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• Picking the Poppies

  

  I’m always chuffed to hear from people I don’t know who take the trouble to tell me how much they enjoyed reading Perking the Pansies. It’s even better when I... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Letter from Ephesus

  

  Image: Thomas DepenbuschNo journey through Asia Minor is complete without a tumbling tour of the ancient wonder that is Ephesus: world heritage site nominee... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• ‘Allo, ‘Allo Norwich

  

  Throughout the Middle Ages, Norwich was England’s largest city outside London and, until the eighteenth century, vied with Bristol to be the Sceptered Isle’s... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Arrested Development

  

  Just before we clambered aboard our life raft and paddled back to Blighty, we learned that the popular and dashing Mayor of Bodrum had been arrested by a... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Off With Their Heads!

  

  Our loft aspirations turned to dust. Someone else reached the finishing line before us and we were back to square one. Do not pass go, do not collect £200.... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Preserved in Aspic

  

  Mission accomplished on the flat front, we said our temporary goodbyes to old Norwich Town and ventured back to London. Norwich has remained a bit off the beate... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lofty Pretentions

  

  After viewings that ranged from the dreary to the dreadful, we found our Norwich city center loft in appropriately named Queen’s Street. Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Bodrum’s Crusader Castle

  The Crusades is a dirty word in the Middle East. It’s hardly surprising. All those unwashed and smelly chain-mailed warrior knights, bloodied sword in one... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Sleepy Norwich

  Blazing June in Blighty is a damp squib. As Bodrum hit the low forties, we were welcomed home by angry black skies and our first walkabout around Norwich was... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• It’s a Fair Cop

  

  One of our favorite Bodrum Belles took us to the airport for our airlift back to Blighty with Sleazyjet. We shall be forever in her debt. Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Sweet Charity

  

  The world famous Foyles Bookshop along London’s Charing Cross Road is offering 15% off Perking the Pansies if you reserve online and pick up in-store. Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Hit the Road, Jack

  

  The show is over and the curtain has fallen on our final Anatolian performance. It’s been a long and successful run but they’ll be no ovation or encore. Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Letter of Hope to LGBT Teens

  

  Letter of HopeThis is my letter of hope for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender teens.Dear 15 Year Old Me, That was Then… Jack, what the hell are you doing? Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Cock of the Coop

  

  Assisted tits?Being a London boy with my London ways, I’ve had limited experience of country life. The occasional weekend cottage in North Wales and... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Pipe and Slippers

  

  We’re hoping to start our East Anglian adventure in a brand spanking new city-centre designer pad with a high spec and low bills: a six month probation while... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Cappadocia Then and Now

  One of our greatest regrets during our time in the Land of the Sunrise is not taking the time to visit magical Cappadocia. I can offer no satisfactory excuse. W... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Chip Pan Alley

  

  This is a gumbet – a Bodrum water cisternWe closed the door on our little stone house in the heart of old Bodrum Town for the last time and said our fond... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Amadeus

  

  We were listening to Classic FM. Up popped Mozart’s Symphony No 41 in C Major (the ‘Jupiter’). Magic memories came flooding back of Liam’s long past days when h... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• NHS Treatment for Repats

  

  Now that I’m officially old and hobbling towards my dotage, I was somewhat relieved to discover that I’ll be entitled to free NHS treatment as soon as we touch... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Beau Belles

  

  When we decided to jump the good ship Blighty, we enjoyed an extraordinary run of good luck. Our neighbour bought our house and its contents. IKEA-chic (or is... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION