Jackscott

LATEST ARTICLES ( 1059 )

• Attack of the Clones

  

  Beards are back.  I don’t mean the little goatees of the early Noughties or the close-cut five o-clock shadow of yesteryear. This time they’re big. We’re talkin... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2013 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Show is Over Now

  

  Time to take down the Anatolian display and pack away the posters. The Pride Without Prejudice Show is done and dusted for another year and what a successful ru... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2013 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Booze, Birds and Fast Cars

  

  My sister’s football-crazed family has finally spawned a potential star. Tom, third boy of four, has been selected to train with Reading FC’s Soccer Academy. Th... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2013 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Summer Madness

  

  For the month of August only, I’m flogging off the ‘Best of Perking the Pansies’ from the Turkish Years at the knock down price of a quid ($1.49) per episode... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2013 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Parade with Pride

  

  Images courtesy of Norwich Pride on FacebookBy any measure, Norwich Pride 2013 was a rip-roaring, runaway success. 5,000 people flooded into the city to paint... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2013 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Rules of Engagement

  

  More pearls of foolishness from yours truly. This time about book PR. What do I know?Exhausted? You will be. This PR lark takes a lot of graft. I know. I’ve... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2013 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Norwich Pride 2015

  

  The marching season continues (no, I don’t mean the archaic and nose-rubbing Orange Day parades). Following a whole week of rather special events (including my... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2013 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• And Through the Square Window

  

  We live in a quiet city street, a no-through road. The Weaver’s cottage stands alone in a sea of offices and sheltered housing schemes; worker bees and old... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2013 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Art for Art’s Sake

  

  As well as running a little workshop about blogging (a chat with one man and his dog, no doubt), I’m also exhibiting the Perking the Pansies book at Pride... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2013 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Life in the Old Blog Yet

  

  These days, I think I know a thing or two about this blogging lark but when I started in 2010, I hadn’t a clue. I learned the trade the hard way, through trial... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2013 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Gorillas in Our Midst

  

  We got back from holiday to face an invasion of psychedelic gorillas. I thought someone had slipped some acid in my gin and I was tripping the light fantastic. Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2013 EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Clang, Clang, Clang Went the Trolley

  

  With hours to kill before our night flight back to Blighty, we plumped for a day trip to Sóller and its coastal sister, Porto Sóller on the north side of... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2013 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Jack and Liam Go to Palma

  

  Old Palma is a place in which to wander and explore. This is just as well. Our hotel, the Costa Azul, hadn’t quite finished constructing the bar by the miniscul... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2013 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• What a Bleedin’ Scorcher!

  

  Yesterday, it was the hottest day of the year so far and, as Andy Murray served his way to a decisive straight-sets victory at Wimbledon, the temperature at... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2013 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Fawlty Towers

  

  Following our fright flight, we arrived at the Hotel Costa Azul in Palma at 2am. Our smart room was a little on the bijou side but we were tired and thought... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2013 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• From Little Acorns…

  

  Once upon a time in another life, this seasoned old cynic met and fell for a handsome young man with razor-sharp wit and a glorious smile. His name was John. Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2013 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Turkish Pride

  

  The marching season has got off to a splendid start with Istanbul Pride throwing down the gauntlet with tens of thousands of people (some reports suggested... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2013 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• I’m So Excited

  

  Liam’s possesses a fine pair of lanky lalls and doesn’t look good with his knees wedged against his chin so I booked emergency exit seats for the flight to... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2013 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Google Reader, RIP

  

  Google, that arrogant, all-powerful, tax-evading internet colossus that has come to dominate our lives like the Catholic Church of old has decided to bin... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2013 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Test Card and Tapas

  

  Liam and I are taking a welcome break: a week or so in the stroller’s city of Palma de Mallorca. I intend to leave the hinterweb alone for the duration, soak... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2013 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION