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Monthly Archives: November 2010
Conference calamity (Rousse)
I arrived so early at the conference that it was still dark, and BK and just one other person were the only other participants there. “So far, so good” I thought, but I was so wrong! From that point onwards … Continue reading
Belle’s crush continues
I watched a work colleague interview Cesar Millan about his use of social media (“who do you follow?”) while I sighed and puppy-dog eyed at him. I was sure we were meant to be together. Meanwhile, a sort of low … Continue reading
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Tagged builders, Cesar Millan, concrete, football, social media, wall, X Factor
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Rousse misses Clive Anderson – just
It was an amazing coincidence to see Clive Anderson twice in one day. I’d spotted him at the London BBC Radio 4 studio in the morning, and now he was here in Edinburgh checking into reception. I hesitated over approaching … Continue reading
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Tagged airport, BBC, car, Clive Anderson, Dawn French, driving, Edinburgh, Isle of Lewis, London, motorway, parents, Radio 4, sister
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Rousse reassesses book classification
Fragments of: Broadly approving the new scheme to help readers identify categories of book: in the future each one would be printed in the colour to represent its genre so, for example, a romance would have a red book jacket, … Continue reading
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Tagged book, classification, dandy, love, nuclear power station, staircase, terrorists
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Belle is a creative failure – but honest
I was showing a friend around the church when I found an orange chequebook on a wooden bench and went off to hand it in. A man in a suit handed me a bunch of keys and asked me to … Continue reading
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Tagged boats, chequebook, church, competition, keys, safe, writing
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Rousse remembers train crash
The train ground to a halt just before Musselburgh, narrowly missing the blue Golf parked across the line. My first thoughts were of the 2001 Selby train crash and the urgency to get out of the carriage and away from … Continue reading
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Tagged article, Blackberry, car, Electronic Library, flash cards, Golf, handbag, Harris tweed, iPhone, job, Kings Cross, London, lorry, Mac, Mussleburgh, photos, Portobello, Selby, station, trains, waitress
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Panto season (Belle)
I was sitting next to J near the front of the theatre for the closing scene of the pantomime and the entire cast was jumping around in shaving foam. I was particularly enjoying the rhyming scheme and chuckled at how … Continue reading
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Tagged Birmingham, fireman, icing, Ladywell, pantomime, rhyme
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