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Disabled passenger booted off the bus for smoking (Rousse)
I boarded the bus south from Aberdeen with my former student F and her husband W. They took two seats facing forwards, and I found a seat across the aisle opposite them. This one faced the back of the bus, … Continue reading
Access to King Charles III’s innermost circle (Rousse)
I detected a flash of amusement cross King Charles III’s face when I described the Princess of Wales running uphill in high heels and a big hat. She had been in such a rush to reach the start of a … Continue reading
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Tagged access, amusement, Ascot, escape room, hat, high heels, King Charles III, Porton Down, Princess of Wales, quad bike, TPR, wedding
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John Lewis furnishings favoured by terrorists (Rousse)
My sister J had been completely taken in by the terrorists. She had no idea that we were captives when they led us to their opulent mansion. Instead, she behaved as if she were an honoured guest. She didn’t even … Continue reading
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Tagged captive, furnishings, guest, mansion. John Lewis, sister, sofa, terrorist
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Wrist splint wreckage at the reunion (Rousse)
The university reunion in Bordeaux attracted graduates from far and wide, including IC from South Africa. During the event, BV grabbed my wrist splint and took it apart. It comprised so many components that BV couldn’t work out how to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bordeaux, components, reunion, South Africa, splint, wrist
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Paying off a £1M drugs debt (Rousse)
Just as I did when I was a teenager, I left my bike unlocked outside ECM’s house, entered the back door, shouted a hello to ECM’s mother, then climbed the pale wooden ladder up to ECM’s bedroom. There we chatted, … Continue reading
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Tagged bedroom, bike, vandal, inheritance, drug, debt, raffia, £1M. ladder
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A soaking for a pie in Lochinver (Rousse)
On the promise of a pie, GC agreed to drive the four of us – himself, TPR, JC and me – to Lochinver. When we reached the edge of town, we parked the car and paddled along the shoreline in … Continue reading
A feather baby, the Hanoverian succession, and a multi-coloured merganser (Rousse)
Deep in grief following the death of my two-inch long human ‘feather’ baby daughter, I found some solace in explaining the Hanoverian succession to an Indian. Meanwhile a nearby stranger plucked a pink, white and orange-plumed merganser duck out of … Continue reading
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Tagged baby, back, daughter, death, duck, feather, grief, Hanoverian, Indian, merganser, river, stranger, succession, water
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Household lighting and dirty laundry at the White House (Rousse)
My brother-in-law M bought an ornate pink and grey painted, fake antique, half-size wooden standard lamp as a birthday present for my sister J. He thought that it looked great plonked in the middle of their bedroom on its very … Continue reading
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Tagged argument, bedroom, brither-in-law, dirty. laundry, family, Hartburn, home, household, kitchen, lamp, lighting, love, Persian, row, rug, sheet, standard, towel, White House
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Miami Withnail (Belle)
It wasn’t completely clear whether my new project, being filmed in Miami in a beautiful, bright colour palette, was a documentary or not. I was following two young American strangers as they took too many drugs and repeatedly failed to … Continue reading
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Tagged America, bear, drugs, film, hug, mansion, Miami, swimming pool, trousers, Withnail and I
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