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LATEST ARTICLES ( 1059 )

• Battle of Water-loo

  

  We returned from our nostalgic dalliance in Dalyan to water trickling down our dining room wall. Okay, it’s a bit of a stretch to call it an actual dining... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2023 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• John Garner 1967-2003: Twenty Years On

  

  I looked around the tidy cemetery. It was serenely silent except for the sound of birdsong and the trickle of water from the mouths of the dolphins in their... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2023 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Dallying in Dalyan

  

  It’s been a quarter of a century since I last visited Dalyan on Turkey’s pine-clad south-west coast. Back in the day, it was a sleepy village on a dreamy,... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2023 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Home Alone Day 2

  

  The definition of boredom is cleaning out the bathroom extractor fan with an old toothbrush. Let’s face it, there’s only so much knick-knack dusting a boy can d... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2023 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder

  

  Liam is away visiting an old friend from his wayward early years as a young gay about town. They worked and played together when Liam did a proper job with a... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2023 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Echo Youth Theatre’s Rocking School of Rock

  

  If you’d said a few years back that one day I’d be in a small provincial theatre watching a bunch of kids bounce about in a Lloyd Webber musical with a book by... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2023 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Road to Nowhere

  

  We binned the car in 2014 so, unsurprisingly, good public transport is important to us. That’s why we chose a village close to Norwich with a decent bus... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2023 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Only Way is Essex

  

  Essex, the home county to the east of London, has the reputation of being, well, a bit chavvy. But there’s more to Essex than big hair, gaudy bling, fake tans,... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2023 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• What a Dick!

  

  Shortly after we moved to the village, the good lady wife of our local pub landlord popped round to the cottage with a housewarming gift. She said, “I saw this... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2023 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Eurovision 2023

  

  Yes, it’s that time of year again when the technicolor travelling circus that is Eurovision rolls into town. After Ukraine’s win last year, the tele-moguls... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2023 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Right Royal Do

  

  My dad took the King’s shilling in the late forties and made a career out of soldiering for the next twenty-something years. Despite swearing allegiance to the... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2023 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Another Day, Another Silly Scam

  

  Spam is just like tax and death – unavoidable. Crafty spammers, scammers and crooks, enhanced by even craftier AI, are at it night and day finding even more... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2023 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Fifteen-Year Itch

  

  For our fifteenth wedding anniversary we were itching for a big city scratch with a difference. Despite my heathen leanings, I do like an impressive church,... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2023 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Echo Youth Theatre Presents Little Shop of Horrors

  

  We had a little taste of Echo Youth Theatre’s Little Shop of Horrors at the Maddermarket’s recent charity gig and thought, yep, that’s right up our alley. Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2023 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Send in the Clones

  

  When, in the late seventies, I took my first tentative steps onto London’s knock-and-enter gay scene, facial hair was all the rage. Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2023 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Labours of Love

  

  As a superannuated member of the grumpy grey herd, I still read newspapers, those quaintly old-fashioned printed sheets of paper that leave ink smudges on your... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2023 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Paul O’Grady, RIP

  

  We awoke this morning to the sad news that Paul O’Grady, AKA Lily Savage drag queen extraordinaire, has died. Even though I didn’t know Paul personally,... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2023 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Amazing ABBA Voyage

  

  A big birthday deserves a big show and they don’t get much bigger than ABBA Voyage at the specially constructed ABBA Arena in London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2023 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Madder Mates at the Maddermarket

  

  Times are hard and, like so many others, the Maddermarket Theatre, former chapel and the spiritual home of am-dram in Norwich, is feeling the pinch. They... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2023 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• What’s Your Poison?

  

  Every month without fail, Chet Contact drops on the mat. Produced by the Chet Valley Churches, the community magazine is packed with handy information about... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2023 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION