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LATEST ARTICLES ( 1059 )

• From Local to Yokel

  

  It’s Sod’s Law. As soon we decide to paddle back to Blighty on the evening tide to become country yokels, two things happen to make life in battered Bodrum... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Jack the Scribbler

  

  Book promos are like buses (and men). Not a sniff for ages then several come at once. Check out Blog to Book – Start to Finish on Redheaded Writer and my... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Fifteen Minutes of Fame

  

  Liam Live at the Temple of ApolloLiam is my greatest fan and my fiercest critic. Many a meal has been interrupted by an impasse over a word or sentence.... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• April Fools

  My brother is in Majorca sitting on a sunny hotel balcony sipping cool white wine wearing shorts and a tee shirt. We’re huddled in front of an electric fire in... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Britain’s Got Loads of Talent

  

  We caught the opening episode of this year’s Britain’s Got Talent on catch-up TV. A genuine attempt to discover the best (and worst) amateur talent that... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Turkey from the Inside

  

  I’ve been scribbling like a lunatic getting the message out about the book. The days when an author just sits back and lets someone else do all the PR and... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

  

  Auntie Beeb recently ran an article about gays in the military – not in America this time – but in our foster home. It makes comical reading. Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Overcooking the Books

  

  Sadly, my prediction about the little market a short sashay along the street from our house has come to pass. The ever-so smiley pony-tailed proprietor has... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Gay’s the Word and Perking Down Under

  

  I’m ecstatic to announce to the room that London’s Gay’s the Word, Blighty’s premiere LGBT bookshop (and voted 3rd in the top 50 bookshops in Blighty by the... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Fancy a Dip?

  

  The benign spring weather allowed us to take tea and tittle tattle on our balcony with a few Bodrum Belles. It’s a sunny spot, though we often have to yell abov... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Spanner in the Words

  

  WordPress (the organisation that hosts my blog) has got its knickers in a twist over comments. They’ve introduced some unheralded changes to the comments... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Telegraph Jack

  

  I flung open the closet door in the same year that ‘Going Straight’ first aired on the BBC. It was a time when the age of consent for gay men was 21* and the... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Unfinished Business

  

  This year, direct Sleazyjet flights to Milas-Bodrum airport start on 26th March. Low gear hassling, a fresh lick of whitewash, flourishing floral fauna and ruin... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Singing For His Pension

  

  Soft focus image courtesy of the BBCRemarkably, wrinkly Engelbert (aka Arnold Dorsey) can still hold a note at 75. Mr Humperdinck will be singing for his pensio... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Only Virgin in London

  My father died when he was 50. My mother has been single ever since. In fact, she’s been a widow for much longer than she was a wife. She calls herself ‘the onl... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Home Office Consultation on Marriage Equality

  

  I’ve just responded to the British Home Office consultation on same sex marriage. As I understand it, the original proposal was to make us all equal under the... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Someone Like You

  

  Kym Ciftci is a Didim doll and a complete force of nature. Kym isn’t just a looker, she’s a talented looker. She has a gift for the song and for the word. Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Brilliant New Book

  

  Ayak is a splendid British emikoy living in a small village in Turkey with her doting Turkish husband. See, sometimes it can work! Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Another Twist in the Trail

  

  Another twist in the visa trail. According to advice published on the British Embassy website, there is now something called a ‘tourist residence permit’. Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Daily Grind

  

  Work is a four letter word that reminds me of the bitter daily grind and sends a shudder down my spine. I have to grudgingly admit that gainful employment did... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION