Jack Scott's Blog, page 77
August 2, 2013
Booze, Birds and Fast Cars
My sister’s football-crazed family has finally spawned a potential star. Tom, third boy of four, has been selected to train with Reading FC’s Soccer Academy. The Academy has a fine reputation for nurturing young talent. Tom’s only 14 (but nearly six foot tall with shoulders the width of a barn door) and his coach thinks … Continue reading »
July 31, 2013
Summer Madness
For the month of August only, I’m flogging off the ‘Best of Perking the Pansies’ from the Turkish Years at the knock down price of a quid ($1.54) per episode on Amazon (Kindle version), Sellbox and my website* (ePUB version). That’s just 100 pennies for Turkey, the Raw Guide (which includes invaluable advice about relocating … Continue reading »
July 29, 2013
Parade with Pride
Images courtesy of Norwich Pride on Facebook By any measure, Norwich Pride 2013 was a rip-roaring, runaway success. 5,000 people flooded into the city to paint the town red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple. Even the regal lions guarding the grand entrance to City Hall got into the act with rainbow garlands wrapped round … Continue reading »
July 28, 2013
Rules of Engagement
More pearls of foolishness from yours truly. This time about book PR. What do I know? Exhausted? You will be. This PR lark takes a lot of graft. I know. I’ve never worked so hard. The good news is that once you’ve set the wheels in motion, you just need to keep a light touch … Continue reading »
July 26, 2013
Norwich Pride 2013
The marching season continues (no, I don’t mean the archaic and nose-rubbing Orange Day parades). Following a whole week of rather special events (including my very own display at the Pride Without Prejudice Art Exhibition), tomorrow is Norwich Pride day, a gift from the LGBT community to all and sundry. We missed it last year. … Continue reading »
July 24, 2013
And Through the Square Window
We live in a quiet city street, a no-through road. The Weaver’s cottage stands alone in a sea of offices and sheltered housing schemes; worker bees and old folk live in perfect harmony. We get footfall but very little traffic. Then one day, the peace was breached by a pincer movement of mechanical cherry pickers … Continue reading »
July 21, 2013
Art for Art’s Sake
As well as running a little workshop about blogging (a chat with one man and his dog, no doubt), I’m also exhibiting the Perking the Pansies book at Pride Without Prejudice at the St Margaret’s Church of Art. The gig starts tomorrow and continues for a fortnight. Can my irreverent take on the emigrey soap … Continue reading »
July 20, 2013
Life in the Old Blog Yet
These days, I think I know a thing or two about this blogging lark but when I started in 2010, I hadn’t a clue. I learned the trade the hard way, through trial and error. It was a trial and there were loads of errors. Mine was a solitary journey. I did quite well for … Continue reading »
July 17, 2013
From One Old Queen to Another
Filed under: Britain, Equalities, Gay Marriage, LGBT, Marriage Continue reading »
Gorillas in Our Midst
We got back from holiday to face an invasion of psychedelic gorillas. I thought someone had slipped some acid in my gin and I was tripping the light fantastic. Don’t fret, I haven’t taken to class A drugs and mugging old Norfolk broads to feed a nasty habit. Not yet anyway. Looking like the camp … Continue reading »
