Jack Scott's Blog, page 108
January 25, 2012
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. Their pongy shop is called Yellowwedge Cheese and it's weathering the recessionary storm remarkably well considering. If you're in … Continue reading →
January 24, 2012
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. Candid conversations in the corridors of power have resulted in a postponement of the scheme … Continue reading →
January 23, 2012
Lights, Camera, Action
I'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 Aegean and Mediterranean coasts of Turkey have to offer. Natalie travels extensively to give … Continue reading →
January 22, 2012
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 gone on paying for the bloody airfare. I suppose you … Continue reading →
January 21, 2012
Resident Aliens
After much brouhaha and faffing about, the Turkish Government will finally introduce new visa requirements on the 1st February. Essentially, this means that foreigners entering Turkey on a tourist visa can only stay for a maximum of 90 days in … Continue reading →
January 20, 2012
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 global warming. If my house was fifty feet below … Continue reading →
January 19, 2012
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 woolly socks, re-commissioned the hot water bottle and upped the tog with an extra duvet on the … Continue reading →
January 18, 2012
Trailer Trash
When I planned my virtual tour, I knew the book would have to take centre stage. There would be little point if it didn't. But I didn't want to just bang on about it and do the hard sell. People … Continue reading →
January 17, 2012
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. Jo just chucked me in at the deep end to sink or swim … Continue reading →
January 16, 2012
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 cross-cultural life as an American married to a Turk through the eyes of … Continue reading →
