Monthly Archives: July 2017

Queen honours crocodile-tailed, Tweed-suited swimmer (Rousse)

Posted on July 24, 2017 by Dreamaticus

The swimmer dressed in a tweed suit and crocodile tail, and competing against his two sons, impressed the Queen so much so that she made him a baron.

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Things to do in Orkney (with Maltesers) (Rousse)

Posted on July 23, 2017 by Dreamaticus

The weather was fabulous in Orkney. At the county show I bought the most enormous beef burger. In Kirkwall we watched a parade of emergency services vehicles and ate free Maltesers in the art gallery.

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The shame of the husband who shames his wife in public (Rousse)

Posted on July 23, 2017 by Dreamaticus

TPR had fallen into the habit of shaming me in public. For example, he made lewd remarks about his choice of life-partner to our widowed bed and breakfast host. Then I caught him laying bets on the outcome of Wimbledon … Continue reading →

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Stop distracting me, Sir Ian McKellan! (Belle)

Posted on July 23, 2017 by Dreamaticus

Three weeks into my mathematics degree I still hadn’t made it to a single class.  Every time I tried to make my way to the classroom, I would be waylaid by Sir Ian McKellan and Michael York offering me small bottles … Continue reading →

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A chase through the British Library (Rousse)

Posted on July 22, 2017 by Dreamaticus

AM and I chased a man through the British Library demanding to know why he had done nothing to update the Library and Information Science Research Coalition web site since 2009.

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An undeserved PhD (Rousse)

Posted on July 21, 2017 by Dreamaticus

In a meeting chaired by ED I heard that JM had submitted his PhD thesis five months early, yet I had not seen a draft of the tome. Another academic at the meeting, who had nothing to do with this … Continue reading →

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Middle-aged errant husband enjoys ‘space’ in the arms of a 21 year old student (Rousse)

Posted on July 21, 2017 by Dreamaticus

TPR announced that he needed some ‘space’ so he moved out of our marital home and into a shared flat in Bruntsfield with a bunch of undergrads and some young professionals (one of whom had just been offered a lectureship … Continue reading →

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Academic Abba lookalike (Rousse)

Posted on July 19, 2017 by Dreamaticus

My Finnish friend GW looked like she had just stepped off-stage having performed with Abba. I admired her yellow patent leather mini-skirt and high heels.

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Heavenly Chichester with Simon Mayo and Mark Kermode (Belle)

Posted on July 19, 2017 by Dreamaticus

I wasn’t sure how I had been invited to the ‘writing retreat’ home shared by Simon Mayo and Mark Kermode but I knew enough to remove my shoes before I stepped inside. In one office, Simon was typing his latest … Continue reading →

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Katie Price to marry again (Rousse)

Posted on July 18, 2017 by Dreamaticus

Katie Price (AKA Jordan) was marrying for the fifth (or was it sixth?) time, and I was the guest of honour at her celebrations at the Bristol hotel – much to the annoyance of her tarty chief bridesmaid.

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