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A home in the Pentland Hills and a bad tempered husband (Rousse)

Posted on May 18, 2025 by Dreamaticus

High in the Pentland Hills, we moved to a lovely large bungalow with beautiful views of the city of Edinburgh in the distance. The one drawback was that our new house was underneath a pylon and several criss-crossing electricity cables. … Continue reading →

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A lost white Volvo, a 10K race, and a needy husband (Rousse)

Posted on May 14, 2025 by Dreamaticus

My sisters argued that my mother’s white Volvo would look good in her care home car park. I refused to move it there. In any case, I had no idea where it was. I also had other things on my … Continue reading →

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From Leeds to Shibden Hall (Rousse)

Posted on January 10, 2025 by Dreamaticus

I was in Leeds on a sofa with HVJ and HVJ’s lover. HVJ’s husband RJ sat opposite us. I had no idea what HVJ was trying to prove, but I winced when she and her lover openly embraced one another. … Continue reading →

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Royal family advisor also offers careers advice and cares for a new baby (Rousse)

Posted on November 6, 2024 by Dreamaticus

Queen Consort Camilla was easily pleased with packs and packs of Peter Stuyvesant cigarettes. Prince Philip (not dead) was a more tricky customer. He suddenly remembered a family that lived on a remote ranch in the mid-west of the United … Continue reading →

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Jack Dee in love (Rousse)

Posted on November 5, 2024 by Dreamaticus

Jack Dee was in love – with me! As a token of his affection, he had already given me a red silk, traditional, Chinese Tang suit jacket. Now he was begging me to meet him on Thursday evening for a … Continue reading →

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The ‘credible consort’ (Rousse)

Posted on October 12, 2024 by Dreamaticus

Graduates from all eras had achieved quite a feat in the organisation of a reunion ball at Edinburgh’s Meadowbank stadium. After all these years, I was very excited to see many of my former students. I returned to the tower … Continue reading →

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A London love affair (Rousse)

Posted on September 15, 2024 by Dreamaticus

My mother-in-law pulled the sodden scrap of paper out of the stream, glanced at it, and quietly passed it to her husband. ‘That explains a lot. Now, at last, we know for certain what X has been up to!’ he … Continue reading →

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Evidence of a wife’s affair (Rousse)

Posted on August 4, 2024 by Dreamaticus

When SO’N walked into the shop, the man on the counter shot me a worried glance. In his hand he was holding the fountain pen that would give away SO’N’s wife L’s affair. It was now my responsibility to get … Continue reading →

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An extra-marital affair and golf (Rousse)

Posted on July 23, 2024 by Dreamaticus

I confronted TPR in the family bathroom, unaware that TEF was climbing out of the bath. ‘I know that you are having an affair with DTJ!” I screeched. How could he be so disloyal? And what was she doing cosying … Continue reading →

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Northumbrian holiday secrets of ABBA (Rousse)

Posted on July 13, 2024 by Dreamaticus

Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson bounded down the narrow staircase. Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad followed more quietly behind them. Nobody had ever spotted the four members of ABBA on their regular visits to Northumberland. It was our family secret … Continue reading →

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