Tag Archives: art

Advances in book design (Rousse)

Posted on February 12, 2018 by Dreamaticus

BEX showed me the beautiful line drawings of a crowd that would be used for the cover of his new book. He was delighted when I said him that I loved the design, and took great pleasure in telling me … Continue reading →

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Academic is owner of magnificent mansion on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne (Rousse)

Posted on December 9, 2017 by Dreamaticus

I knew that it was unconventional to take one’s sibling to a school management meeting, but now that mine worked at the University (albeit in a different department), I thought that I would get away with it. SS glanced over … Continue reading →

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Bid to honour Hartburn home (Rousse)

Posted on August 21, 2017 by Dreamaticus

There was a move to honour the White House (Hartburn, Stockton-on-Tees) as a national monument on account of the parties held there in the 1970s and 1980s. I doubted that it merited such attention: it was not as if my … Continue reading →

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Things to do in Orkney (with Maltesers) (Rousse)

Posted on July 23, 2017 by Dreamaticus

The weather was fabulous in Orkney. At the county show I bought the most enormous beef burger. In Kirkwall we watched a parade of emergency services vehicles and ate free Maltesers in the art gallery.

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An unworthy dissertation on Elizabeth I (Rousse)

Posted on June 5, 2017 by Dreamaticus

SC and I were trying to work in one of the smaller University library reading rooms. While I was still worrying about my degree, she was marking a dissertation on Elizabeth I. She and JK wanted to fail the work … Continue reading →

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Books, visitors, and plans for Christmas 2016 at the newly acquired guest house (Rousse)

Posted on August 31, 2016 by Dreamaticus

The guest house was now in the hands of MB. This meant that there was a completely different library of old books from which to retrieve your reading material. I soon worked my way through modern literary fiction, but then … Continue reading →

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A secret tryst at the White House (Rousse)

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Dreamaticus

It was mid-January and high time that our Christmas visitors headed off home. While non-stop partying had its appeal, these so-called friends were eating us out of house and home, and TPR had strong suspicions that they were sponging off … Continue reading →

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Exclusive travel – with basking sharks (Rousse)

Posted on December 2, 2015 by Dreamaticus

We travelled the coast by train. Over the course of the journey we came across ancient primitive artwork etched into rocks not far from the shore, and basking sharks playing in the shallow waters. Later TPR and I enjoyed a … Continue reading →

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School reunion dress disaster (Rousse)

Posted on September 4, 2015 by Dreamaticus

In my enthusiasm to share my expert knowledge of sanitary products with my former classmates, I forgot to pack a dress for the school reunion. Our hostess JB came up with a solution for my dress dilemma: to raid her … Continue reading →

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Venice turns pink in Newcastle-upon-Tyne (Rousse)

Posted on April 11, 2015 by Dreamaticus

Every morning I visited my sister S to try on the clothes that she had acquired for me from the charity shops the previous day. It was also our habit to watch half an hour of terrible daytime television together … Continue reading →

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