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Hamleys for the depressed (Rousse)

Posted on May 14, 2018 by Dreamaticus

Bored, lonely and depressed in London, I headed off to Hamleys. On the ground floor I visited the dull Hitchhikers’ Guide to the Galaxy exhibition. Then I walked up several flights of stairs with a pair of very overweight American … Continue reading →

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Encounters with chartered surveyors (Rousse)

Posted on March 31, 2018 by Dreamaticus

I had encounters with two chartered surveyors on the same day. The first – RA – spoke to me of his ‘elephantine’ features as contrasted with my ‘beauty’ as he walked me to a tube station in London. I did … Continue reading →

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Seaside town wins BBC Food and Farming Award (Rousse)

Posted on October 1, 2017 by Dreamaticus

The winner of the BBC Radio 4 Food and Farming Awards was the a seaside town on the south coast of England. The prize recognised the elaborate ‘sandcastle’ complex that included a working roller-coaster and mechanical dinosaur.

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Stephen Fry heads to the Pennines with Hugh Laurie in hope of a big prize (Rousse)

Posted on March 27, 2017 by Dreamaticus

We soon came across the reconstructed neolithic settlements in the Pennines. Everyone else was keen to pay the entrance fee to visit the tiny houses and talk to the ‘inhabitants’. I felt like I had seen it all before so … Continue reading →

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Daily Mail sub-editor is secret small screen writer (Rousse)

Posted on March 14, 2017 by Dreamaticus

I discovered that Daily Mail sub-editor RH was the secret writer of scores of award-winning television dramas. This was on the same day that I overheard him say that he hardly ever watched television. It was my brother-in-law JS who … Continue reading →

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A silly strop beneath the Smiths (Rousse)

Posted on December 25, 2015 by Dreamaticus

X sat at his desk beneath the Smiths poster. Every time that a gust of wind blew outdoors the poster billowed. I suggested that the windows be closed. It was winter after all. All this time I had thought that … Continue reading →

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All eyes on the designer – and not the bride (Rousse)

Posted on May 16, 2014 by Dreamaticus

Normally all eyes would be on the bride, but MSB looked so beautiful in her modest office outfit of vintage-style 1950s hyacinth blue satin underwear (a tape measure in her hand) that on wedding days crowds gathered at the studio … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: award

Hamleys for the depressed (Rousse)

Encounters with chartered surveyors (Rousse)

Seaside town wins BBC Food and Farming Award (Rousse)

Stephen Fry heads to the Pennines with Hugh Laurie in hope of a big prize (Rousse)

Daily Mail sub-editor is secret small screen writer (Rousse)

A silly strop beneath the Smiths (Rousse)

All eyes on the designer – and not the bride (Rousse)

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