Author Archives: Dreamaticus

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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Settlers of Catan in San Francisco (Rousse)

Posted on July 16, 2017 by Dreamaticus

As the coach pulled into San Francisco nobody could doubt that we were in free and easy California. From the window I saw pastel painted houses, rainbow flags, and hippies in the street. I checked into the same hotel as … Continue reading →

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Lumpy legs and a football cure for bad posture (Rousse)

Posted on July 15, 2017 by Dreamaticus

I showed the lumps on my legs to my office-mate BR. ‘You’d better get those checked by a doctor’ he said. I replied that I would do so – just as soon as I got dressed. Forty-five minutes later I … Continue reading →

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A busy morning with Uncle J (Rousse)

Posted on July 9, 2017 by Dreamaticus

My Uncle J sat on the sofa and enthused about his new business idea: to sell custom-made T-shirts to the British middle classes. I told him that this venture was doomed to failure. I was British and middle class, and … Continue reading →

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Suicide program (Rousse)

Posted on July 8, 2017 by Dreamaticus

TPR was in bits. He told me over the phone that the program no longer worked and – because of this – his colleague had committed suicide.

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Ginger hotel cat is famous actress in disguise (Rousse)

Posted on July 6, 2017 by Dreamaticus

While the slim, male, hotel receptionist tapped at the keyboard with his highly polished nails (deep burgundy) I marvelled at the size of the enormous ginger cat, sprawled on the floor beneath my feet. I soon learnt that this was … Continue reading →

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Newly-qualified British driver causes traffic chaos on the continent (Rousse)

Posted on July 5, 2017 by Dreamaticus

NP passed her driving test and was ready to take to the roads – of Europe, in a van. She had no idea how to take a left turn when driving on the continent. We were all very afraid.

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Hospital portering as a career for the elderly (Rousse)

Posted on July 3, 2017 by Dreamaticus

My father complained that he was sick of living in Edinburgh and wanted to move elsewhere. I couldn’t understand why. Whatever would we do with the ponies that grazed in our garden? Perhaps he needed a job? I suggested hospital … Continue reading →

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