liver spots and erectile... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• An Old Wives’ Tale for Valentine’s Day

  

  My mother (a woman with an old wives’ tale for every occasion), told me if I noticed a robin flying overhead on Valentine’s Day, I would marry a sailor. But I i... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Survival of the Fittest

  

  You need a second mortgage to park in Norwich city centre. When we moved into the micro-loft, we flogged the sexy-arsed Mégane (to my sister) and Liam now... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Sunshine on Leith

  

  After all the fuss and frolics of Yuletide, it’s now austerity season. Nights are spent nesting on the sofa, cushion fighting over the remote control. Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Scarred for Life

  

  It’s six months since Liam was under the knife to extract Terry the Tumour. Troublesome Terry was a lump beneath Liam’s ear that just kept getting bigger. Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• An M&S Winter

  

  Watching Mother Nature drench our windows brings memories of mad Turkish weather flooding back. People who haven’t experienced it first-hand simply don’t believ... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• David Bowie, Starman

  

  We awoke to the sad news of the death of David Bowie from cancer. Bowie had a profound effect on me during my fumbling years. His pioneering music, his... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Force Awakens

  

  Following a full-on Christmas with family in London – all fun and no ceremony – the drying out time before the New Year’s festivities was a welcome respite. Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2016 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Top of the Pansy Pops 2015

  

  It’s been a stonker of a year. In partnership with Summertime Publishing, I launched Springtime Books to provide a publishing platform for expat writers and in... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2015 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Hopeful Transmission

  

  ‘Tis almost the night before Christmas and the old Pansies have decamped to the Smoke for a leg of turkey, lots of stuffing and absolutely no sprouts. Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2015 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• So This is Christmas and What Have You Done?

  

  We all know Christmas is big for business so Christmas ads must be big too. John Lewis, that bellwether of the British high street, usually leads the pack. Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2015 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Rainbow Awards 2015

  

  Yesterday, I received an early Christmas present and very nice it was too. I awoke to the news that Turkey Street, Jack and Liam move to Bodrum was runner up fo... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2015 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• God Skies

  

  A damp blanket of gloom has covered the big skies of Norfolk and Mother Nature has dimmed the lights to a flicker. All the memories of summer are gone. I’ve... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2015 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Closet Queens

  

  When, one winter’s night in 1958, Ian Harvey (a minor apparatchik in Her Maj’s Government of the day) was caught pleasuring a Coldstream Guard in the bushes of... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2015 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Lady in the Van

  

  I’ve always admired Alan Bennett’s writing – witty, insightful, dead pan and very British. He has a remarkable knack of making magic from the ordinary and... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2015 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION