Jack Scott's Blog, page 88
November 15, 2012
Never Knowingly Undersold
John Lewis is one of the grand old dames of the British high street (Marks and Spencer is the other). The company’s enviable reputation for quality and service has enabled the group to weather the lashings of recession better than most. Not that you’d know that from our experience of the Norwich branch. There was … Continue reading »
November 13, 2012
Pot, Poofs and the Good Book
The wise people of the Yankee state of Washington have voted in a referendum to legalise both same sex marriage and the recreational use of marijuana. Perhaps the Good Book was right all along. Leviticus 20:13: ‘A man who lays with another man should be stoned.’ Who knew? Filed under: Americans, Gay Marriage, Politics, Religion Continue reading »
November 11, 2012
My Pride Life
My third gig at Norwich’s award-winning community radio station, Future Radio, was to record ‘My Pride Life,’ a kind of Desert Island Discs with a pink twist. Radio star, Di Cunningham, sat me down with a cattle prod in one hand and a microphone in the other and told me to get on with it. … Continue reading »
November 9, 2012
We Are Norwich and the EDL
We Are Norwich is a rainbow alliance of political, faith and community groups and individuals who have come together to oppose the presence of the English Defence League (EDL) in the fair city of Norwich. The EDL intends to stomp through the streets tomorrow (10th November 2012) to protest against a decision by the City … Continue reading »
November 8, 2012
Eat, Drink and Be Merry
St Andrew’s and Blackfriars’ Halls (known collectively as ‘The Halls’) is a 13th century medieval complex at the end of our street and the best preserved friary in England. The riot of sturdy buttresses, hammer beams and Gothic arches is one of the ‘Norwich 12‘ – a list of the most iconic buildings in the … Continue reading »
November 6, 2012
The Terrible Twos
Two years in the making and, just as Liam and I celebrated the blog’s second birthday with a drop of bubbly, Perking the Pansies received its 250,000th hit*. This may be skinny fry for the big hitters but this fat little sprat is delighted. I had fretted that our move – a wrench from the warm … Continue reading »
November 4, 2012
Stonewall’s Bigot of the Year 2012
Cardinal Keith O’Brien, leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland, has been named as Stonewall’s Bigot of the Year 2012. He gets my vote. His ‘Eminence’ (these people do so love their titles and do so hate to be questioned) has declared ‘war’ on the Scottish Government’s plans to introduce marriage equality and likens gay … Continue reading »
November 2, 2012
Greg’s Back Alley
With familiar names like Charing Cross, Blackfriars Bridge, Spitalfields, Haymarket and Pudding Lane, you could mistake Norwich for London. But, during all my years in the Smoke, I never spotted a tree swathed in wrapping paper or a multi-coloured tea set wafting in the leaves, not even when flying high on recreational smarties. Other city streets … Continue reading »
October 31, 2012
Five Rules for a Happy Gay Life
Our re-acquaintance, after a absence of 5 years, with the lewd, the rude and the crude of the Isle of Dogs* reminded me of a bit of a gag that Bob Senkow sent me some time ago: It’s important to have a man who helps at home, who cooks from time to time, cleans up … Continue reading »
October 29, 2012
Sucking on a Woo Woo
On the morning of my birthday, we awoke to the thud of wildebeest migrating across the floor of the apartment above us. It coincided with the thud of wildebeest migrating across my forehead. We dragged ourselves out of our pit and wandered into the sunny run-down wilderness in search of comfort food. We found it … Continue reading »
