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Monthly Archives: December 2010
Rousse misses the sunrise and loses her shoes
I woke up to Christmas Day on the Isle of Lewis. I nudged TPR awake. He’d been sleeping next to me in the driver’s seat of our motor boat: “There’s a beautiful sunrise and I’d like to photograph it from … Continue reading
Ironing boy wins international conference role (Rousse)
AL, who comes fortnightly to do our ironing, was the surprise new member of the international conference programme committee. It puzzled me as to what he could contribute, but the young female staff of IM didn’t appear to care. They … Continue reading
The letter ‘A’ is for ‘Boring’ (Belle)
At the fairground I played on a machine that alphabetised cartoon characters and their home towns. As the A’s floated on the screen in a slow, Space Invader/ticker-tape type feed, I couldn’t imagine anything more dull.
Collie dog lies, fashion for red-heads, and a sad trip to Australia (Rousse)
Nobody knew why the couple took the tablets, but we inherited both children and the two dogs. We would go out for a walk to take our minds off the double suicide. Unused to herding kids and pets, within minutes … Continue reading
Lord Sugar’s new apprentice discovers his more modest and softer side (Rousse)
Lord Sugar had ditched his Rolls Royce for a dirty green e-type Jaguar. He’d also lost his chauffeur. So what? I was still his new apprentice! The modesty of our means of transport was trumped by the state of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Apprentice, baked beans, car, dog, Isle of Lewis, Lord Sugar, Russian dolls, wigs
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A bomb, a bath and a bête noire (Rousse)
To begin with I thought that this would be a very long journey: to Birmingham first, then on to London by train. Then I noticed the boy with the wires hanging out of his anorak. Instead it could be a … Continue reading
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Tagged baths, Birmingham, cabinet ministers, film, journalists, London, sand, terrorists, TPR, trains
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Student fees prospects worry even the poorest pupils (Rousse)
Some blue-uniformed stragglers slipped into my sister J’s class. While she continued to teach from the front of the classroom a couple of pupils started asking me questions about university entrance qualifications and fees. As I told them of the … Continue reading
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Tagged coffee, Edinburgh, homework, John Lewis, pupils, school, sister, Starbucks, students
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Ronaldo’s Olympic mix-up in Loughborough (Rousse)
Freshers’ week at Loughborough University coincided with the London 2012 Olympics. This made for an interesting mix of faces on a crowded campus. In the stairwell of the student union building, and not far from the aisle of breakfast cereals, … Continue reading
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Tagged bath, breakfast cereal, Freshers, gangs, Loughborough, Olympics, Ronaldo, running, socks, students, trainers, Usain Bolt
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Robot nurses, pastel ponies and a boob transplant (Belle)
Wherever I was, old tramps were standing 50 yards away from me shouting threats. “I’m going to turn you inside out”. Later on I developed superpowers. I could transform rusty old metal horses into beautiful pastel coloured beasts in the … Continue reading
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Tagged cosmetic surgery, Goldsmiths College, horses, nurses, ponies, superpowers, the Archers, tramp
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Rousse survives tsunami, but misses the talking bee
Everything was picture-book perfect. By complete chance we had reserved the beautiful holiday cottage in Cornwall for the sunniest week of the season, and through the dormer windows of the massive loft conversion bedroom we woke to the most glorious, … Continue reading
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