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Recent reveries
- What not to take to a beatification (Rousse)
- A visit to the Manchester United and BBC comb factory (Belle)
- Arran by bike (Rousse)
- Reality TV dating and the joy of comfy slippers (Belle)
- Airport pranks with Stephen Hawking (Belle)
- A mistaken case of coronavirus (Rousse)
- Victorian dental bills, exotic animals and a marriage (Belle)
- Free-riding on the Granton ferry (Rousse)
- Speeding in Stockton-on-Tees (Rousse)
- County Durham coal mine confidences (Rousse)
- Failed seduction in a Birmingham bedsit (Rousse)
- Banter with Chris Packham and the deathbed wedding of a soap opera character (Belle)
- Cat photos lead to fame (Belle)
- Magic tricks for UK research council panel members (Rousse)
- Avocado bathroom suite in the museum of sanitation (Rousse)
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- room
- school
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- secret
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- sister
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- table
- TPR
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- water
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- white
- wife
- window
- woman
- work
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Tag Archives: black
Dangerous dog competition (Rousse)
We would surely lose the competition if the black Labrador – friendly up until this point – continued to refuse to be carried on my back. When it bared its teeth at me yet again, I suggested that perhaps we … Continue reading
Bearded Bob Dylan lookalike (Rousse)
BR dyed his grey hair black, and also touched up his beard. He now looked like Bob Dylan, and I hated it.
A day out in London with a Dane, an impersonator, and a baby Belle (Rousse)
I had a day out with Belle in London. First she took me to the museum café where she treated me to a raspberry and ice cream fruit sundae. I ate it seated next to a Dane who told me … Continue reading
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Tagged agricultural, baby, black, cab, cafe, chest, Dane, daughter, government, impersonator, London, museum, neighbour, official, policy, stranger, toilet, UK
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Secrets by hypnosis in a skimpy black swimsuit (Rousse)
The power of the hypnotist was such that I couldn’t remember my taxi journey to the theatre. I could, however, recall standing in a revealing skimpy black swimsuit spilling every secret of the vast fortune that I had accumulated over … Continue reading
Topless David Beckham’s River Tweed tattooist (Rousse)
David Beckham’s tattooist lived with his family on the banks of the River Tweed. I discovered the artist’s identity the day that TPR drove us to the tiny riverside cottage in his new black sports car . I admired the … Continue reading
Black market fruit and vegetables and a broken iPhone (Rousse)
We stockpiled the fruit and vegetables just inside the main entrance to the university, not far from the reception desk where LM was on duty. Most of the students missed our little stall as they passed by on the way … Continue reading
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Tagged black, casing, eating, entrance, fruit, healthy, iPhone, lecture, market, produce, reception, rucksack, stall, statistics, student, university, vegetable
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A clown, killer whales, and curvy bronzed buttocks (Rousse)
Thirty years on I rediscovered the dark-haired Italian man with whom I had been friendly in France in the 1980s. Now working as a professional clown, he lived on the French riviera in a small apartment that offered wonderful views of … Continue reading
A diamond-encrusted pendant, a party in Perthshire, the Petra Project, philosophy and feminism (Rousse)
We were shattered on the last leg of our train journey home from our holiday. By the time we reached Perth we were almost asleep in our seats. Once back in Edinburgh TPR headed straight home to unpack and I … Continue reading
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Tagged 1920s, address, bag, birthday, black, boyhood, bruise, campaign, celebration, confuse, counter, diamond, Edinburgh, embroidery, employment, exhibit, feminism, Fettes Row, ground, gun, higher education, holiday, insect, jewel, jeweller, job, journey, life, party, pendant, Perth, Perthshire, Petra, philosopy, project, publicity, purple, Reading, Regent Crescent, Royal Circus, Royal Crescent, Royal Terrace, scar, shop, Stockbridge, torture, TPR, train, tree, tummy tuck
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The Bonnie connection (Rousse)
A small black American stranger asked us if anyone could help her track down someone called Bonnie. ‘No problem’, I replied. ‘Please tell us a bit more about Bonnie. I’m pretty sure that I will know her’. Most of the … Continue reading
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Tagged American, black, Bonnie, connection, disbelief, know, network, record, small, stranger, track, woman
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A Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Christmas surprise (Rousse)
TPR kept a shop not far from the Edinburgh city bypass. It sold traditional toys. One Christmas Eve I walked to the shop with KA. On the way I regaled her with tales of Queen Margaret College graduate MR, his … Continue reading
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Tagged black, call, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Christmas, Christmas Eve, college, duck, engine, family, fire, girlfriend, graduate, Liverpool, Liverpudlian, phone, plume, Queen Margaret, shop, smoke, steam, surprise, telephone, toddler, toy, TPR, traditional, tug, twin, wheel, wood
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