Dreamaticus populae
- Noel Fielding on a first date (Belle)
- PhD students excel at motor cross conference (Rousse)
- A PhD student, a wolf, and a champion demented Whitby stretcher-thrower (Rousse)
- PhD write-up distractions: National Trust for Scotland properties (Rousse)
- Insolent student sleeps rough in public library (Rousse)
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Recent reveries
- Dying gerbil mistaken for dog (Rousse)
- A secret agent and a sacred text (Rousse)
- Noel Fielding on a first date (Belle)
- Hostage clings to novel entertainment at end of ordeal (Rousse)
- Bubble ring valuation (Rousse)
- French at the University of Birmingham (Rousse)
- 1970s emerald ear-rings worth a house (Rousse)
- An athletic library user (Rousse)
- What not to say and/or do at a school reunion (Rousse)
- Sarong underwear (Rousse)
- Wear fur and wool to beat the winter office blues (Rousse)
- The secret beaches of East Lothian (Rousse)
- A romantic, faraway wedding venue with beautiful vegan bed and breakfast (Rousse)
- Hyacinth birthday cake (Rousse)
- Space travel, trains and boats (Belle)
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Tag Archives: children
Angelina Ballerina fans interviewed by Rolf Harris (Belle)
My friend JB and I were on one of her famous ‘pantomime crawls’. We arrived at the theatre in time for the Angelina Ballerina curtain call. Small children were screaming with delight as a hippopotamus in a tutu took a … Continue reading
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Tagged Angelina Ballerina, children, love, pantomime, Rolf Harris, student
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A purple helter skelter, party tricks, Skype, and recycling (Rousse)
JC was my passenger as we drove along a formerly familiar route that now included a purple helter skelter ramp covered all over in graffiti. I was amazed that the car was supple enough to work its way round the … Continue reading
Things to do in Dumfries and Galloway (Rousse)
Just over the brow of the hill we would reach the beach with the enormous waves. I screamed at TPR to slow down – otherwise we risked being engulfed in sea water as soon as we hit the sand. I … Continue reading
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Tagged break, brwo, bus, child, children, Dumfries, dune, edge, engulf, Galloway, girl, guest, hair, hill, lift, long, lunch, market, medieval, orchestra, placement, practise, pupil, red, revolving door, risk, road, sand, school, sea, sister, slow, spill, tide, time, tour, town, TPR, twin, twon, uniform, visit, water, wave, work
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Twins, a five-legged soccer creature, and a lost football pitch (Rousse)
I accompanied the twin eight year-olds (already kitted out in white football strips) to the vast park. Here I was told that we would easily find the pitch. We set off as directed. I related tales of a five-legged soccer … Continue reading
An ousted father and an ice cream (Rousse)
We found the children dredging the canal in their back garden. Their mother was nowhere to be seen, apparently at work. When they fell silent we looked up and saw their father at the gate. ‘We are not allowed to … Continue reading
Meeting a metal-framed monarch mother at the New York mausoleum (Rousse)
I was auditioning for the role of mistress of an American millionaire. A small Jewish Italian New Yorker appeared to have taken a fancy to me so I did my best to impress him by spending the afternoon with his … Continue reading →