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Tag Archives: hotel
Making a doctor’s appointment in 1989 (Rousse)
The world had reverted back to 1989. I needed a doctor’s appointment for the diagnosis of my left eye, which was now completely red, including the iris. The man at reception suggested that I pay £50 for an evening consultation … Continue reading
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Tagged 1989, appointment, £50, call, cellphone, consultation, diagnosis, doctor, eye, hotel, iris, medical, mobile, phone, practice, reception, red, yellow pages
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Apprentice Russian oligarch drug dealer caught red-handed outside St Pancras hotel (Rousse)
My big, burly boyfriend was a chip off the diamond that was his gangster father. I adored him because he was always there for me, keeping me safe from harm. In the past he had appeared from nowhere to recover … Continue reading
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Tagged Apprentice, bag, bottle, boyfriend, deal, dealer, diamond, drug, Euston Road, forecourt, gangster, harm, hotel, liquid, mountain, oligarch, plastic, range, red-handed, rescue, reunion, Russian, safe, St Pancras, stranger, suspicious, university, vial
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How to throw out a husband who will not leave (Rousse)
My school friend AL had been living for some time with her family in an old hotel. They had never bothered to convert the building, so there was still an institutional feel around the place. When I first arrived, AL … Continue reading
A diamond thief’s regrets (Rousse)
I decided to return S’s huge diamond engagement ring on the day of her wedding to my cousin TB. When I handed it over to her at the reception at the St James Hotel (Edinburgh) she told me that she … Continue reading
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Tagged cousin, diamond, Edinburgh, engagement, hotel, keep, miss, reception, St James, thief, wedding
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Couple squanders a million on five star city break to New York (Rousse)
With each meal costing almost £400 a shot, and accommodation at £700 per person a night, this holiday did not come cheap – even if the expenses were partially covered by TPR’s employers as an incentive trip. Although we loved … Continue reading
Simon Le Bon and Duran Duran play Birmingham University reunion
I sat next to Simon Le Bon – and opposite Nick Rhodes and John Taylor – in a club with other former classmates following Duran Duran’s performance at our University reunion. Simon feigned attention in my tale about a friend … Continue reading
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Tagged 10k, bill, Birmingham, buggy, cardigan, charity, classmate, clothes, club, Duran Duran, friend, grandchild, hotel, Jane Garvey, Jimmy Page, John Taylor, needy, Nick Rhodes, performance, poor, race, reunion, silk, Simon le Bon, spot, tutor, university, Women's Hour, yellow
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A Paris conference drop-out skincare expert (Rousse)
I was in Paris for an academic conference. Just a couple of stops along the Metro were my sister-in-law JLR and my niece F, now aged 16. I missed sessions, dressed in a white hotel towel and plastic high heels … Continue reading
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Tagged academic, acne, advice, city, conference, expert, Fawlty Towers, hotel, Lakeland Plastics, metro, niece, Paris, sister-in-law, skin, skincare, street, towel
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