Monthly Archives: February 2023

An almost doctor (Rousse)

Posted on February 3, 2023 by Dreamaticus

My sister S revealed that she too had undertaken doctoral studies, so why did she not use the title ‘Doctor’? She confessed that she had submitted her work and passed her viva examination, but couldn’t be bothered to deal with … Continue reading →

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Sheffield trains and brothels (Rousse)

Posted on February 2, 2023 by Dreamaticus

A tall French woman in a long white cotton dress stood perplexed on a platform at Edinburgh Waverley railway station. When I offered to help her, she held up her phone to me to display her train ticket. She complained … Continue reading →

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A cycle ride across the US (Rousse)

Posted on February 1, 2023 by Dreamaticus

I cycled miles and miles across the US. The most terrifying part was on the inside lane on the freeways; the most adventurous through dense forests, where the trees and the sky were my only company.

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An ancestral soup tureen (Rousse)

Posted on February 1, 2023 by Dreamaticus

I spotted an enormous Victorian china soup tureen inside a glass-fronted display cabinet in the British Library. Amongst the pastoral scenes that decorated the white porcelain was some elaborate script. This indicated that the tureen was given in commemoration of … Continue reading →

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