Jackscott

LATEST ARTICLES ( 1059 )

• Cooking on Gas

  

  To badly paraphrase England’s greatest Queen, “I have a weak and feeble body…” I have miserably failed to ditch the dreaded weed several times, even with the... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Biggest Cock in Town

  

  On a recent trip down to the Smoke, Liam and I decided on a post-matinee snifter. We headed towards Trafalgar Square to the stage of our inaugural meeting, a... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Norwich Book of Records

  

  Norwich is stuffed with the biggest, finest, oldest and firsts in all the realm. There’s a gem on virtually every corner. These are a few of my favourites. Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Cold Calling

  

  We got a whole load of cold calls when we lived in Turkey. We would just put the phone to the side and let them babble on in light-speed Turkish. They would soo... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Love Letter

  

  Just after Liam left for work, I rolled out of bed, staggered down the treacherous winding stairs of the old Weaver’s Cottage and wandered into the kitchen to... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Pantigate

  Homophobia, like racism and other types of irrational prejudice, takes many forms – from the subtle to the violent, the barely perceptible to the deadly. Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Bath Time Blues

  

  One thing I won’t miss about the Weaver’s Cottage is the bath. It’s enormous. I’m not the mightiest of men (at 5’ 5.5” and shrinking in my socked feet) so it’s... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Itchy Feet

  

  In the summer of 2012, we parachuted into Norwich on a wing and a prayer. We hadn’t the slightest inkling whether this golden-oldie city of medieval steeples... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Expat to Expat

  

  Writing the closing scenes of my new book brought good and not so good memories flooding back. They came in erratic waves, like the mad traffic that used to... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Great Flood

  

  As a card-carrying, dyed-in-the-wool, bleeding heart pinko liberal (though not in the party political sense), I don’t have much time for the UK Independence... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Oi Speak Narrfuk Oi Do

  

  Anyone living on these damp little islands and anyone who visits them knows that Britain is a nation of a thousand and one accents and dialects. Homespun and... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• When Did You Choose to Be Straight, Evander Holyfield?

  For as long as I can remember, there’s been idle speculation about how and when someone’s homosexuality is established – nurture or nature, a bit of both? Who... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Oo-er, Missus

  

  Let’s face it, the days between Christmas and New Year can be a bit of a damp squib. Unless you’ve been forced onto the tills by the hordes of hysterical bargai... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• New Year for Old Farts

  We’re getting too long in the tooth for this exhausting New Year malarkey. The days are long gone when we would queue up in the rain, squeezed into sequinned ho... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• 2013 in Review

  

  Perking the Pansies recovered from a difficult birth at the murderous hands of the Turkish censors, thrived through the terrible twos and survived the... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2013 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Tis The Season to Be Jolly

  

  Perking the Pansies is off-air for the Yuletide. Liam and I are heading to the Smoke for a jolly slice of family life with all the calorific trimmings. Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2013 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Bah! Humbug!

  I’m no scrooge, really I’m not. The piggy bank may have dropped a few pounds since my days as a senior bean counter, shuffling a pile of papers from one side... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2013 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Stripping for the Cause

  

  Many moons ago, I nailed my colours to the mast about the scourge of homophobia, particularly hate crime and bullying in schools. I even banged on about it on... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2013 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Schmooze It Or Loose It

  

  Jack’s last word on blogging at the Displaced Nation.FACT: most blogs run out of steam after two years. So, giving your blog legs will keep it in the race for... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2013 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Only in Norwich

  

  Liam answered the door of our old weaver’s cottage to a little middle-aged man wearing a bucket hat, wax jacket and supermarket denim. Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2013 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION