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• Ten Reasons to Ban Gay Marriage

  

  The airwaves are full of noise about the Government’s proposals to permit same-sex marriage here in old Blighty. Whereas the original intention was to legalise... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2012 DIARIES, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX, SELF EXPRESSION, SOCIETY

• Turkey, the Raw Guide – Out Now!

  

  After months of blood, sweat and tears, a lot of ripe Old English and a few hard boiled debates, the first episode of the Best of Perking the Pansies, the Turke... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Plonk and Gossip

  

  We played hosts at the weekend. Well, I say hosts. Apart from a short stroll to the Playhouse Theatre to enjoy the lavatorial humour of Jenny Eclair, the only... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• World AIDS Day, RIP

  

  A few weeks back Liam and I watched a biopic of Kenny Everett on BBC4. ‘Best Possible Taste’ documented cuddly Kenny’s struggle to achieve personal happiness an... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX, SELF EXPRESSION

• Get Out of My Pub!

  Close to our ancient lodgings in the parish of Norwich-across-the-water is an Irish pub called ‘Delaney’s’. Gawd knows why it’s described as an Irish bar. Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Anally Retentive

  

  As Perking the Pansies has been going for a couple of years, the blog is no longer seen as a here-today-gone-tomorrow flash in the internet pan. Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Blood Brothers, the Farewell Tour

  

  The flatlands of Norfolk were draped in thick wet fog when Liam dragged me out to see ‘Blood Brothers’ at the Theatre Royal. The show is on its farewell tour... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Next Big Thing

  

  I’ve never been a big reader. It’s amazing I managed to pick up the writing thing at all. But these days, I get asked to review quite a few books and I’m... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2012 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Never Knowingly Undersold

  

  Yes, I know it’s a garden tableJohn Lewis is one of the grand old dames of the British high street (Marks and Spencer is the other). Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Pot, Poofs and the Good Book

  

  The wise people of the Yankee state of Washington have voted in a referendum to legalise both same sex marriage and the recreational use of marijuana. Perhaps... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• My Pride Life

  

  My third gig at Norwich’s award-winning community radio station, Future Radio, was to record ‘My Pride Life,’ a kind of Desert Island Discs with a pink twist. Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• We Are Norwich and the EDL

  

  We Are Norwich is a rainbow alliance of political, faith and community groups and individuals who have come together to oppose the presence of the English... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Eat, Drink and Be Merry

  

  One lovely old faceSt Andrew’s and Blackfriars’ Halls (known collectively as ‘The Halls’) is a 13th century medieval complex at the end of our street and the... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Terrible Twos

  

  Two years in the making and, just as Liam and I celebrated the blog’s second birthday with a drop of bubbly, Perking the Pansies received its 250,000th hit*. Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Stonewall’s Bigot of the Year 2012

  

  Cardinal Keith O’Brien, leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland, has been named as Stonewall’s Bigot of the Year 2012. He gets my vote. Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Greg’s Back Alley

  With familiar names like Charing Cross, Blackfriars Bridge, Spitalfields, Haymarket and Pudding Lane, you could mistake Norwich for London. Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Five Rules for a Happy Gay Life

  

  Our re-acquaintance, after a absence of 5 years, with the lewd, the rude and the crude of the Isle of Dogs* reminded me of a bit of a gag that Bob Senkow sent m... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Sucking on a Woo Woo

  

  50 pence!On the morning of my birthday, we awoke to the thud of wildebeest migrating across the floor of the apartment above us. It coincided with the thud of... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Gran Canaria, Sex Emporium

  

  Eight hours after leaving Norwich, we turned the key on our digs at Playa Del Inglés. Aside from a few up-market hotels, Canarian apartments tend to be... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• On the Buses

  

  Liam and I spent a few days in Gran Canaria to celebrate my birthday and to catch a few rays before the winter drizzle forced us into snug hibernation. We flew... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION