Tag Archives: Birmingham University

Herman and his (twenty-first century) hermits take a trip to Manchester Airport (Rousse)

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Dreamaticus

“It’s Herman the German” hissed AW when I asked who was at the wheel of my car. Now I understood why WB was chatting away in her native language in the passenger seat. Herman was driving us all to Manchester … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged airport, Birmingham University, business, car, china, coincidence, departure, documents, driving, German, Herman, Herman and the hermits, hermits, holiday, language, LinkedIn, lounge, Manchester, Manchester airport, Manor House, park, parking, recycle, sofa, trading, travel, trip, University of Birmingham, vehicle | Leave a comment

Andrew Lawrence, the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre, a stranded bride, and the ruler of the universe (Rousse)

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Dreamaticus

We headed up the M6, keen to reach our destination in time to take part in the 10k race, my final exams, and the graduation ceremony. We were grateful not to be travelling in the opposite direction. A light aircraft … Continue reading →

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Luxury yellow bathroom is no substitute for missing wife (Rousse)

Posted on June 8, 2013 by Dreamaticus

Now that it was the fashion to return to university to repeat your first degree, I found myself back at the University of Birmingham reading French. However, by the end of first year I was struggling to study and hold … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged absence, bathroom, Birmingham University, clutter, degree, Edinburgh, French, home, house, job, lonely, luxury, missing, student, study, substitute, TPR, university, University of Birmingham, wife, yellow | Leave a comment

Disco dancing and dalliances at the University of Birmingham (Rousse)

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Dreamaticus

My birthday disco lights came in useful at a party hosted in a student flat with all my undergraduate pals from Birmingham University’s French department. While the rest of us danced the night away, X was up to her usual … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Birmingham University, dalliance, dalliances, dancing, department, disco, entertain, flat, French, gentlemen, guest, guests, lights, party, student, students, University of Birmingham | Leave a comment

A wasted trip to the University of Birmingham’s Muirhead Tower (Rousse)

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Dreamaticus

I found my timetable on a scrunched up piece of brown paper in the bottom of my handbag. I’d looked at it so infrequently that I was unsure as to which way it read: were those the hours across the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bag, Birmingham University, class, classes, course, degree, fail, handbag, lift, lifts, list, lists, module, Muirhead Tower, name, names, paper, paternoster, project management, qualification, staff, timetable, trip, tutor, tutors, University of Birmingham, work | Leave a comment

Selling timeshares in Spain with coconut cakes and coffee (Rousse)

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Dreamaticus

We knew that KMcM lived and worked in Spain, so it came as no surprise to find her in a hotel ballroom delivering a presentation on timeshares in a long shimmery black backless dress that showed off her tan. We … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged audience, backless, ballroom, Birmingham University, black, cake, cakes, coconut, coffee, concerns, conversation, dregs. coffee, dress, flask, flasks, hotel, modularisation, module, Spain, Spanish, students, tea, timeshare, timeshares, trolley, university, University of Birmingham, University of Hertfordshire | Leave a comment

Rousse recovers from a fashion faux pas by dancing the bare-topped tango

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Dreamaticus

Perhaps the reunion was a failure because it was organised by a black and white border collie? I felt uncomfortable from the moment that I arrived. Two girls from my sixth form English class, N and C, were the first … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged baby, bare, bare-topped, Birmingham University, border, bra, chest, class, collie, dog, dress, English, fashion, faux pas, flesh, leg, legs, pale, pop socks, reunion, sixth form, Spanish, tango, top, tunic, University of Birmingham, White Stuff | Leave a comment

How to get (another) PhD (Rousse)

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Dreamaticus

The Birmingham University reunion switched venue to Aberystwyth. There I caught up with SC, HW and CP and others – supposedly to reminisce about our undergraduate days, but in practice to moan about the deficiencies of the modern-day husband. Also … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged assessment, Birmingham, Birmingham University, films, French, husband, husbands, language, literature, novels, pact, panic, PhD, strategy, undergraduate, University of Birmingham | Leave a comment

Jane Garvey lies about her student days (Rousse)

Posted on October 27, 2012 by Dreamaticus

Jane Garvey broadcast to the world from her little desk. It was incredibly low-tech, but this was all she needed as the voice of BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour. I was always on the look-out for any references that Garvey … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged BBC, bedroom, Birmingham University, broadcast, broadcaster, central heating, cosy, desk, Garvey, idea, ideas, Jane Garvey, libraries, library, listeners, Manor House, programme, public, Radio 4, references, research, retired, schedule, sellotape, student, University of Birmingham, voice, Woman's Hour | Leave a comment

Synchronised surf-boarding and questions of copyright at Birmingham University main library (Rousse)

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Dreamaticus

Single study rooms were at a premium in Birmingham University’s main library, especially the ones with beds. Fortunately I managed to secure one for myself, although I was disappointed to find that the sheets were torn. The last user had … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged acknowledgement, action, bed, belongings, Birmingham, Birmingham University, black and white, copyright, dissertation, gold, library, main, main library, medal, owner, photo, photograph, photographs, photos, picture, pictures, professional, reinforcement., room, rooms, sheet, sheets, single, study, surf, surf-board, surf-boarders, surf-boarding, surfboard, surfboarders, surfboarding, surfing, sychronised, Team GB, torn, university, University of Birmingham, user | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Birmingham University

Herman and his (twenty-first century) hermits take a trip to Manchester Airport (Rousse)

Andrew Lawrence, the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre, a stranded bride, and the ruler of the universe (Rousse)

Luxury yellow bathroom is no substitute for missing wife (Rousse)

Disco dancing and dalliances at the University of Birmingham (Rousse)

Selling timeshares in Spain with coconut cakes and coffee (Rousse)

Rousse recovers from a fashion faux pas by dancing the bare-topped tango

How to get (another) PhD (Rousse)

Jane Garvey lies about her student days (Rousse)

Synchronised surf-boarding and questions of copyright at Birmingham University main library (Rousse)

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