Jackscott
A diminutive, myopic, washed up ex-pretty boy with my best years behind me with a distinctly perverse and frivolous view of the world.
MY BLOGS
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Perking the Pansies
http://www.perkingthepansies.com/
Imagine the absurdity of two openly gay, recently ‘married’ middle aged, middle class men escaping the liberal sanctuary of anonymous London to relocate to a Muslim country. I chronicle our exploits with the mad, the sad, the bad and the glad in a blog for the whole world to ignore.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 1061 )
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A Face for Radio
The talented folk at Future Radio must have thought my debut gig on Pride Live wasn’t too embarrassing as they asked me back for a repeat performance. This time... Read more
Posted on 13 September 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION -
A Date with Anna Karenina
Norwich’s rich cultural repertoire has Liam drooling like a rabid dog. He’s joined the club at the Theatre Royal and has planned an entire programme of... Read more
Posted on 11 September 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION -
A Very British Olympics
We Brits love to wallow in glorious failure. It’s almost a national fetish. We relish the underdog fighting against insurmountable odds – remember Eddie the... Read more
Posted on 09 September 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION -
Crappy Snaps
With the wonders of cutting edge digital photography, it’s supposed to be virtually impossible to take a bad snap. Just aim and click, right? Wrong. I’m rubbish. Read more
Posted on 06 September 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION -
Still Waters Run Deep
Norwich’s river is called the Wensum. The name derives from the Old English adjective wandsum or wendsum, meaning ‘winding’. It’s aptly titled. Read more
Posted on 04 September 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION -
Pride Apartheid
A significant milestone in the LGBT calendar has just passed: the 20th Anniversary of Brighton Pride. Off we trotted to immerse ourselves in our sub-culture,... Read more
Posted on 03 September 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION -
We’re Having a Gay Old Time
We decided to throw caution to the wind and have a gay old night in old Norwich Town. We are blessed with three bone fide out-and-proud gay bars and one club.... Read more
Posted on 01 September 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Big Bang Games
Photograph: Anna Gowthorpe/PALondon welcomed the Parallel Olympic Games with a dazzling display full of guts and gumption, and with a... Read more
Posted on 30 August 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION -
Hello Ducky
The last public holiday before Christmas brought the crowds to the banks of the Wensum to cheer on the Grand Norwich Duck Race. Read more
Posted on 29 August 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Birds
Our little quarter of old Norwich is like a retirement village, jam-packed with sheltered housing schemes – from modern red brick to post-industrial grand. Read more
Posted on 27 August 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION -
Homes Sweet Homes
The other day, my nephew and namesake asked me how many times I’d moved digs down the long, long years. I had to trawl the deepest recesses of my scatter brain... Read more
Posted on 27 August 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION -
Fifty Shades of Gay
I’ve been asked to answer the question ‘What does writing LGBTQ literature mean to me?’ As a typically liberal fence-sitting Libran, the answer is both nothing... Read more
Posted on 24 August 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION -
D.i.v.o.r.c.e
I suppose it was inevitable. First we had the ‘marriages’ swiftly followed by the ‘divorces’. I was recently catching up on Faceache and up popped an advert... Read more
Posted on 23 August 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION -
Seaside Special
On those rare occasions when the sun comes out, the wildlife of Blighty flocks to the coast like migrating wildebeest. Not one to buck the national trend, Liam... Read more
Posted on 21 August 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION -
Soho Cinders Has a Ball
Picture it, a sultry night in sinful Soho and a pink twist on an old family favourite. Our penthouse pals treated us to a night at the theatre – a much... Read more
Posted on 19 August 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION -
We’re Lovin’ It
The pictures are hooked, the classic Habitat vases are strategically placed in medieval nooks, the beds are nattily dressed and the gay scatter cushions have... Read more
Posted on 17 August 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION -
Expat Quotes
Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce you to the latest glossy offering from the Easyexpat stable of top of the range emigrey websites. Read more
Posted on 16 August 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION -
Where the Hell is Matt?
We live in cynical times but sometimes something just cuts through the political crap and warms the cockles of the heart. This is such a thing. No more shallow... Read more
Posted on 15 August 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Friendly Games
When Winston Churchill (in the form of Timothy Spall) popped his head out of the top of Big Ben I knew we were in for a treat. Read more
Posted on 13 August 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Spirit of the Games
As the sun sets on the Friendly Games (bring on the Paralympics), I bring you an accidental guest post from an ancient friend and co-host of the Olympic... Read more
Posted on 11 August 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION