Birmingham

Both Belle and Rousse are former residents of Birmingham. Perhaps this accounts for the frequency of their nocturnal visits to England’s (oft-disputed) second city.

• All roads lead to the Bristol Road South (Rousse) (Bristol Road South)
• Belle practises party pyrotechnics, almost with Stephen Fry
• Rousse in time warp trouble (University of Birmingham)
• Rousse’s wedding day 2 antics (University of Birmingham)
• Stephen Fry and other uninvited guests (Rousse) (University of Birmingham)
• Rousse’s reunion (University of Birmingham)
• The otter and Harry Potter (Rousse) (University of Birmingham, and Northfield)
• Time travel with a drum and bass soundtrack (Belle) (Rackhams)
• A bomb, a bath and a bête noire (Rousse)
• Life as an abandoned wife (Rousse) (Manor House, University of Birmingham)
• Archbishop of Canterbury reigns over Wembley and David Cameron settles into Edinburgh pied-à-terre (Rousse) (University of Birmingham)
• Dissertation deadline dilly dally (Rousse) (Manor House, University of Birmingham, A38)
• Belle goes clubbing and meets a resistance heroine (Broad Street)
• Tea out training and “terror” on the trains (Rousse) (a local WMPTE railway station)
• Belle unmasked as a thief on primetime TV (Birmingham museum and art gallery)
• Kevin McCloud advises Rousse on housing law (Manor House, University of Birmingham)
• Rousse nets £25 million research grant, and mends her glasses (University of Birmingham)
• A late resolution to train for the Olympics at London 2012 (Rousse) (University of Birmingham)
• Tiffany Blue box “engagement” mystery (Rousse)
• Rousse roller-blades, writes proposals, and collects cast-offs (University of Birmingham)
• Rousse’s qualifications quandary (University of Birmingham)
• Mention of Elton John and exotic work trips sets off swoon (Rousse) (Perry Barr)
• The Apprentice’s Natasha Scribbins vainly attempts to save Rousse from expenses claim hell (University of Birmingham)
• Haunts old and new, and party dresses (Rousse)
• Promoting public libraries and chaos at work (Rousse)
• Graeme Garden’s elasticated stockings and a railway car chase (Rousse) (Birmingham New Street station)
• Illegal clown disrupts travel plans (Rousse) (Digbeth coach station)
• School reunions – beware the ex (Rousse) (University of Birmingham)
• Bad behaviour and an F1 fireball kill conversation (Rousse) (Manor House, University of Birmingham)
• Rousse avoids a rubbish job (Muirhead Tower, University of Birmingham)
• Humiliated Belle and a clownish revenge (City centre and jewellery quarter)
• Belle holds down two jobs (Kingstanding, Hawthorn Road)
• A mother’s secret career and further clues of the Baby Ted graveyard (Rousse) (Muirhead Tower, University of Birmingham)
• A college education and life as a call girl (Belle)
• How to improve your REF 2014 ranking (Rousse) (University of Birmingham)
• Flatmate shoot-out (Belle)
• Hall of residence handicrafts at the University of Birmingham (Rousse) (Manor House, University of Birmingham)
• A cat-assisted attempt to avoid divorce (Rousse) (University of Birmingham)
• Central Birmingham palace “sponsored” by Asian airline (Rousse)
• Birmingham University confessions, a career with moleskins, and underwater cycle kayaking (Rousse)
• JK Rowling bakes a mean meringue (Rousse) (University of Birmingham main library)
• Daily Mail Eurovision song contest hoax (Rousse) (Birmingham airport)
• Rousse’s rubbish reunion
• Accommodation for a single husband, cycling safety, and wedding dresses (Rousse) (Manor House, University of Birmingham)
• A patchwork quilt, property in Perthshire, and a stay at the Palace (Rousse) (Manor House, University of Birmingham)
• Synchronised surf-boarding and questions of copyright at Birmingham University main library (Rousse) (Main library, University of Birmingham)
• An embarrassing handshake (Belle)
• Gothic goings-on (Belle)
• Jane Garvey lies about her student days (Rousse) (Manor House, University of Birmingham)
• How to get (another) PhD (Rousse) (University of Birmingham)
• William Morris book design determines undergraduate reading habits (Rousse) (University of Birmingham – Great Hall, main library)
• Rob Brydon and Sarah Millican top Rousse’s bill
• Miss Piggy’s plastic surgery and GCHQ’s latest discovery (Rousse)
• Rousse recovers from a fashion faux pas by dancing the bare-topped tango (University of Birmingham)
• Doctor doctor, where did the PhD graduate sign on? (Rousse)
• Selling timeshares in Spain with coconut cakes and coffee (Rousse) (University of Birmingham)
• An undesirable neighbour (Rousse)
• Peep Show’s Super Hans seeks new recruits to his “Moonys” cult (Rousse)
• A wasted trip to the University of Birmingham’s Muirhead Tower (Rousse) (Muirhead Tower, University of Birmingham)
• Disco dancing and dalliances at the University of Birmingham (Rousse) (University of Birmingham)
• Rousse reviews the retired and the retro
• Luxury yellow bathroom is no substitute for missing wife (Rousse) (University of Birmingham)
• Desperate nuns resort to kidnap to drive up convent recruitment figures (Perry Barr)
• Back to Birmingham for the finals (Rousse) (University of Birmingham)
• Unwise words and a Christmas tragedy on the Thames (Rousse)
• Herman and his (twenty first century) hermits take a trip to Manchester airport (Rousse) (The Manor House, University of Birmingham)
• Bodies on Birmingham’s Bristol Road South (Rousse) (Bristol Road South)
• Birmingham’s Grand Canyon (Rousse)
• Shopping for Morrissey records with Piers Brosnan (Belle)
• David Mitchell’s ancestors and Rabelais (Rousse) (University of Birmingham)
• Finding a tenant in Birmingham (Rousse) (Northfield)
• An unhappy WAG (Rousse) (Manor House, Northfield, University of Birmingham)
• Happy times at the Manor House (Rousse) (Manor House, Northfield, University of Birmingham)
• An illogical trip to Birmingham (Rousse) (Pershore Road)
• Library and information science at Birmingham Polytechnic (Rousse) (Birmingham Polytechnic, Perry Barr)
• An under-resourced conference (Rousse) (Northfield)
• University of Birmingham stages reconstruction of Manor House fire (Rousse) (Manor House, Northfield)
• University of Birmingham releases exam marks 29 years late (Rousse) (University of Birmingham)
• A broken engagement (Rousse)
• A top floor house sale and an errant husband confesses (Rousse) (University of Birmingham)
• The Manor House: an historical account (Rousse) (The Manor House, University of Birmingham)
• The best accommodation in Birmingham (Rousse)
• Amazing discoveries from the dead to diamonds in rainy Birmingham (Rousse) (Birmingham University Library)
• On course for a secret love affair (Rousse) (University of Birmingham)
• Snow go in Worcestershire, but all’s OK in Birmingham (Rousse)
• Renovating the renovations (Rousse)
• Girl meets girl on Hebridean beach (Rousse) (High Hall, University of Birmingham)
• Simon le Bon and Duran Duran play Birmingham University reunion (Rousse)
• Birmingham University students play on swings to avoid murder scene (Rousse) (University of Birmingham, city centre)
• President Donald Trump fails to attract inauguration ceremony audience in tatty Victorian theatre (Rousse) (Muirhead Tower, University of Birmingham)
• A secret phone, a hidden four poster bed, a hard-to-reach dinner venue, and prostitutes (Rousse) (New Street)
• Signs of an affair (Rousse)
• An ‘executive home’ in Birmingham (Rousse)
• French at the University of Birmingham (Rousse) (University of Birmingham)
• Belle and Rousse to reunite (Rousse)
• Contini kidnap (Rousse)
• A kiss and a cuddle in the science museum (Rousse) (Abbeydale Road, Northfield)
• A long soak (Rousse) (The Manor House, Northfield)
• Belle the librarian serves Rousse the criminal (Rousse) (Birmingham City University)
• To the reunion by pram (Rousse) (Manor House, University of Birmingham)
• Bare legs and no knickers in a spanking new library (Rousse) (Main library, University of Birmingham)
• From Birmingham to Edinburgh by Lomax (Rousse) (New Street station)
• Dog in a pram – a love story (Belle)
• Tussling with a drag queen and making Michael Portillo cry (Belle)
• Accommodation woes at the University of Birmingham (Rousse) (Mason Hall, the Vale, University of Birmingham)
• Diamond disappointment (Rousse) (University of Birmingham)
• Best friends with a fishing rod vandal in Chamberlain Square (Belle) (Chamberlain Square)
• A library leopard (Rousse) (University of Birmingham main library)
• Greta Garbo Oxford shame (Rousse) (Abbeydale Road, Northfield)
• A failed rail journey to Northfield (Rousse) (Northfield)
• Failed seduction in a Birmingham bedsit (Rousse) (New Street station)
• How to keep a loving relationship alive (Rousse) (University of Birmingham)
• String sorting wife clings to marital home (Rousse)
• Salvaged: a single-footed skateboard and an antique secrétaire (Rousse) (Northfield)
• Downward mobility (Rousse) (32 Abbeydale Road, Northfield)
• Working from home less dangerous than office life (Rousse) (Mason Hall, Vale Campus, University of Birmingham)
• The Princess Royal, a self-driving car, and a road traffic accident (Rousse)
• Pasadena Roof Orchestra tunes, yellow Crocs, and an unsuccessful job application (Rousse) (Manor House, University of Birmingham)
• Grand designs in south west Birmingham (Rousse) (Northfield)
• Traitors, faithfuls, and the University of Birmingham Ballroom Dancing Society (Rousse)
• University fees scrapped for state-educated students (Rousse) (University of Birmingham)
• Undercover work at the sex club (Belle) (Perry Barr)
• Sell-by dates and shoe walls (Belle) (city centre)
• Aristotle, Shakespeare, Pirandello Henry IV – and a shop for sale in Stirchley (Rousse) (University of Birmingham; Stirchley)
• Wrinkly faces and a Fiat 500 (Rousse)
• Dreadful driving with the Bay City Rollers in Birmingham (Rousse)
• Big changes at the University of Birmingham (Rousse)