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What has Rousse got up her sleeves?

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Dreamaticus

If truth be told my Norwegian jumper was too big for me. What I should have really done is pass it on to someone larger and buy myself a new one. Instead I decided to adapt it. I cut off … Continue reading →

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A fortune in apps, an Andy Warhol masterpiece – and Mark Kermode (Belle)

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Dreamaticus

The launch of my third motoring-related app was going to bring in £100,000. It enabled drivers to top up their parking meters remotely. The app’s success meant millions of pounds in parking fines were being lost by local authorities and … Continue reading →

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Belle to go blonde!

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Dreamaticus

Every time I admired my new flatmate’s changing hair, she told me which two colours she had mixed to create the desired effect (“apricot-peach and smooth mink”). How dull I was by comparison! I decided to go blonde for the … Continue reading →

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Gloop for non-coffee drinker Rousse

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Dreamaticus

I was just the placement student so I tolerated yet another change to arrangements to my office accommodation. When my boss realised that the two other heads of group had taken advantage of my sweet nature I made sure that … Continue reading →

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Kit Kats, crisps and claustrophobia (Rousse)

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Dreamaticus

We were cycling down the glen over the bumpy grass. TPR took the front, a male friend followed behind, and I was in the middle in sole charge of the tandem for the first time ever. I had really got … Continue reading →

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Boy racing and GCSE results (Rousse)

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Dreamaticus

It difficult to tell what was the more shocking: (a) my colleague PC terrifying my Volvo-driving parents by goading my father to race his souped-up Subaru around a supermarket car park in Peebles, or (b) my nephew’s one and only … Continue reading →

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Kevin Towler – Olympic athlete (Belle)

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Dreamaticus

They were an unlikely pair of gold medal hopefuls. In fact, they looked more like young media types out on the town in Hoxton, and yet here they were being filmed for a documentary about Britain’s Olympic hopefuls. It had … Continue reading →

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BA cabin staff lay on a special treat at Heathrow airport (Rousse)

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Dreamaticus

There was no real hurry before my next flight so I sat wrapped up in my long black coat in the departure lounge at Heathrow airport. When it was time to board the plane I walked to my gate. It … Continue reading →

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How to make a Buddhist cross (Belle)

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Dreamaticus

It was my first day in a new job and it was already going disastrously wrong. My boss, an old friend, had shouted drunkenly at me before I had even hung up my coat. I had no desk, telephone or … Continue reading →

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The assassin’s wife (Rousse)

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Dreamaticus

I wept on the number 11 bus as it worked its way through the Leith traffic. When the stranger came over to comfort me I listed all my woes: I was always getting lost on public transport (especially trains to … Continue reading →

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