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Cake decoration disappointment (Belle)

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Dreamaticus

I didn’t need to wait for Mary Berry to tell me. My marzipan lattice work had really let me down this week. I was, however, thrilled with my well-crafted one-liner: “It looks too bad to taste too good”.

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Simon Cowell and Outlook calendar chaos (Rousse)

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Dreamaticus

Simon Cowell gave me a big hug and congratulated me on my recent work. Then I got back to the Sunday afternoon business of working out how on earth I would fit in a visit to the University of Birmingham … Continue reading →

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Drowning by white gloss paint (Rousse)

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Dreamaticus

My sister-in-law S and I had a few minutes to spare so we took a quick look around the gift shop. There was nothing of interest to us there. Still with time on our hands we popped through another low … Continue reading →

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Belle the economist, detective and pornographer

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Dreamaticus

I was extremely upset to find that once again someone had dumped rubbish on the grass verge at the top of my street. This time it was at least a dozen litre sized empty drinking yoghurt cartons. I stopped to … Continue reading →

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The farmer PhD supervisor and Motown hopefuls (Rousse)

Posted on November 24, 2012 by Dreamaticus

This was the strangest of PhD tutorials. The chair of the session sat at the front of a room and a full class of students, most of whom looked like undergraduates listening in on the discussions. What surprised me most … Continue reading →

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Rousse’s unintended drug overdose

Posted on November 24, 2012 by Dreamaticus

I was struggling to make sense of the huge American hotel and how to navigate my way up and down the building by escalator and lift. It was very obvious that I was a stranger here, so I was an … Continue reading →

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A fruity evening with Vincent Price (Belle)

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Dreamaticus

I called the others, Vincent Price amongst them, to look out of the front window. A large cherry picker had arrived and a small child was being elevated on the platform. It seemed oddly dangerous. And why wasn’t the child … Continue reading →

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A job role too far (Rousse)

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Dreamaticus

I was in big trouble at work (again). I’d turned up 15 minutes late to the graduation ceremony. I sneaked up to the balcony and found a seat so that I could listen to the choral music. ED and an … Continue reading →

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Paris attractions (Rousse)

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Dreamaticus

I’d only just arrived in Paris and already I had bumped into two people from my Gallic past. First I saw PG on his way to work. He was now a grey-haired father of three, yet had kept his great … Continue reading →

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Rousse’s Northumbrian anxiety

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Dreamaticus

This was a worrying prospect: taking LM to meet my parents in Northumberland. Whatever would she make of their house?

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