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• Bodrum Life

  

  Bodrum’s radical urban overhaul is almost complete save for a few rough edges that will be completed next year (or sometime never). I took afternoon liquid... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Getting the Abbey Habit

  

  West End super-hit Sister Act (developed from the Whoopi Goldberg movie) is on nationwide pilgrimage and arrived at the Theatre Royal, Norwich, in April. Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Turkish Wrestling, Lube and Lederhosen

  The Turkish oil wrestling circus came to an ancient town. A picnic field near the obscure and little excavated Lelegian city of Pedasa, high in the hills above... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Perfect Holiday Read

  

  Even if I do say so myself, Perking the Pansies, Jack and Liam move to Turkey is the perfect holiday accompaniment to a bottle of chilled white around a cool... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines

  

  To rescue me from a life of drudgery and chores, delicious vetpat Vicky invited me to brunch at Musto’s Restaurant, our favourite Bodrum eatery. Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Tenko

  

  I recently received glad tidings from Blighty, a welcome email providing light relief from my solitary confinement. Old friend, Ian and his partner, Matt, inten... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• What Maketh the Man?

  

  The call came and I’m home alone once more. Liam dashed back to Blighty strapped to a Sleazyjet plane. My mother-in-law’s not well and the family is rallying... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Time Out, Istanbul

  

  A tantalising glimpse at the April edition of Time Out, Istanbul. Right at the bottom there’s a tiny headline for Pat Yale’s article, the Best of Expat... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• From Frostbite to Heatstroke

  

  The next door apartment block has just received an unusual spring makeover. Over a period of two weeks, we watched in bemused amusement as the entire building... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Balcony with a View

  

  Blessed (and gloriously noisy) are the children…Children’s Day 2012You might also like:Turkey’s Got TalentI Believe the Children Are Our Future 37.035339 27. Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Bodrum Rocks

  

  After a couple of false starts, the race towards summer is on. We feared the sun-kissed season had been cancelled this year. The starting pistol was an... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Wacky Weather

  

  March winds are fashionably late this year. A few nights ago, Hurricane Hatice blew furiously over Bodrum. We were trapped in our bed by a creepy speedy wind... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• 200,000 Hits Plus

  

  A few days ago, an obscure English language blog written by an ex-pretty boy reporting from a minor peninsula on the Aegean coast of Turkey, exceeded 200,000*... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Tweeting Turks

  

  Naturally I tweet. Doesn’t everyone these days? Facebook and Twitter are the gruesome twosome of social media – the top of the pops. Got nothing interesting to... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Another Immaculate Conception

  

  Billboard from an Anglican Church in New ZealandWhen it comes to social issues, readers may think I’m a bit of a one trick pony – gay this, gay that, blah, blah... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Brief Lesson in Sex, Sexuality and Gender

  

  It seems that the man on the Clapham omnibus often gets his Calvins in a coil when trying to work out the difference between sex, sexuality and transexuality. Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• From Top to Bottom

  

  Now we’ve unplugged Digiturk, we’re gradually re-acquainting ourselves with our DVD library. This is more troublesome than it sounds. Our LG home entertainment... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Mad Mother Nature

  

  Bodrum, Turkey, April 2012. What is going on with this crazy weather? A real snap, crackle and pop of a storm has just rolled across the horizon. We’ve been... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Every Little Helps

  

  The Bodrum Bulletin has just updated its annual grocery price check, comparing Britain with Turkey. This exercise was first started in 2009 using the same baske... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Perking the Pansies Serialised

  

  We’re off to Norwich in less than two months. We don’t see it as a step back. Like many before us, we’re doing what we have to do and we’re moving forward.... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION