Jackscott

LATEST ARTICLES ( 1109 )

• 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

• No to Hate

  

  Courtesy of Norwich Pride and Ann NichollsLiam and I attended the No to Hate candle-lit vigil in Norwich’s Chapelfield Gardens on Saturday evening which... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2012 COMMUNITY, DIARIES, LGBTQ, SELF EXPRESSION

• Suited and Booted

  

  Now that our frivolous semi-retired life among the lotus-eating emigreys of the Aegean is behind us, I thought I’d mark the transition with a major makeover. No... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Bin the Pins

  

  We survived the mid-Atlantic knocking shop with a sordid tale to tell. I’m now catching up on my ‘admin’ and wading through the hundreds of (mostly tedious)... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Jack and Liam Go To Gran Canaria

  

  Perking the Pansies will be off the air for a few days. Liam and I are taking a well-deserved mini-break to Gran Canaria, that scurrilous mid-Atlantic duty... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Crazy Norfolk Broads

  

  One late evening, Liam popped out for a pint of semi-skimmed for our morning cuppa and a bottle of cheap red. As he turned an ancient corner, he found himself... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Julian’s Vacant Position

  

  I’ve always had a soft spot for Julian Clary. Britain has a glorious tradition of camp comedians tripping out bawdy innuendos with mincing aplomb – Larry... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Vox Pop

  

  What’s happened to British TV news and current affairs broadcasting? It seems to be terminally afflicted with the desperate need to solicit the views of the... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Forced to Fly

  

  Many years ago, I had a family of blue tits nesting in a bird box nailed to the back wall of my inner city garden. It was a one egg family. Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Scene Of My Undoing

  

  A few weeks ago I wrote a little piece on the etymology of Norwich’s River Wensum (old English wandsum). I got quite excited at the prospect of a poetic... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Queer Business

  

  Book reviewing is a queer business. Amateur reviewers, often anonymous and sometimes with an axe to grind or with lofty literary pretensions, can damn with fain... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION