Jackscott

LATEST ARTICLES ( 1059 )

• Sea, Sailing and Safaris

  

  I’ve knocked up a couple of websites recently as part of my little author2author sideline, neither of which were actually for authors. I guess this... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Brighton Rocks

  

  To mark our joint birthdays, Liam and I are off to Brighton (London-by-the-Sea) for a couple of days in the company of a pair of drunken old playmates to take i... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Great British High Street

  

  Norwich Lanes, a hotchpotch of mostly medieval streets and alleys and home to over 300 independent retailers, cafés and bars, has been nominated for the Great... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• National Coming Out Day

  

  It’s National Coming Out day today. I highly recommend it. Easy for you to say, you might think. After all, I grew up in metrosexual London not the bible-bashin... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

  

  Ray Cole from Kent was recently released early from a Moroccan prison after receiving a four month sentence for ‘homosexual acts’. Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Billy Elliot, Live from London

  

  September was a bit of a cultural marathon ending in a theatrical flourish. Liam surprised me with an early birthday present, a broadcast of the musical Billy... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Would You Credit It?

  

  A letter from the Co-operative Bank dropped on the mat the other day about a credit card I’ve held with them for donkey’s years. I’ve always had a soft spot... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Catch of the Day

  

  My tuppence-worth contribution to Roving Jay’s latest travel book, The Gümüslük Travel Guide, the first of an in-depth series about the Bodrum Peninsula from a... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Godspell Reloaded

  

  September has been a bit of a culture fest – a fabulous film about rainbow comrades standing up for the cause, Liam’s born again experience when kooky Kate... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Murder, She Wrote

  

  After I survived the surgeon’s knife, I was told to put my feet up and let nature do the healing so I’ve been doing the bare minimum to keep the wheels on the... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Pits and Perverts

  Thirty years ago, the National Union of Miners (NUM) was in a desperate battle with the Thatcher Government to save their livelihoods and their communities. It... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Kate Bush: Before the Dawn

  

  It’s fair to say that Liam is a HUGE Kate Bush fan. She was the poster girl above his student bed. He knows every note and every word of every track. Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Joan Rivers, RIP

  

  I was really saddened to hear of the death of Joan Rivers. She was a one-off, a no nonsense, shoot from the hip, tell it as she saw it kind of gal who fought... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Word Or Two in British

  

  English is a funny old foreign language. Turkey Street is littered with British cultural and geographical references, slang, idioms and place names that may... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Last Rolo

  

  Fellow author, David Gee, recently uncovered a dusty old classic of the silver screen while rummaging around the video vault at the University of East Anglia. Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Only on Auntie

  

  As my innards recover from their recent rude intrusion, gainful employment (such as it is in my rarified world) has been restricted to mornings with BBC Radio... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Norwich – City of Stories

  

  Norwich is a surprising city. It’s seduced me. So when I saw an opportunity to write a few words about my new amour I jumped at it. Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Barber’s Tale

  

  Another day, another painful nip and tuck to the manuscript of Turkey Street. ‘Nice story,’ Liam had said at the time. ‘Cut it.’ Naturally, I complied, unable t... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lauren Bacall, RIP

  Lauren Bacall died today. I’m not easily star-struck. As a young gay about town along Chelsea’s Kings Road, I worked in Habitat during its heyday. Stars and... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• And The Winner Is…Me

  

  I’m a little bit pleased with myself. I’ve entered a few travel writing competitions over time. I don’t actually expect to win. My writing style (such as it... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION