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LATEST ARTICLES ( 1092 )

• Last Tango in London

  

  At the arse end of another weekend in the Smoke, we found ourselves with time on our hands at Liverpool Street Station. Liam’s bright idea to kill time was a... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2015 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Quacky Races

  

  The Gay Pride marching season is in full mincing swing. But while 40,000 and 160,000 well-wishers lined the parade routes of Belfast and Brighton... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2015 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Cilla Black, RIP

  The inimitable Cilla Black has just died at the young age of 72 at her home in Spain. It’s a sad day. I grew up with Cilla (née Priscilla White) from her glory... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2015 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Farty Pants

  

  To (badly) quote the glorious Victoria Wood, you know you’re getting old when you walk past a shop window displaying a pair of Scholl sandals and think to... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2015 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Take Five!

  

  The lovely Kay McMahon of British Expat has just launched a short interview series called ‘Take Five.’ I was the inaugural guinea pig. Despite my inane... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2015 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• If Music Be the Food of Love

  

  In an attempt to develop this old Philistine’s cultural palate, Liam dragged me along to Norwich Cathedral for a bit of drag from the Bard. Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2015 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Blind Date

  

  Yesterday was my date with Stephen Bumfrey on BBC Radio Norfolk. I was a tad nervous. I needn’t have worried. Stephen has a natural charm which immediately put... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2015 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• I’m Nearly Famous

  

  I’ve been invited onto the Stephen Bumfrey Entertainment Show on BBC Radio Norfolk to have a natter about my book, Turkey Street. Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2015 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lordy, Lordy!

  

  There was no rain on the Lord Mayor’s Parade. Clear blue skies and one of the warmest days of the year provided the perfect excuse for the good citizens of... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2015 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Ten Degrees of Drunkenness

  

  The other day, I was Facebooking (is that a word?) with Philip, an old mucker from my bean counting years. Actually, he did all the bean counting while I took... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2015 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Istanbul Pride, Turkey Shame

  

  Yesterday, at the very last minute, the Turkish authorities banned Istanbul Pride. A peaceful celebration of difference and diversity was savagely dispersed by... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2015 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• London Pride

  

  has been handed down to us, London Pride is a flower that’s free. London Pride means our own dear town to us, And our pride it forever will be. Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2015 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Poetry in Motion

  Last month, I posted a little piece about street buskers in Norwich doing their thing along Gentlemen’s Walk and Haymarket. I mentioned a nubile young man who... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2015 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• What a Gay Day

  

  Yesterday, the US Supreme Court legalised same-sex marriage in all 50 states and America joined a select group of nations that have introduced marriage equality. Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2015 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Take a Stroll Along Turkey Street

  

  If they wanted to shy away from the curtain-twitchers, they couldn’t have chosen a worse position. Their terrace overlooked Turkey Street like the balcony of... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2015 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Bells, The Bells

  

  With Liam away in London on family duties, I was left to my own devices to troll the streets of Norwich. As I passed the rear of St Peter Mancroft, a divine... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2015 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Cocks of the County

  

  There will be a great cock match at the Blue Bell…to show 31 cocks…Gentlemen shall be accommodated with a glass of excellent wine and care taken to prevent... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2015 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Retiring Norwich

  

  Norwich is a retiring kind of town, the perfect place to hang up your boots. The micro-loft is the ideal roost, a lift just wide enough for a mobility scooter (... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2015 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Eavesdroppers

  

  One more pretty beer garden, one more eavesdropped conversation. This time, two young hipsters with ridiculously overgrown whiskers. They were in deep, earnest... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2015 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Wisteria Lane

  

  Unlike many houses of God poking up through the mishmash skyline of Norwich, the old church of St Giles, so ancient it got a mention in the Domesday Book of... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2015 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION