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)