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LATEST ARTICLES ( 1109 )

• My Old Lady

  

  A foul afternoon of driving rain pushed us through the doors of Cinema City to catch ‘My Old Lady’, starring Kevin Kline, Kristen Scott Thomas and the... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Pith, Path and Poof

  

  Anyone growing up in Seventies’ Britain will remember that the word ‘poof’ was the insult of choice for red-blooded males in their crotch-hugging loon pants,... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Norfolk Says No

  

  A multi-coloured market is the throbbing heart of Norwich, the surrounding streets are its arteries. The daily beat is supplemented by an assortment of... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Cheque’s in the Post

  

  I received an out-of-the-blue windfall from Amazon when a cheque for £17.91 landed on the mat. It wasn’t immediately obvious from the statement what the... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Roll Up, Roll Up

  

  Wonga, Britain’s largest payday lender is getting a lot of bad press at the moment. Good. According to Wonga’s own website (as at 12/11/2014), the interest... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Great British High Street

  

  Jack Scott:Congratulations to Norwich Lanes for being awarded first place in the City Category of the Great British High Street Competition. Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Rite of Passage

  

  After small town Brighton and the tale of Can’t Sing for You, Brighton came a jolly to the big city and time to party. My nephew and namesake, Jack, was... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• War and Remembrance

  

  2014 marks the centenary of the start of the Great War. We Brits love to wallow in the past. Needless to say there have been commemorations all year – books,... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Exit Through the Gift Shop

  

  As anticipated, our London to Brighton expedition was a booze cruise of Swedish proportions. The main seaside event was supposed to be Elaine Paige in concert a... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The World Through Expat Eyes

  

  Hot of the press from the splendid people at InterNations is Expat Insider 2014, one of the largest global surveys of everyday life and personal happiness in th... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• 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