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Tag Archives: England
Ae fond kiss and then we sever – with Graeme Souness (Rousse)
Graeme Souness took me aside and whispered that he felt that English soccer could do more to identify young local talent rather than look abroad to develop their teams. For example, he argued, there must be dozens of young men, … Continue reading
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Tagged crowd, England, English, football, Graeme Souness, kiss, microphone, Newcastle United, reporter, romantic, single, soccer, wife
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England World Cup win 2020 and TFL infographics (Rousse)
England won the Cricket World Cup, and a Premiership football team triumphed in some European championship or other. This wouldn’t have interested me – if it weren’t for the annoying bunting and smug faces south of the border. My main … Continue reading
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Tagged bunting, contestant, cricket, cup, England, football, inforgraphic, TFL, Transport for London, Who wants to be a millionaire, world
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The most renowned wedding photographer in Sunderland (Rousse)
Saturdays in Sunderland meant only one thing: brides! The local photographer was famous for his 2pm multi-bride shots staged under a railway bridge. Brides travelled from all across the north east of England to join the mass photo shoot, conveniently … Continue reading
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Tagged bridal, bride, bridge, ceremony, England, famous, north east, photographer, railway, reception, renown, Saturday, spectacle, Sunderland, wedding
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Introducing the London Dockland Golden Pyramid Cinema Complex and Ski Resort – and a skier in a Brian May wig (Rousse)
KPMG had poured millions into the construction of the London Dockland Golden Pyramid Cinema Complex and Ski Resort. The first time that I visited it I was convinced that I spotted my school friend KC with her husband and two … Continue reading
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Tagged Alps, Brian May, children, cinema, companion, complex, construction, crowd, curly, dockland, England, fake, family, friend, golden, hair, horror, husband, KPMG, London, millions, pupil, pyramid, resort, retired, school, Scotland, ski, skier, snow, sport, teacher, wig
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Seaside town wins BBC Food and Farming Award (Rousse)
The winner of the BBC Radio 4 Food and Farming Awards was the a seaside town on the south coast of England. The prize recognised the elaborate ‘sandcastle’ complex that included a working roller-coaster and mechanical dinosaur.
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Tagged award, BBC, coast, complex, dinosaur, England, farm, farming, food, roller coaster, sandcastle, sea, seaside, south
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Fort William loch lift (Rousse)
We were expected to follow cousin LA’s Audi down the M6 on a long tour of England. When she went off-piste into the Scottish mountains we struggled to keep up with her. I suggested that we ditch the car for … Continue reading
Celebrating Easter on Holy Island – as an alternative to Match of the Day (Rousse)
I lost control of my class completely. Instead of discussing the latest research in knowledge management, the students watched repeats of Match of the Day in class each Wednesday afternoon. There were some who objected to this – including PhD … Continue reading
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Tagged afternoon, celebrate, celebration, class, control, Easter, education, England, fan, football, friend, Holy Island, KM, knowledge management, Lindisfarne, lose, minister, mistake, object, PhD student, pilgrim, repeats, research, road, soccer, South African, students, trip, waste, Wednesday
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England v Sweden: where to watch the match (Rousse)
Belle and I debated where we should spend our evening together. The final choice depended on who won the football. We really wanted to be with the fans of the victors, whether or not England beat Sweden.
Early funeral arrangements (Rousse)
With very poor knowledge of the geography of the south of England I had hoped for more help from the red-uniformed staff on the newly-appointed Virgin East Coast service. The overweight guard pulled out a section of an Ordnance Survey … Continue reading
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Tagged arrangement, arrangements, coast, dead, Dorset, early, east, England, funeral, geography, guard, knowledge, Lyme Regis, map, north, Ordnance Survey, overweight, pocket, red, ring binder, service, south, staff, Suffolk, twon, uniform, Virgin
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Whitby for work and pleasure (Rousse)
It was difficult to tell whether we were in Whitby for work or pleasure. It was also unclear how the beautiful beaches of Uig in the Outer Hebrides had relocated to the coast of north east England. However, what was … Continue reading
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Tagged breakout, camera, chair, coast, competition, conference, cousin, delegates, discussion, dog, England, facilitator, Fiat Stilo, film, fitness, guest, guests, holiday, hotel, identity, keynote speaker, litter, north east, Online, online identity, organiser, Outer Hebrides, park, parks, platform, platforms, pleasure, press-up, public, research, safety, sands, sea, seminar, sink, speed, swim, town, Uig, vehicle, walk, Whitby, winner, work, wreckage
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