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• IDAHOT Day 2014

  

  To help promote and support today’s IDAHOT Day 2014, the marvellous people behind OUT140 invite you to write your own coming out story in 140 characters or less... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Bearded Men in Dresses

  

  Hairy Conchita’s sweeping victory at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest was historic for two reasons: A country not associated with the Balkans, Baltic and/or... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Eurovision – And the Band Played On

  

  The Eurovision Song Contest is like herpes. There is no cure. The overblown glittery bandwagon pulls into Copenhagen this year, no doubt costing the Danish... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Driving Miss Daisy

  

  Apart from a half-hearted attempt at learning to drive in my twenties (booked some lessons, took a test, nearly killed someone, didn’t bother with a replay),... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Jay Talking

  

  The incomparable Roving Jay recently blew into town for a few bevvies, a bite and a chin wag. She was on a pilgrimage to the Norfolk flatlands of her birth and... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Cockney Sparrow

  

  Liam and I were deeply saddened to hear of the death of Patricia ‘Babs’ Miller, after finally losing a long battle with cancer. We first met Babs one cold... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Elephant Parade

  

  The Chapelfield Shopping Centre, but a hop and a spit from our micro-loft, has been invaded by a herd of elephants in multi-coloured livery – all courtesy of... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Fairground Attraction

  

  Yesterday, I left Liam indoors slaving over the final pre-edits of the new book and tootled into town to catch the bank holiday vibe. Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• I Wanna Hold Your Hand

  

  I took up pole position outside Pret a Manger on Haymarket to sip my usual tipple, rest my gym-tortured limbs and people-watch. It was a bumper crop. Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Closed for 2014

  

  A sunny spring day saw us on a double decker cruising cross-country past gilded fields of rapeseed. We were on our way to Loddon, a picture postcard market... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Blast from the Past

  I was busying myself with morning admin when my tippy-tappying  was interrupted by an old Seventies tune on Radio 2, the summertime hit ‘Beach Baby’ by the grou... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• When in Rome

  

  The great castle keep of Norwich dominates the city’s skyline. At first sight, it looks too twee to be authentic, its walls too sharp, its stonework too white... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Twitter Ye Not

  

  If ever there was cast-iron evidence for limiting the number of terms in the top job, it’s the Prime Minister of Turkey’s current spat with Twitter, an... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• I Do

  

  Today‘s the day that same sex marriage was legalised in England and Wales. Scotland follows suit in October and it can only be a matter of time before Northern... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Sisterhood

  

  I first compiled my expat glossary in 2011 as a tongue-in-cheek classification of the various expat types Liam and I encountered during our time in Turkey. Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Norwich-Over-The-Water

  

  After 20 months, we finally closed the door on the Weaver’s Cottage and left the old parish of Norwich-Over-The-Water. It was a sad parting but bricks and morta... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Births, Deaths and Marriages

  

  Over the cold winter on the sofa nights, ITV, Britain’s main commercial broadcaster, ran a documentary series featuring the activities of the City of... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Last Taboo

  

  Out and Proud Lion at Norwich City Hall – Image courtesy of Norwich Pride on FacebookThe twilight world of the homosexual has emerged from the dark alleys of... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Can’t Wait to Read the Sequel

  

  I can’t remember the last time I published a review of Perking the Pansies, Jack and Liam move to Turkey on this blog. Generally, I try to keep my book... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Desperately Seeking Doreen

  

  A cursory glance at my stats shows that Perking the Pansies pops up on the internet in totally unexpected ways. My irreverent ramblings seem to attract the lost... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION