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• A Night at the Rock Opera

  

  Liam’s birthday is coming up so I treated him to a night at the rock opera. Players from local not-for-profit entertainment company, Mixed Voice, were... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2013 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Last of the Summer Wine

  

  For a glorious tail-end to summer, the flip flops were dusted down and the shorts were washed out for a final flourish and a sunny bite with my publisher Jo... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2013 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Beanz Meanz Heinz

  

  I’ve held £300 in Premium Bonds for decades. I’ve had them so long, they’re probably worth half what I paid for them. It’s sod’s law: my numbers never... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2013 FOOD & DRINK

• Let’s Hear It for the Boys

  

  Sis and Her Boys (and Dan’s Fragrant Girlfriend, Grace)My sister rang with glad tidings about her boys. She has four (not counting her saintly husband –  sis an... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2013 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Chuffed to Bits

  

  I try hard not to over-promote my books here on my personal blog. I reckon that most readers have either bought the bloody things or aren’t going to. But today ... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2013 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Don’t Give Up the Day Job

  

  More of my inane ramblings on writing…Unless you’re tapping into that trust-fund set up by your dearly departed maiden aunt (the one everyone knew was a... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2013 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Putin’s Law

  

  With the introduction of a vaguely worded law in Russia banning the ‘promotion’ of homosexuality to minors (i.e. the very mention of it will attract a sliding... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2013 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Gorillas I Missed

  

  I really ought to stay in more. Every time I stroll through the streets of Norwich, I trip over yet another big butch simian in glorious Technicolor. There’s a... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2013 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Phil Starr, Drag Star

  

  When I did a piece on Ruthie Henshall’s Norwich gig a while ago, I slipped in a little anecdote about my pipe cleaning days and a drag queen called Dockyard... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2013 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Dispirit of the Dance

  

  Liam dragged me along to the Theatre Royal to see Spirit of the Dance, a cross-cultural burlesque with a strong Celtic twist. It may be an international smash,... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2013 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• 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