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Rousse hunts for food after a cold night in the research council committee car

The venue for the research council meeting was a tiny battered car on Annandale Street. I was squashed in behind the front passenger’s seat listening to academics pontificating about anything but research. For example, one shared his obsession for staging … Continue reading

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Rousse’s posh tattoo

I was working for a high-profile international committee when the guerilla tattoo artist attacked me. For three years I was lumbered with his creation in inky lettering embedded into the full length of my back. Although I hated it, at … Continue reading

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Secret plot of primary school friends (Rousse)

Self-nominated Hartburn Primary School high achievers AG and ST took root at a committee table in my bedroom. I had no idea what they were plotting, but apart from the following Wednesday (when AG had to pop back to Stockton … Continue reading

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Lovesick “spy” in purple fleece pyjamas goes shopping for an Easter egg at Woolworths (Rousse)

Such was my haste to accept the invitation to work again with JB and his team that I didn’t have time to dress properly for the mission. I hoped that nobody would notice that I was wearing my purple fleece … Continue reading

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Rousse’s Darth Vader impersonation reaps rewards

The all-female committee smiled and listened as I spoke. Nobody – not even LR-J or BR – challenged a single of my ideas. This was great! Normally I would be ignored. A little later the sun came out and cast … Continue reading

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Let me leave Loughborough (Rousse)

We were gathered around a table at Loughborough University to discuss the establishment of a new research centre for visiting library and information science researchers, and this was getting embarrassing. For the third time I asked the chair of the … Continue reading

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