Tag Archives: meeting

A false alibi (Rousse)

Posted on August 2, 2020 by Dreamaticus

I reluctantly agreed to provide an alibi for KW and told the police that he was at the Tuesday lunchtime meeting. As evidence, I showed them the entry in my calendar. Of course, in reality, at that time KW was … Continue reading →

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A (possibly) dead husband and a stolen Christmas parcel (Rousse)

Posted on February 10, 2020 by Dreamaticus

Life had been difficult since TPR died of cancer, but I resolved to lead as ‘normal’ a life as possible, and went to work as usual. I needed to tell the powers that be that the arrangement for collecting deliveries … Continue reading →

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Dissertation draft literature review disappoints (Rousse)

Posted on January 24, 2020 by Dreamaticus

I had promised my new PhD student that there was nothing to fear at the review meeting – but this was before I realised that she was under the impression that it was appropriate to submit a chapter of creative … Continue reading →

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A library leopard (Rousse)

Posted on November 15, 2019 by Dreamaticus

I found two interesting things in the (old) University of Birmingham main library. First I saw TT, all the way from Denver on sabbatical, accompanied by one of his sons, heading into a meeting room. Second, I spotted the library … Continue reading →

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Terrorist YouTube treat on campus (Rousse)

Posted on May 29, 2019 by Dreamaticus

Following the previous year’s success, I invited my colleagues at Scottish Enterprise back on campus for a week. This time, however, they treated their visit as a jolly, crowding around my computer singing along to karaoke videos on YouTube. As … Continue reading →

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Sock entertainer substitutes at book group (Rousse)

Posted on May 25, 2019 by Dreamaticus

JS left it too late to book the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre for our monthly book group meeting. We would have to make do with an inferior footwear pair: the two white woollen stockings decorated with beady eyes sewn … Continue reading →

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Tussling with a drag queen and making Michael Portillo cry (Belle)

Posted on April 28, 2019 by Dreamaticus

I burst out of the house in Birmingham and accidentally barged a drag queen out of my way. She started to follow me and we wrestled a bit until I realised just how much she looked like Gloria Grahame. After … Continue reading →

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Escape from Brexit (Rousse)

Posted on April 25, 2019 by Dreamaticus

It was meant to be a two-hour morning meeting to discuss the requirements of the advertised posts and the candidates to be interviewed in the afternoon. About 45 minutes in one of my colleagues started an irrelevant rant about Brexit. … Continue reading →

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Escaped astronauts (Rousse)

Posted on February 8, 2019 by Dreamaticus

I asked the students to dress up for the tutorial according to the theme of ‘outer space’, so was delighted when the six of them turned up as astronauts in bulky all-in-one ski suits. Forty-five minutes into our discussion AA … Continue reading →

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Stephen Fry’s bathroom (Rousse)

Posted on January 23, 2019 by Dreamaticus

Stephen Fry’s old bathroom was a place of pilgrimage. I borrowed a bright yellow-striped swimsuit from my cousin DT and plunged into the water. As I relaxed into the bath I noticed the messages that Hugh Laurie had scratched into … Continue reading →

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