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REF2021 criteria and Woody Guthrie mix-up (Rousse)

At first glance I thought that my colleagues had pasted up the criteria for REF2021 submissions. However, on closer inspection, I saw that sheets of A4 paper glued to the wall were covered in Woody Guthrie song lyrics.

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Robbie Williams’ secret of song-writing success (Rousse)

Robbie Williams explained his secret of song-writing success. ‘If you listen carefully, all my tunes are simply up and down scales with added lyrics’.

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The school dinner rap (Belle)

An old colleague (DP-G) could always talk me into anything. After she was called away to a dog-sitting emergency, she convinced me to take her place in a mixed-pair rapping competition. I met my rapping partner in the lecture theatre … Continue reading

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Phil Cunningham plays Edinburgh – to an audience of three (Rousse)

I took my seat in the fourth row of the concert hall and waited alone for Phil Cunningham to take the stage. The lyrics of his first song were displayed on a flip chart a few metres in front of … Continue reading

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Northern lads, guitars, drums and witty lyrics (Rousse)

‘Northern lads, guitars, drums and witty lyrics – that’s my kind of music’, I declared when the woman told me that she was a Morrissey fan. She couldn’t care less. She didn’t even react when I noted that the Scottish … Continue reading

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Forgetting the lyrics (Belle)

My choir’s chances of winning this competition were minimal. First of all, this was meant to be a competition for boys only, and yet I was planning to sing the first two lines as a solo before letting the boys … Continue reading

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Debbie Harry impersonator stars at isolated Yorkshire guest house (Rousse)

The isolated guest house on the North Yorkshire moors was well-known for its strict graduate-only entry policy. I travelled there by car with Belle and a stranger. We couldn’t compete with his credentials as a UCL-based Jane Austen expert with … Continue reading

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