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Author Archives: Dreamaticus
Return of the red Peugeot 205 (Rousse)
So everyone was right. We had only survived a couple of months without a car. Worse still, our ‘new’ vehicle was actually a very old one: my 1988 red Peugeot 205.
Border crossings and spy work (Belle)
Although I had joined the stationery warehouse as an office junior, I was actually working with Dame Judi Dench for a spy network based in London in 1944. We had an enemy in our midst and I was tasked with … Continue reading
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Tagged border crossing, bridge, Canada, Dame Judi Dench, dog, London, London Underground, spy, tea, tube train, USA, World War Two
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The work of Val McDermid: where to start (Rousse)
Val McDermid and I chatted on the top deck of the bus. ‘I am embarrassed to admit that I have never read any of your books’, I confessed. ‘It’s just that everyone says that they are so gory and that … Continue reading
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Tagged book, bus, deck, fan, gory, idiot, read, Val McDermid
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Miniature schnauzer makes a hopeless guard dog (Rousse)
The burglar worked his way around our room helping himself to bits and pieces from the dressing table and cupboards. Meanwhile our miniature schnauzer lay happily on our bed with his legs in the air, willing us to tickle him. … Continue reading
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Tagged air, burglar, cupboard, dog, dressing table, guard, hopeless, legs, lie, miniature, Schnauzer, tickle, TPR
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Late for a placement visit in Kilkenny (Rousse)
My first placement visit in the Republic of Ireland was in Kilkenny so I took the opportunity to call in on the G family in Thomastown. There I found BG mid-morning sitting in bed in a pink nylon nightie reading … Continue reading
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Tagged appointment, bed, car, crate, dress, fake, family, house, internship, Kilkenny, late, nightie, novel, nylon, pink, placement, read, sheep, staircase, station, Thomastown, trashy, tunnel, undergound, unprepared, visit, wheels, work
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Wooing by old rowing boat (Rousse)
I remembered IK best from hogmanay parties in the late 1980s. It came as something of a surprise when he popped up in my life again, super-keen to win me over as his next romantic conquest by showing off his … Continue reading
Louis Theroux in love (Rousse)
I hoped to slip out of the conference hall unnoticed when I heard JK mention my name. I had no option but to return to the round table and discover what she was saying about me. ‘I was just talking … Continue reading
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Tagged conference, film, Louis Theroux, love, name, relationship
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Contempt for media mogul Rupert Murdoch (Rousse)
When Rupert Murdoch was announced as the keynote speaker only three of the newly-appointed staff stayed in the room. The rest marched out in protest, displaying their utter contempt for the media mogul.
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Tagged contempt, keynote, media, modul, protest, Rupert Murdoch, speaker
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Flying on Air Force One – but not sleeping with the president (Rousse)
I flew the international skies on Air Force One as a member of the US president’s core team. Unlike LM, however, I was not also sleeping with the leader of the free world.
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Tagged Air Force One, fly, free, leader, president, sleep, world
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Vertical paragliding (Rousse)
My neighbour’s AS’s hobby was vertical paragliding. He’d come back from work, attach his rainbow silks, and shoot into the sky above our building.
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