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• Istanbul Pride 2014

  

  It’s the summer marching season once again and the ordinary and the extraordinary all around the world are doing their bit for the cause (when they’re not... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Neighbourly Relations

  

  Albert John Cooper the third was born to Albert and Alice Cooper of 48 William Street, Norwich on the 16th of June 1933. Like all new born babies for those firs... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• They Think It’s All Over

  

  A young inexperienced England Team crashes out of the 2014 World Cup, Mexican and Brazilian fans chant homophobic abuse, Croatian and Russian fans unfurl... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Who Ate All the Pies?

  

  East Anglia is England’s breadbasket, a land of milk and honey, a cornucopia of plenty. From crab to duck, sugar, saffron and samphire, poultry and pigs, mustar... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Commonwealth Gaymes

  

  The Commonwealth (a misnomer is ever there was one) is holding its Games in Glasgow this summer. The sporting jamboree will bring together athletes from across... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Gumusluk Travel Guide

  

  Roll, roll up for your free Kindle copy of the meticulously researched Gümüşlük Travel Guide: Bodrum’s Silver Lining by the incomparable Roving Jay. Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Wild Things

  

  The old Co-operative Society depository that now ware-houses our micro-loft sits along one side of St Stephen’s Square, just outside the old city walls. Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Normal for Norfolk

  

  As a recent interloper to this green and pleasant corner of England, it’s not for me to suggest that the north folk of Norfolk are less blessed in the old grey... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Sight for Sore Eyes

  

  Meandering through the fairground masses in Chapelfield Gardens at Easter, I was stopped in my tracks by two unusual sights standing out from the candyflossed... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Lofty Visitors

  

  English weather at its worst is a depressing and insipid affair – no drama or performance, just days of persistent damp greyness. Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2014 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• 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