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Mrs Thatcher goes to the loo (Rousse)
I came face-to-face with a giant Spitting Image style Mrs Thatcher dressed in grey tweed. Just beyond her, shuffling along in a blue dress, was the Queen. It looked like Mrs Thatcher wanted to go the the ladies’ lavatory. I … Continue reading
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Tagged bathroom, dress, ladies, loo, Mrs Thatcher, photograph, Queen Elizabeth II, toilet, tweed
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Standard Life National Library staff insult published author (Rousse)
Standard Life sponsored the National Library. As such, all employees were both librarians and insurance brokers. I was in the library one day trying to get the last couple of pieces of information that I needed to complete a journal … Continue reading
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Tagged article, author, character, hard, job, journal, leaving do, librarian, national library, profile, Standard Life
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A drone pest comes up trumps (Rousse)
I was playing with Lego on the old drawing room carpet when a drone flew overhead. ‘I’m sure that flying at this level must be illegal’ I said to my small companion. The drone then shot away – only to … Continue reading
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Tagged birth, book, carpet, certificate, drone, illegal, imprint, leather, Lego, mini-skirt, pest, photo, pilot, ruff, sepia, sister, snoop, Tudor
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Wedding party troubles (Rousse)
On the morning of the wedding of JMH and MCF the news came through that JF died in her car, just at the point of turning the key in the ignition as she was about to take the car down … Continue reading
A paper on the informational content of food – rejected (Rousse)
SM agreed to leave the house and type an email to the conference organiser at Sunderland University. ‘If you ask for a start time of 4pm, I can attend after conducting a PhD viva’, I suggested. When SM learnt that … Continue reading
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Tagged conference, content, food, information, paper, PhD, presentation, Sunderland, trivial, university, viva
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A new ‘seaside university’ (Rousse)
Over the summer months one of Edinburgh’s venerable institutions of higher education transformed itself into a ‘seaside university’ complete with beach, sea and funfair. Portobello was no longer the only show in town.
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Tagged beach, Edinburgh, education, funfair, higher, Portobello, sea, seaside, university
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A two-legged Jack Russell terrier (Rousse)
TPR and I were walking along a narrow path next to a glistening stream when a truncated Jack Russell terrier ran up to us. It was all head and no body, but managed to get about with no problem at … Continue reading
Katie Hopkins on University Challenge (Rousse)
‘Katie Hopkins? Katie Hopkins on University Challenge?’ I asked. ‘Yes’, replied HJ, ‘Representing Birmingham University’. This was all related to me on a Scottish beach where, by complete coincidence, was gathered an array of my undergraduate friends. Here I also … Continue reading
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Tagged action, beach, Birmingham, coincidence, disciplinary, Elena Ferrante, friend, headmaster, impose, Katie Hopkins, Neopolitan, novel, Scottish, undergraduate, university, University Challenge
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Library staff roles in University elearning systems (Rousse)
The vice chancellor was going to the US for a fortnight and left SC in charge of everything, including finance. Just before he left, he asked SC to read out the history of the University as printed in gold embroidery … Continue reading
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Tagged blue, bolster, cushion, data, elearning, embroidery, entry, finance, gold, history, library, objection, staff, system, university, Vice Chancellor
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