Dreamaticus populae
- BBC employee discovers drug den in Edinburgh's Stockbridge (Rousse)
- Time-travelling Rupert Grint (as Ron Weasley) greets Rousse in the Kingdom of Fife
- Johnny Depp's pseudonym (Belle)
- Basking sharks and dolphins "spotted" in the Tyne (Rousse)
- A wasted trip to the University of Birmingham's Muirhead Tower (Rousse)
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Recent reveries
- BBC employee discovers drug den in Edinburgh’s Stockbridge (Rousse)
- Rousse reviews the retired and retro
- From A level English to astrophysics (Rousse)
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- Patents show the way to invest (Rousse)
- Snow, cyclists, and a six stone friend (Rousse)
- Bridezilla drama (Rousse)
- Rousse reviews a package holiday in Puerto Rico
- A shocking pink shopping trolley visits the swimming pool (Rousse)
- Bathroom flood at Belle’s (Rousse)
- New business model for raising charitable funds rakes in thousands (Rousse)
- An unwelcome zip tip (Rousse)
- A spell of levitation (Rousse)
- Inside Rousse’s five year diary
- Ski-ing and smoking (Rousse)
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Tag Archives: Birmingham
Rousse reviews the retired and retro
“What a coincidence, Struther Arnott was here just yesterday”, I commented to Brian Lang as he took a seat on the big green sofa in our sitting room. “I wonder what it is with retired principals of St Andrews University? … Continue reading
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Tagged appliance, appliances, Belling, Belling Compact Super Four electric cooker, Birmingham, Brian Lang, British Library, coincidence, colleague, colleagues, cooker, father-in-law, furniture, hand, hands, house, kitchen, marker, mural, noise, pen, pens, Principal, retired, retro, sitting room, smile, St Andrews, St Andrews University, Struther Arnott, TPR, unit, units, Vice Chancellor, workmen
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Peep Show’s Super Hans seeks new recruits to his “Moonys” cult (Rousse)
It was a huge journey from Prague overland, but I eventually made it back to the UK – even though I was minus my pale green fake fur coat, lost by a fat middle-aged woman at a ball in Austria. … Continue reading
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Tagged Austria, autumn, Balham, ball, bed, beds, Bertie, Birmingham, bus, campus, car, centre, city, coat, concession, cotton, cult, dress, fake, fake fur, footwear, fur, gap, garden, gay, geoologist, ginger, green, High Street Kensington, Kensington, lesbian, lettering, mall, matt king, middle-aged, passenger, passengers, pay, Peep Show, Prague, recruit, recruits, red-haired, redhead, roof, Russell and Bromley, shoes, shop, shopping, station, summer, Super Hans, term, transit van, trip, tube, university, van, warehouse, woman, work
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An undesirable neighbour (Rousse)
We moved back to Birmingham into a large Victorian house on a busy road. Our new next door neighbour wore a long dark beard and kept his hair tied up in a black turban. He told us that he was … Continue reading
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Tagged attack, Birmingham, boat, boats, bread, business, canal, car, car park, cook, crane, cranes, dirt, father, filth, house, inherit, Korea, neighbour, neighbourhood, neighbours, office, parking, physical, potatoes, rental, road, roof, turban, undesirable, Victorian
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Doctor doctor, where did the PhD graduate sign on? (Rousse)
The good news was that I passed my second PhD. I proudly boasted that I had beaten VE to the title of “Doctor Doctor”. However, I still needed to find a job, and in the meantime decide whether I would … Continue reading
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Tagged Birmingham, Bristol, doctor, doctoral, doctorate, dole, graduate, job, PhD, second, sign on, Stockton-on-Tees, thesis
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Miss Piggy’s plastic surgery and GCHQ’s latest discovery (Rousse)
“Miss Piggy was the first animal to go under the knife”, said I, the renowned expert on plastic surgery for pets. The conversation continued as we hobbled along the country lane that ran alongside the M5. The tramp was good … Continue reading
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Tagged bell, Birmingham, catherdral, Cheltenham, conversation, cosmetic, cosmetic surgery, element, GCHQ, knife, M5, Miss Piggy, path, pet, pets, plastic, plastic surgery, scientist, scientists, surgery, tramp, twoer, woman, Worcester
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Rob Brydon and Sarah Millican top Rousse’s bill
Our timing was perfect. The family that had bought our little house in Birmingham was away for Christmas, so we could just move straight back in. At first the neighbours were suspicious, but one by one we won them over. … Continue reading
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Tagged Birmingham, Cheshire, Christmas, Edinburgh, family, friend, Friends, gig, gigs, house, neighbour, neighbours, Rob Brydon, Sarah Millican, Sunderland, suspicious, tea, timing, woman
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William Morris book design determines undergraduate reading habits (Rousse)
Now that the degree results had been published it was time to prepare for the graduation ceremony on campus at the University of Birmingham. Of course, TPR would be in the audience as usual, and I invited my nephew P … Continue reading
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Tagged arts and crafts, audience, bedroom, Birmingham, book, Borås, campus, ceremony, certificate, certificates, clothes, cover, degree, design, display, exemption, exemptions, fighter, graduands, graduation, Great Hall, guest, guests, hair, librarian, librarians, library, library school, library schools, neighbour, neighbours, nephew, niece, page, parents, primary, pub, publication, publications, random, Reading, results, school, stage, study, Swedish School of Library and Information Science, T shirt, TPR, undergraduate, University of Birmingham, unshaven, William Morris
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Rousse’s encounter with the England World Cup winners
I had to travel from Birmingham to London to check out the venue for the following day’s conference. While the others piled into cars and minibuses, I wandered around the car park regretting that I had not arranged a lift. … Continue reading
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Tagged Birmingham, campus, car, car park, cars, chocolate, commiteee, Edinburgh Folk Club, England, football, hero, heroes, hitchhiker, iPhone, lift, London, member, MG7, minibus, minibuses, PowerPoint, presentation, reports, shop, south, sweet, team, vehicle, winners, World Cup
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How to get (another) PhD (Rousse)
The Birmingham University reunion switched venue to Aberystwyth. There I caught up with SC, HW and CP and others – supposedly to reminisce about our undergraduate days, but in practice to moan about the deficiencies of the modern-day husband. Also … Continue reading
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Tagged assessment, Birmingham, Birmingham University, films, French, husband, husbands, language, literature, novels, pact, panic, PhD, strategy, undergraduate, University of Birmingham
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Gothic goings on (Belle)
It was past midnight and I had no idea why the dog and I had been socialising in this part of town. Walking up Ludgate Hill we were suddenly plunged into complete darkness and I had to feel my way … Continue reading
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Tagged bat, battlements, Birmingham, black cat, castle, chorus, dog, duvet, London, Ludgate Hill, singing, South Bank, taxi, vase, window
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