Tag Archives: class

A proposed oral penalty (Rousse)

Posted on November 5, 2025 by Dreamaticus

EH was away so I was left to chaperone the learned dignitary who had flown in from the US to deliver a guest lecture to the final year students. She was the only British academic to have ever won the … Continue reading →

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Banned from aquafit (Rousse)

Posted on September 15, 2025 by Dreamaticus

I was expelled from my aquafit class for making 16 errors in the morning’s routine. (I had also worn my outdoor shoes at the poolside – a much greater crime in my books – but nobody seemed to have noticed.)

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A wasted return trip to New Zealand (Rousse)

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Dreamaticus

My old running pal EJ forgot her rugby bag when she set off for New Zealand. ‘To hell with the expense!’ I thought as I booked my flight. It was worth the cost to deliver the bag to her in … Continue reading →

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Yoga versus Radio 1’s dance fitness (Rousse)

Posted on September 17, 2024 by Dreamaticus

It was 11:45 when I remembered that I was booked into a yoga class at 12:00. I ran all the way to the gym in the vain hope of reaching the studio in time. Alas, I was too late to … Continue reading →

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Online conference revival (Rousse)

Posted on March 27, 2024 by Dreamaticus

Last held in 2013, we all believed that that was the end of the annual Online conference – until this week, when it was revived in London. LVZ was operating the complicated lifts, and my colleague BMR selling miscellaneous books … Continue reading →

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Fast yoga teacher performs the plank naked (Rousse)

Posted on February 25, 2023 by Dreamaticus

LM had warned me that her teacher practised ‘fast yoga’. Regardless, I signed up for the open-air class. There were two other newbies, both of whom looked extremely unfit. I’d be fine with some pilates training already under my belt. … Continue reading →

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New York Times publishes coded message to run Trump out of town (Rousse)

Posted on July 18, 2021 by Dreamaticus

How could this be a holiday if I were sleeping at the lecturer’s desk in front of a class of thirty, all of whom were also extremely angry that the week of sunshine, sea and sand that they had been … Continue reading →

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A new job at the University of Nowhere (Rousse)

Posted on April 14, 2021 by Dreamaticus

My colleague called in sick, so I offered to take his class. My instructions were first to collect his teaching materials from the print room. These comprised: a selection of peer-reviewed journal articles, each in a buff folder; a special … Continue reading →

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Red and white woodpecker gate-crashes class (Rousse)

Posted on March 2, 2021 by Dreamaticus

I heard a knocking from above, looked up, and saw a beautiful red and white woodpecker tapping on the wooden classroom chandelier. I stopped the class so that we could all take out our phones to photograph the beauty.

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Lazy Lady Gaga (Rousse)

Posted on January 31, 2021 by Dreamaticus

I gatecrashed a gathering of famous female pop stars and actors in the Durness community hall. I persuaded them that I was their fitness instructor and insisted that nobody was exempt from my exercise class. None of them really wanted … Continue reading →

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