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Author Archives: Dreamaticus
Hugh Bonneville stars in Dreamaticus (Belle)
Dreamaticus was now a successful TV programme. The viewing figures kept rising and the director had signed up famous actors to re-enact ‘the dream of the week’. This week Rousse’s dream starred Hugh Bonneville playing Roddy McDowall playing Galen (Planet … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC2, Dreamaticus, fireplace, Galen, Hugh Bonneville, Jane Austen, linoleum, Planet of the Apes, Roddy McDowall, Rousse
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Fish and lamb (Rousse)
P and SM had secretly amassed a vast collection of enormous glug jugs, now displayed with pride in their sitting room. Some hung from from hooks, and the rest were arranged higgledy piggledy on a high shelf. I particularly admired … Continue reading
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Tagged accident, Archers, baby, bottle, car, ceiling, Coke, death, die, driving, fossil, fossils, glug jug, glug jugs, Hexham, hook, hooks, jigsaw, jigsaws, lamb, lambing, mallet, meal, Orkney, parents, Radio 4, rug, salmon, sheep, shelf, shop, shop assistant, sitting room, the Archers, toys, TPR, visitor centre, Yorkshire
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Rousse hangs on to her turquoise trapezium handbag and reports a crime
All I wanted was some peace and quiet at home in my pyjamas when the doorbell rang and a whole family of cleaners marched into the hall. It would have been rude to refuse them entry so while they all … Continue reading
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Tagged cleaners, crime, criminal, doorbell, facial hair, flat, flood, gun, gunman, hall, handbag, marking, motorbike, motorcycle, motorcyclist, pedestrians, police, pyjamas, scruffy, shooting, tea, trapezium, turquoise
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Rousse discovers a detective and a naughty little girl
The scenario was familiar. I was sitting at the table of yet another dreadful meeting listening to grey-haired men say nothing of substance. When I finally grabbed a fleeting opportunity to speak the Chair nodded wisely, but only for a … Continue reading
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Tagged babies, baby, BBC, bell curve, bell curves, book, brother, chair, correspondent, Dr Who, Edinburgh, girl, grey-haired, iPhone, Leith, manuscript, meeting, Oxford, social informatics, sonic screwdriver
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Rousse despairs at the reluctant chef and gives up on the mini
I was participating in some sort of cookery competition where the challenge was to create a delicious three course meal from a random set of ingredients. I looked at the root ginger, spices, tomatoes, bananas, pineapples and the lone tin … Continue reading
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Tagged antiques, Auvergne, bananas, chiffon, cookery, curry, custard, dress, drive, estate, Friends, ingredients, meal, mini dress, parents, parma ham, party, pictures, pineapples, root ginger, running club, school, silk, skirt, spices, teenager, tomatoes, tunic
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London at speed and bonus kittens (Belle)
We were on board a modern white coach for a ‘London by night’ tour. The driver was negotiating the winding streets at breakneck speed and the city was reduced to blurred streaming bright lights. Meanwhile, it was kitten season. Tiny … Continue reading
Rousse’s qualifications quandary
I spent almost an entire academic year pining for TPR in a tiny hall of residence room at the University of Birmingham, with only my Mac for company. Permanently logged into e-mail, I lived for his messages from the other … Continue reading
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Tagged assessment, Australia, BA, class, degree, e-mail, exam, hall of residence, MA, Mac, Muirhead Tower, PhD, scooter, TPR, University of Birmingham, walk, Worcester University
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Celebrities gather for the wedding of the three-way bride – with Prince William, the Charltons, and Elton John (Rousse)
It was the biggest party in Hexham since my own wedding in 1987. Everyone was at the reception. Prince William represented the royal family in his red tartan trousers, sporting heroes Jackie and Bobby Charlton entertained the younger guests with … Continue reading
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Tagged Bobby Charlton, bomb, bombs, bride, celebrity, cousin, David Beckham, dress, dye, Elton John, favour, football, gown, gypsy, Hexham, Jack Charlton, Jackie Charlton, My big gypsy wedding, Prince William, red, royal, running, shrubbery, sister, sister-in-law, tartan, wedding
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Steak pie or the romance of the desert? Belle decides…
The thought of eating another chickpea-based meal sitting under the stars with the camels was too much for me. I would so much rather eat steak pie in the John Lewis staff canteen (now open to the public). ‘Tabloid blindness’ … Continue reading
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Tagged babies, blindness, camels, chickpeas, desert, Hello magazine, hula-hoop, John Lewis, steak pie, tabloid, tabloids, the Sun newspaper
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