Dreamaticus populae
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Tag Archives: colleague
Dead whale washed up by storm (Rousse)
The waves surged higher and higher and I feared that they would come crashing through the house. I’d never seen so high a tide, nor one that brought in with it such an exotic harvest. The latest marine animal to … Continue reading
Three services for late academic (Rousse)
My colleague BEX was dead. Instead of a single funeral, three services were due to take place in honour of his memory. One was in an Anglican church, another in a Catholic cathedral, and the third was the private family … Continue reading
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Tagged academic, Anglican, Archbishop of Canterbury, catholic, colleague, family, funeral, honour, honours, late, private, service
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Hidden academics (Rousse)
I was asked to share an office with one of the most untidiest of my colleagues. This would be a big challenge for me. As for the students, they would never be able to find us because we failed to … Continue reading
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Tagged academic, challenge, colleague, door, hide, office, PhD student, share, student, untidy
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Hanky panky with a young project manager (Rousse)
I got off with Stuart, a young friend of TPR’s former colleague MS. Stuart worked as a project manager. This was useful for PS’s Masters project. He also drove a fast car. But this romance would never work. For a … Continue reading
Unemployed Sunderland couple give daughter away (Rousse)
Who was this small dark-haired, short-legged child with a Scottish accent living with the mother of my childhood friend ECM? She couldn’t possibly be ECM’s little sister: her mother had been widowed for years. A neighbour (and known fantasist) suggested … Continue reading
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Tagged accent, bath, brother, care, childhood, colleague, couple, dark, daughter, fantasist, father, friend, leg. child, little, long-term, mother, neighbour, nonsense, polytechnic, redundancy, Scottish, sister, small, Sunderland, Sunderland Polytechnic, unemployed, widow
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News of sex scandal ‘of BBC proportions’ breaks at British university (Rousse)
BD and I were dealing with a wee dilemma. Our colleague X was doing the rounds asking for sponsorship. Meanwhile we needed to approach the same people to gather contributions to X’s retirement present. We feared that few people would … Continue reading
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Tagged accusation, amle, BBC, British, colleague, dilemma, give, jimmy savile, malpractice, news, present, retirement, scandal, senior, sex, sponsorship, student, university
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Masters supervision without Margaret (Rousse)
When I came out of MR’s office I found a Chinese student waiting for me in the corridor. Once we had cleared up whether or not she was Margaret (she was not), I led her to the room that I … Continue reading →