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Cannibalism and communicating by corn (Rousse)

All this food looked amazing. It was only when you inspected it at close range did you discover its drawbacks: the multitude of dishes stretching across the banquet tables were inedible plastic models; the (real) corn on the cob was … Continue reading →

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To America by jet-boat (Rousse)

The new way to travel to the US was by jet-boat. Developments in shipping technology meant that it was just as fast to cross the Atlantic by sea as by air. What is more, in the latter part of the … Continue reading →

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Love triangle legacy is a wedding and a bed and breakfast (Rousse)

I was bound to have told SL the story of the ill-fated love triangle, yet she had somehow independently befriended the main villain of the piece. There she was, all excited about the forthcoming wedding, begging us to come along … Continue reading →

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Stuck in stilettos in Stockton-on-Tees (Rousse)

Belle and I took twenty pairs of stretchy nylon Marks and Spencer knickers in flesh tones to the event, just in case anyone needed a pair. Nobody did. Afterwards my father paid the bill then we all wandered off to … Continue reading →

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David Beckham silenced in black and white (Rousse)

I’d made it as a member of the Blipfoto elite. Personally invited by JT, I was a guest at a movie première at the Church Hill Theatre Edinburgh to celebrate Blip’s latest venture. Unfortunately the sound dropped from the black … Continue reading →

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Dress designer and academic set off on secret mission by EasyJet (Rousse)

MSB and I set off on our secret mission to Russia by EasyJet. Our challenge was to retrieve the sky blue C90 cassette tape and return it intact to the UK. We ignored our Macedonian intern’s fears that we’d never … Continue reading →

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Come dine with me – please! (Belle)

When exactly had I booked my place on this ‘Surburbans Go to Europe by Coach’ holiday? And since when had zone 2 in south east London been considered ‘suburban’? I was a fish out of water stuck on a hot … Continue reading →

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Rousse’s running shame

The young Irish woman standing by the window declared “I know you from somewhere”. A few minutes later a slightly older one said exactly the same. We eventually worked out that long ago we’d trained together at my old running … Continue reading →

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Expert programmer devises new research infrastructure (Rousse)

MI caught up with me on Middle Meadow Walk. I called TPR over on his bike and we looked at the print-out of the work that MI had completed. “It only took one iteration and now it’s ready”, she claimed. … Continue reading →

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Edinburgh house moves (Rousse)

Everyone in Edinburgh was on the move. Local KL put her tiny two-bedroomed flat overlooking Bruntsfield Links up for sale. Then G and JG gave up their big family house in Devon for a flat in Marchmont. Their new place … Continue reading →

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