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Committee meeting expulsions (Rousse)

Posted on August 17, 2025 by Dreamaticus

Dressed in old stone-washed jeans and a tatty T shirt, and carrying a 4 litre plastic bottle of milk, I ran from my grandmother’s bungalow to the meeting venue. I felt very out of place, and somewhat ashamed, when I … Continue reading →

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Check your junk mail folder (Rousse)

Posted on August 29, 2024 by Dreamaticus

I felt obliged to pass on the news to LM that her conference paper was not, in fact, rejected. Rather, it had been warmly welcomed by the programme committee and already published in the conference proceedings. Unfortunately, however, there was … Continue reading →

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Top meeting venue (Rousse)

Posted on December 17, 2023 by Dreamaticus

I thought that my childhood home had been abandoned, but now I found that various committees considered it a top venue for their gatherings. A woman asked me directions to the room for her next meeting. I ignored her. All … Continue reading →

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Appointments committee limbo party (Rousse)

Posted on July 20, 2016 by Dreamaticus

The video link to the meeting of senior management across town should have been closed down much earlier in the day. Since it was still open the six of us in the classroom were able to witness completely the unexpected … Continue reading →

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Sleep, stations, Swindon, and Southampton (Rousse)

Posted on November 16, 2015 by Dreamaticus

It was our second day back in the UK after our transatlantic trip and I was due to chair a meeting in Swindon. I caught the train from London and took my seat – then, suffering from jet lag, I … Continue reading →

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An insider’s view of the Edinburgh Fringe (Rousse)

Posted on July 30, 2015 by Dreamaticus

It was Fringe time in Edinburgh but this year was different because I was now one of the organisers. (I actually resented the extra work as committee secretary, and resolved to resign as soon as I was promoted.) BR and … Continue reading →

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Lord Sugar’s reassuring wink (Rousse)

Posted on April 9, 2015 by Dreamaticus

My committee had been taken over by a drag queen dressed in a yellow and purple mini-skirt and a yellow nylon wig. I dare not object, however, because she was also a senior member of academic staff. Her first task … Continue reading →

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A failed meeting (Rousse)

Posted on January 3, 2015 by Dreamaticus

The committee was due to meet in my study. I arranged the furniture so that everyone would fit in: two seminar table arrangements, with the smaller one inside the other. As people arrived I took drinks orders (three instant coffees), … Continue reading →

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Black M&S knickers laundered for the overworked academic (Rousse)

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Dreamaticus

It was inevitable that I would eventually just give in to my workload and move onto campus. My new “home” was a small space at the end of a bench of computers in a noisy student lab: we had words … Continue reading →

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Chronology change chaos at the British Council and the Kate Greenaway Children’s Book Award (Rousse)

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Dreamaticus

The hole in the time space continuum was causing all sorts of trouble, including the relocation of major landmarks. For example, Ben Nevis had shifted 250 miles south to Manchester city centre, bringing with it a microclimate of streaked wispy … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: committee

Committee meeting expulsions (Rousse)

Check your junk mail folder (Rousse)

Top meeting venue (Rousse)

Appointments committee limbo party (Rousse)

Sleep, stations, Swindon, and Southampton (Rousse)

An insider’s view of the Edinburgh Fringe (Rousse)

Lord Sugar’s reassuring wink (Rousse)

A failed meeting (Rousse)

Black M&S knickers laundered for the overworked academic (Rousse)

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