London Pride

London Pride has been handed down to us,
London Pride is a flower that’s free.
London Pride means our own dear town to us,
And our pride it forever will be.

Image courtesy of Attitude Magazine (I hope they don’t mind), lyrics courtesy of Noel Coward (I’m sure he wouldn’t mind) and the idea courtesy of my husband, Liam (I know he doesn’t mind).

Jack Scott Imagine the absurdity of two openly gay, married, middle aged, middle class men escaping the liberal sanctuary of anonymous London to relocate to a Muslim country. I chronicled our exploits with the mad, the bad, the sad and the glad in a blog for the whole world to ignore. Then came the book which became a critically acclaimed best seller. Its success opened out a whole new career for me, firstly as an author, and now as a publisher. Who'd have thought it? Certainly not me. In June 2012, we ended our Anatolian affair and paddled back to Britain on the evening tide, washing up in Norwich, a surprising city in eastern England, then to the wilds of Norfolk as the only gays in the village. I’m sometimes nostalgic for our encounters with the hopeless, the hapless and, yes, the happy go lucky. They gave me an unexpected tale to tell and for this I thank them.

9 thoughts on “London Pride”

Alan says:

28 June, 2015 at 14:56

. . is that bobby human or has he been photoshopped?

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1. Jack Scott says:
  
  28 June, 2015 at 14:58
  
  Photoshopped? Wot, Attitude? Surely not! Actually, I think not.
  
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Turkey's For Life says:

28 June, 2015 at 17:25

Apparently, it’s okay in certain situations to use another’s photo with credits…surely this is one of those situations. 🙂

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1. Jack Scott says:
  
  28 June, 2015 at 17:32
  
  I do hope so 😀
  
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womanseyeview says:

30 June, 2015 at 14:47

Lovely shot and perfectly paired with Noel Coward. Our Toronto police chief walks every year in the huge parade we have here and the many gay police officers do too (dress code very relaxed for the day)…they actually use it as a recruiting opportunity. Happy belated pride to you and Liam.

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1. Jack Scott says:
  
  30 June, 2015 at 17:53
  
  Thank you and well done Toronto (or Trono, as my Canadian friends call it)! 😀
  
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beachcomber says:

3 July, 2015 at 03:28

Love that photo!

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