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• Meat and Two Veg

  

  Continuing with the gym junkie theme from last week. Given my aversion to unnecessary movement and a low boredom threshold, I keep myself amused at the gym by... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2023 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Care in the Community

  

  Many gym bunnies get a kick out of it. Apparently, pumping iron can pump the endorphins too, the brain’s feel-good neurotransmitters. After a decade on the... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2023 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Must Try Harder

  

  QuickBooks is a handy accountancy package used by many small businesses and sole traders like me so it’s not that surprising that scammers target their users. Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2023 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Postcard from Ithaca

  

  Sleepy Frikes on the idyllic island of Ithaca was simply sublime – serene and restorative. The peace was broken only by the ringing of goat bells in the... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2023 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Last Pub Standing

  

  It’s often been said that old Norwich town once had a pub for every day of the week and a church for every Sunday. But as we discovered on our recent Hidden... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2023 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• You’ve Gotta Pick a Pocket Or Two

  

  We first heard about one of Norwich’s secrets in the local rag and decided to give it a whirl courtesy of The Shoebox Experiences. Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2023 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Take a Walk in My Shoes

  

  I gloriously misspent my youth trawling the sleazy dives of many of the world’s great metropolitan sin bins – London, Amsterdam, Paris, New York and Los... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2023 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Director’s Cut

  

  I’m off-air while Liam and I are perking our pansies on Ithaca. Thankfully, Odysseus’ fabled isle has escaped the terrible wildfires that have torched Southern... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2023 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• In the Footsteps of Odysseus

  

  According to Homer – the ancient bard that is, not Simpson – it took Odysseus ten years to make it back to his gaff on Ithaca following the Trojan War. Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2023 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Right on Target, Right on Price

  

  It’s well known that these little islands have some of the toughest gun laws this side of the Milky Way. It’s possible to legally own a gun but for very specifi... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2023 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Norwich Pride 2023 – a Celebration of Youth

  

  It’s been a dribbly July and more rain had been forecast to drench Norwich Pride. Contrary to the weather pundits, old Ma Nature decided to give us all break an... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2023 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Bloody-Minded Brits

  

  I’ve always had a fu*k ’em attitude to authority, particularly the do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do hypocrites. You know the kind of thing: politicians preaching... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2023 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• From Tossers to Flonkers

  

  We’ve become part-time groupies for our local village bowls team. To the uninitiated, bowls is a traditional sport beloved of the grey herd in which the... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2023 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• 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