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Standard Life National Library staff insult published author (Rousse)

Posted on August 6, 2017 by Dreamaticus

Standard Life sponsored the National Library. As such, all employees were both librarians and insurance brokers. I was in the library one day trying to get the last couple of pieces of information that I needed to complete a journal … Continue reading →

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Call for Sunday opening at the National Library of Scotland (Rousse)

Posted on October 1, 2016 by Dreamaticus

‘And this is why we need Sunday opening too’ said the librarian as she led us through the main reading room of the National Library of Scotland (recently refurbished with lovely new blue chairs). I glanced over and understood her … Continue reading →

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Naked housework, phone swapping, and Doctor Who accessories (Rousse)

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Dreamaticus

Naked, I tidied up my London flat. I moved slices of white bread from the first floor sitting room windowsill to the kitchen where they belonged. When I returned downstairs a fat woman brandishing a gun confronted me in the … Continue reading →

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Aberystwyth University serials acquisition librarian (Rousse)

Posted on June 18, 2016 by Dreamaticus

‘Weren’t you once the serials acquisition librarian at Aberystwyth University?’ asked the tall dark lady in the flowered lawn cotton dress. ‘No, never’, I replied. Eventually we worked out that she recognised me from the early 1990s at an institution … Continue reading →

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Amazing discoveries from the dead to diamonds in rainy Birmingham (Rousse)

Posted on February 11, 2016 by Dreamaticus

I drove through the rain to Birmingham where I met KB. Homeless since last Christmas, he’d now managed to secure accommodation for himself and his two foster children: Catherine aged 6, and Harry aged 12. (His own daughters had both … Continue reading →

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Birmingham graduate destinations: deep sea diving, death, and a hot rod librarian (Rousse)

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Dreamaticus

We were all travelling on the Birmingham University French 1986 graduates’ bus. DM passed along the aisle offering cups of tea. I told her that TPR and I had made a brief visit to Rhyl and she said that we … Continue reading →

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Digerati dismissal (Rousse)

Posted on September 6, 2014 by Dreamaticus

TPR drove me to the networking event as soon as I finished my baking. This one was even posher than the last, held in the river-side home of the regular sponsors. They had put on the most magnificent spread and … Continue reading →

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Medieval French literature, relationship advice, a Jacobean trunk, and a blue Maserati (Rousse)

Posted on February 2, 2014 by Dreamaticus

We were working through archives of exam questions, extracting any that could be recycled for the next academic year. My collection was so old that it included questions on medieval French literature from my own undergraduate days. My colleagues started … Continue reading →

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Mouse heads up public library service (Rousse)

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Dreamaticus

At the conclusion of X’s rousing speech I stood up to confirm that librarians were the most powerful public servants. It therefore came as both a shock and a disappointment to learn moments later that a mouse headed up the … Continue reading →

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William Morris book design determines undergraduate reading habits (Rousse)

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Dreamaticus

Now that the degree results had been published it was time to prepare for the graduation ceremony on campus at the University of Birmingham. Of course, TPR would be in the audience as usual, and I invited my nephew P … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: librarian

Standard Life National Library staff insult published author (Rousse)

Call for Sunday opening at the National Library of Scotland (Rousse)

Naked housework, phone swapping, and Doctor Who accessories (Rousse)

Aberystwyth University serials acquisition librarian (Rousse)

Amazing discoveries from the dead to diamonds in rainy Birmingham (Rousse)

Medieval French literature, relationship advice, a Jacobean trunk, and a blue Maserati (Rousse)

Mouse heads up public library service (Rousse)

William Morris book design determines undergraduate reading habits (Rousse)

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