Tag Archives: card

Magic tricks for UK research council panel members (Rousse)

Posted on June 13, 2020 by

I had a busy day ahead with a research council panel meeting in the morning followed by an operation to remove a facial skin cancer in the afternoon. CO was on the same schedule as me so – as a … Continue reading →

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New boys in town (Rousse)

Posted on June 5, 2020 by

The first duty of CM’s three boys when they moved up to Edinburgh from Leeds was to surprise me at 6:00am on my birthday. The little one was most enthusiastic, especially when I said that I would play board games … Continue reading →

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Stolen childhood treasures for sale on eBay (Rousse)

Posted on April 9, 2020 by

A small brown cloth badge stitched in white with the letters T, H and S caught my eye on eBay. Someone from my old school must be selling on the site. The same seller had posted a chipped Blue Peter … Continue reading →

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A Hebridean Holy Island (Rousse)

Posted on March 4, 2019 by

Holy Island was looking rather Hebridean with its towering peaks and sandy lochs. I sat at the water’s edge with JMH trying to work out whether the island had switched coastlines. Had it somehow landed on the west coast of … Continue reading →

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Belle the librarian serves Rousse the criminal (Rousse)

Posted on April 27, 2018 by

It was a tough route up the concrete staircase in the cold to the main library of Birmingham City University, but so worth the struggle to be greeted by squeals of joy from Belle, on duty at the main enquiry … Continue reading →

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A box of sayings from Switzerland (Rousse)

Posted on January 23, 2018 by

When SL first held the open the small box I thought that she was offering me a cigarette. On closer inspection I saw that it contained long slim strips of card. On each there was a different uplifting saying or … Continue reading →

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Unethical practices of rail companies (Rousse)

Posted on November 23, 2017 by

The three women in the train carriage were all plain-clothed police officers. I knew this because I had been allocated the role of PhD supervisor for one of them. The woman in question, however, was unaware of this because she … Continue reading →

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Why bother with home-made Christmas cards? (Rousse)

Posted on November 11, 2017 by

EH sat at the far end of the sofa, watching me as I cut out shapes from unused Christmas cards to make some cards of my own. ‘What is the point of doing that?’ she asked. ‘I like to make … Continue reading →

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Violence on the buses (Rousse)

Posted on November 6, 2017 by

ECM and I were travelling south along the east coast train line. I was heading to a conference in Kent, and she was accompanying me part of the way. It was only when ECM left the train that I realised … Continue reading →

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Teenage Geordie steals a snog and credit cards (Rousse)

Posted on June 4, 2017 by

I arranged to meet my niece at the top of her University of Newcastle hall of residence. To reach her, however, I had to climb up a huge tower of open IKEA kitchen drawers crammed full of utensils. The only … Continue reading →

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