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• Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours

  

  If you live in the United Kingdom and would like to buy a signed copy of Perking the Pansies, Jack and Liam move to Turkey, delivered free, please click here. Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Times, Are They A-Changing?

  

  I came across an article in Gaystarnews that reported that a Turkish journalist, Serdar Arseven, and the newspaper, Yeni Akit (now called Vakit), have been fine... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Black Gold

  

  Our precious olive crop is bursting to be harvested. A huge, ancient double-trunked tree is the central exhibit in our shared garden and is dripping with heavy... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Marriage Equality – Much I Do About Nothing

  

  Marriage equality for same sex couples is a hot topic in the States and many other parts of Christendom right now. As the pendulum of liberal public opinion... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Perking the Pansies Book Trailer

  

  It’s done and dusted. My World Book Tour across four continents has finally come to an end. The stage lights have dimmed and the sequins have been packed away... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Jail Bait

  

  In December 2010 Perking the Pansies was blocked by the Turkish internet police. I threw a hissy fit at the prospect of a firm hand on my door knob, a frisk by ... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Free Worldwide Delivery of Perking the Pansies

  

  The good people at the Book Depository will now deliver Perking the Pansies free of charge to about 120 countries and territories across the world from Australi... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Far from the Madding Crowd

  

  The whirlwind virtual world book tour has reached its final destination back in old Bodrum Town. The imaginary train has pulled into the non-existent station.... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Our Man in Ankara

  

  The British Embassy has just issued an update about the new Turkish health insurance regulations in relation to British emigreys. Essentially, we don’t have to... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Greats of Great Britain

  

  Old pal Philip and his partner David are cheesemongers in St Margarets, Southwest London, just across Old Father Thames from Richmond. Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2012 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• 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