Jackscott

LATEST ARTICLES ( 1059 )

• Health Warning

  

  I’m happy to report that it seems our man in Ankara has stepped up to the plate about the mandatory health insurance scheme for expats. Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lights, Camera, Action

  

  The Pictures Just Got SmallerI’ve been a big fan of the Turkish Travel Blog for quite a while. Natalie works bloody hard to bring her readers the best that the... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Break a Leg

  

  I’ll be banging on about my book ad nauseum at the Polari Literary Salon at London’s Royal Festival Hall on the 6th February 2012. All my profit and more has... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Resident Aliens

  

  After much brouhaha and faffing about, the Turkish Government will finally introduce new visa requirements on the 1st February. Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Shaken, Not Stirred

  

  Ex-spook, Linda (she denies it, but I know she was), gave up her 007 career at the Pentagon and settled in the Low Countries to write about life and fret about... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Jack Frost

  

  It’s bleedin’ freezin’. As night time temperatures plummeted, Liam extracted his Dennis the Menace jim-jams from the bottom of the wardrobe, unrolled the... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Trailer Trash

  

  When I planned my virtual tour, I knew the book would have to take center stage. There would be little point if it didn’t. But I didn’t want to just bang on... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Jack on the Radio

  

  My publisher, Jo Parfitt, recently interviewed on her Writer’s Abroad Radio Show. Blimey, I felt like a studio starlet – though more minor Rank than major MGM. Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• M’Lady and the Crazy Marionettes

  

  Next whistle stop on my virtual book tour (are you still on the train?) is Liz Cameron’s blog, Slowly-by-Slowly. Liz writes with depth and poetry about her... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Bedlam in Bodrum Revisited

  Book Tour IntermissionWhile Bodrum collectively nursed its New Year hangover, the mechanical diggers moved in and started excavating the half of the promenade... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Mete’s World

  

  Book Tour IntermissionWe know a young Turkish man called Mete. He’s at university studying hard to make something of himself. He’s also gay. He’s not riddled... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Istanbul Stranger

  

  I was really pleased when Istanbul Stranger asked me to guest on her blog as part of my virtual book tour. She’s deliciously witty, calls a spade a spade and he... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Ab Fab Impossibly Glamorous

  

  The rudest book you'll ever loveI’d like to introduce American Expat returnee, Charles Ayers. Charles is funny and talented, and quite famous in his own... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Perking Across the Pond

  

  I first stumbled across Jared a while ago. I can’t remember how. It was one of those chance meetings. I was immediately drawn to his writing – witty, eloquent,... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• AussieBum

  

  Russell is a hunky Brit vetpat who’s travelled across three continents with his gorgeous Aussie wife, Sarah, in search of a life less ordinary. He’s found it... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Every Little Helps

  

  Book Tour IntermissionLiam and I spend most of our festive time in Blighty apart. It is our habit. He dispenses TLC to his folks while I tour the Capital like... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Crash, Bang, Wallop

  

  Book Tour IntermissionI’ve interrupt the book tour for a heavy weather warning. After a gloriously long Autumn, winter violently thundered ashore – all crash,... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Love That Dares Not Speak Its Name Finally Gets a Voice

  

  Hats off to AyseBlog Tour IntermissionThree hours into the flight from Istanbul to London I finally succumbed to the dubious pleasures of the Pegasus inflight... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Istanbul Angels

  

  Book Tour Intermission Our flight back to Blighty a few days before Christmas was smooth and relatively uneventful. We flew to Stansted via Sabiha Gökçen... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Gidday from Turkay

  

  To my eternal shame, I’ve never been to Oz. Liam, has. He loved it and wanted to stay. Forever. He even considered re-training as a hairdresser to gain enough... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION