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Tag Archives: friend
Tsunami victim gathers up beach wear and the wounded (Rousse)
I thought that I had left my belongings far enough up the beach for them to be safe. Then a huge wave appeared from nowhere and dragged everything in its path back into the sea. With the help of my … Continue reading
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Tagged beach, belongings, bikini, bikinis, duty, ear, friend, hearing, huge, injured, rescue, sea, small, tsunami, university, wave, wounded
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A log cabin date on the Isle of Skye (Rousse)
I left my MacBook Air under my desk at the British Library and chased across the reading room to intercept the young man in a navy blue suit who was carrying a briefcase. “Nick!” I shouted. He spun round and … Continue reading
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Tagged air, alone, blue, booking, briefcase, British Library, cabin, costs, date, desk, dinner, economy, fail, fair, false, friend, group, hair, island, Isle of Skye, leader, log, Lynn, MacBook, man, mobile, name, navy, night, number, numbers, party, phone, Queen Victoria, Reading, room, science, shed, single, straight, suit, toothless, Victorian, wooden
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A horsewoman turned financier and an injured charity boss (Rousse)
I heard that my school friend LF (then ED) had taken a job at RA’s charity. “What’s she doing for you?” I asked. When I learnt that that L was in charge of finance I had to admit that I … Continue reading
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Tagged bandage, boss, charity, climbing, Edinburgh, finance, financier, friend, horsewoman, injured, job, mathematician, Omni Centre, school, Virgin Active, visit, wall
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Jimmy Savile shocker (Rousse)
We climbed out of the taxi and paid the driver, then looked around for our young friend S. It only took a couple of minutes to spot him in the crowd with his mother. But who was that old bloke … Continue reading
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Tagged bachelor, black, bloke, cigar, crowd, dead, disgrace, driver, friend, gold, grandchildren, grandfather, hair, jimmy savile, jimmy saville, mother, old, shell suit, shellsuit, taxi, villain, white, young
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How to write a novel: Rousse explains her strategy to imposter “Dave”
“Dave” claimed that he was a veteran of the Edinburgh Coffee Morning, and old friends with “Andy”. I couldn’t ever remember seeing this Dave at the Friday gatherings before, and on close questioning he couldn’t come up with a surname … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy, Centotre, confession, Dave, Edinburgh Coffee Morning, Friday, friend, gathering, identity, imposter, interests, job, literary, novel, pal, son, surname, university, veteran, visits, write
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A miracle escape in Sunderland (Rousse)
I decided to give the meeting in London a miss and instead caught the train to Sunderland. There I visited my university friend SL and her young, and extremely irresponsible, husband. While S and I played in the snow along … Continue reading
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Tagged articulated, blue, carriageway, crush, escape, friend, husband, London, lorry, meeting, miracle, miss, plastic, seafront, sledge, snow, Sunderland, train, truck, university, wheels
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Beyond the spiral staircase (Rousse)
JW led me up the secret spiral staircase to the famous hilltop where all the great and good were gathered. I’d known of the existence of this exclusive sunbathing spot for some time, but because I had never been invited … Continue reading
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Tagged exclusive, expedition, friend, hilltop, moutaineering, party, school, spiral, staircase, strenuous, sunbathing, trip
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A husband hunt in high heels, and a friendly German (Rousse)
I was impatient to join the others at the Oxford University reunion. Meanwhile my friend P was hesitating. I was keen to get through the door and track down any single men. P wanted to wait a while to see … Continue reading
Madonna advises against A list celebrity friendships (Rousse)
The Indian manager of the charity shop had fallen in love with me. He begged for a date, offering to pay for both the coffee and my time with him in the cafe at the rate of £5 an hour. … Continue reading
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Tagged A list, accessories, £5, brogues, brown, celebrity, changing room, charity, check, coffee, conversation, date, daughter, escalator, fan, fans, feedback, friend, friendship, hours, Indian, linen, love, Madonna, manager, outfits, public, shirt, shirts, shop, shop bonde, Sighthill, time, tweed, tweeds
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When the Shop of Curiosities is out of stock (Rousse)
The most curious thing about the Shop of Curiosities was that it held no stock. Once through the door all you found was a series of dark rooms containing a few sticks of old furniture and a couple of well-worn … Continue reading
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Tagged antique, curiosities, curiosity, dark, daughter, degree, desk, door, first class, friend, furniture, history, old-fashioned, Oxford, room, rooms, rug, rugs, shop, stock, subject
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