Tag Archives: library

Inconveniences of hotel life (Rousse)

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Dreamaticus

TPR and I were living in a hotel. This was not as glamorous as it sounded. For example, although the hotel had a pool, it was unheated and outdoors, and whenever I used it I risked drowning. It was also … 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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Innovation at the British Library (Rousse)

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Dreamaticus

I sat in the futuristic auditorium surrounded by the great and good of the British Library. Above each pod was an electronic name tag that identified its occupant. Since they shared the same surname, I wondered whether the woman on … Continue reading →

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President suffers a blow at Peebles library (Rousse)

Posted on March 20, 2015 by Dreamaticus

The head of Peebles public library service was furious with me. The CCTV footage revealed the reason why. When I had run out of the reading room and into the concourse to my unguarded Mac I had allowed the glass … Continue reading →

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Flying ducks, a yellow Aga, and Nottingham University’s Nobel prize winners (Rousse)

Posted on January 10, 2015 by Dreamaticus

I was appalled at how my sister S had persuaded my parents to change the decor of their house. Flying ducks climbed the drawing room wall to the left of the fireplace, the dining room was hung with shop sale … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Aga, bedroom, Chinese, decor, dining, drawing, ducks, flying, foreplace, library, Nobel, Nottingham University, office, parents, posters, prize, room, sale, sister, steps, TPR, University of Nottingham, wall, winners, yellow | Leave a comment

Library and information science at Birmingham Polytechnic (Rousse)

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Dreamaticus

I met HW and her daughter I (who now also wished to be known as H) at a swimming pool public library. There we had a long conversation about Birmingham Polytechnic, my former colleagues, and the benefit of part-time undergraduate … Continue reading →

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A generous death (Rousse)

Posted on July 13, 2014 by Dreamaticus

I was calculating how much work to pack. The train journey to Aberdeen took three hours, and the return trip the same. If we sat together, I would probably spend much of the time chatting with CI and ET. However, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Aberdeen, annouce, book, card, carriage, carriages, catapult, catapults, chat, death, departure, die, entertain, generous, journey, library, Rachel, reserve, rucksack, seats, shoot, spear, spears, sportswoman, target, train, trip, work | Leave a comment

How to feed a baby pigeon and other vital advice (Rousse)

Posted on July 3, 2014 by Dreamaticus

I kept a baby pigeon in a tiny cage in the corner of my granny’s kitchen. I regretted my decision to store his favourite food (fresh broccoli) with the coal in the bucket next to the back door. The coal … Continue reading →

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Finals failure and longest hair competition win (Rousse)

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Dreamaticus

The University library was crammed with my final year colleagues, some of whom had apparently been revising there for the full academic year. I was yet to open a book, and with a gap of 28 years since we all … Continue reading →

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David Mitchell’s ancestors and Rabelais (Rousse)

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Dreamaticus

David Mitchell and I were meant to be studying, but we kept on catching one another’s eye across the library table. As I wondered what it must be like to be married to him (lucky Victoria Coren) I found it … Continue reading →

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Inconveniences of hotel life (Rousse)

Innovation at the British Library (Rousse)

President suffers a blow at Peebles library (Rousse)

Flying ducks, a yellow Aga, and Nottingham University’s Nobel prize winners (Rousse)

Library and information science at Birmingham Polytechnic (Rousse)

A generous death (Rousse)

How to feed a baby pigeon and other vital advice (Rousse)

David Mitchell’s ancestors and Rabelais (Rousse)

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