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Secrets of the royal bride-to-be (not Kate Middleton, but Rousse)

My royal wedding was just a couple of weeks away. How extraordinary that I had been chosen to marry a prince of the realm (groom as yet unspecified). My school friend AH (now AR) was green with envy. In spite … Continue reading

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Access to Edinburgh airport, cinema-style (Rousse)

JW was very proud that she was the one who had encouraged ND to book the circle of the cinema for her party. ND certainly looked very happy, cosying up to TPR in one of the VIP seats. My short … Continue reading

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Christmas calendar mystery (Rousse)

I whizzed down Castle Street as fast as I could. Even so my bike couldn’t carry me fast enough to reach EF at the junction. As she turned right on to Queen Street she called back cheerily “Thanks for the … Continue reading

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A bendy bus trip to Diagon Alley, but Harry Potter nowhere to be seen (Rousse)

What was it with TPR and clothing? Here he was cycling towards town along Morningside Road in Bruntsfield on a sunny day wearing a navy blue T shirt – and nothing else! His response to a request to please put … Continue reading

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A trandem, tourists and a traffic warden (Rousse)

We were bound to be killed, all because JH refused to wear the high-visibility jacket that I was offering him. Even though KT and I could be seen in our yellow regalia, it was really important that JH be visible … Continue reading

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Belle on a bicycle – and a hospital visit

I bicycled up a dual carriageway in Surrey at a fast speed and made it to my interview with hours to spare. So I hung around in an underpass admiring and trying to get noticed by a gang of ultra … Continue reading

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Rousse solves all the problems of the NHS

The vast consulting room was packed since the Coalition government’s reform of the health service: all medical appointments take place at 1pm each day, so nobody forgets their appointment, and each patient is seen by six doctors at once to … Continue reading

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Rousse discovers that unemployment has a positive side

I lost my job, but all was well because I could live off the batches of £100,000 in fresh new notes that I found in the dole office when I signed on each Friday. I spent my period of unemployment … Continue reading

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