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Tag Archives: poster
A mortgage and husband-free Fringe performer (Rousse)
When I spotted academic J at the bus stop, I took the opportunity of checking the rumours that she had left her husband and moved into a flat of her own. She confirmed this, adding that she was almost free … Continue reading
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Tagged albino, bus stop, Edinburgh, Fringe, husband, kyphosis, mortgage, performer, poster, Richard, telephone box
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From pens to penis (Belle)
I spotted a vintage poster with the headline “I love drawing pens”. I couldn’t help but notice the typesetter had left a space between the “n” and the “s” so I decided to amend the poster to read “I love … Continue reading
Manchester venue sought, good acoustics essential (Rousse)
There was very little that could be salvaged from the manuscript after the reviewers savaged it, so I gave up on the job and instead responded to EH’s pleas for help. Just pregnant with her third child, EH was dealing … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustics, boat, car. M6, conference, Edinburgh, Manchester, manuscript, poster, pregnant, reviewer, venue
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Manchester’s music scene celebrated at the University (Rousse)
How did I know that I was at the University of Manchester? Because the walls were covered in Manchester band posters. Gathered together like this, you were forced to appreciate the impact of city’s music scene on the history of … Continue reading
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Tagged band, foyer, glass, Manchester, marble, music, poster, staircase, step, university
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1980s fashion fail (Rousse)
I travelled back in time to Queen Margaret College Edinburgh in the late 1980s. Here I found pasted to the walls of reception dozens of amateur black and white posters inviting students to join the Christian Union. Then I spotted … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980, 1980s, badge, band, bottle, Christian Union, Edinburgh, fail, fashion, green, hairy, jumper, poster, Queen Margaret College, unknown
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A winning sausage conference submission, with citation indexes (Rousse)
EH and I felt obliged to attend the University research conference, even though much of the content was of little interest to us. On our arrival we could tell that many of our colleagues had ignored the event. This was … Continue reading
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Tagged basement, cafe, citation, colleague, conference, event, French, friend, index, model, National Library of Scotland, PhD, poster, research, sausage, student, submission, university, write-up
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Escape and P (Rousse)
When I took down all the posters from my office walls it was obvious that I would need to call Facilities and ask for the whole room to be repainted. There was even student graffiti to remove. Fortunately I would … Continue reading
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Tagged absence, computer, facilities, graffiti, keyboard, months, office, poster, repaint, room, student, wall
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Friends con and a pink fantasy fairytale princess (Rousse)
When we sent off for the offer we understood that we would receive a large Friends poster in which each of us would take the position of Ross, Rachel, Monica, Chandler, Phoebe, and Joey. Instead, we received six almost-identical prints … Continue reading
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Tagged accommodation, bathroom, bedroom, cage, captor, Chandler, con, conference, escape, fairytale, fantasy, Friends, gate, home, iron, Joey, mall, Monica, Phoebe, photo, pigtail, pink, poster, Princess, print, Rachel, reception, register, Ross, shopping, star, stately, truck, woman
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Best murder poster drives guest into Mermaid’s arms (Rousse)
I couldn’t stay on for the formal dinner so I left TMX in the hands of IKX. This arrangement was not to T’s liking. She disapproved of the ostentatious wealth of I’s new house, especially that evident in the home … Continue reading
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Tagged anonymity, arm, bedroom, best, call, clautrophobic, dinner, drive, formal, friendship, guest Mermaid, gym, home, house, murder, ostentation, past, poster, pub, ring, sleep, tragic, uncomfortable, wall, wealth
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An unwelcome Christian
On a Sunday morning I found XY lying in a bed at my flat. He was there because Mansfield Church was fully booked. I could hardly bear to be in his company and wondered out loud how long we would … Continue reading
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Tagged badge, bed, bully, Christian, column, communications, delegate, draw, event, family, flat, lumber, Mansfield Church, marketing, newspaper, PA, poster, prize, Reading, research methods, role, seminar, service, social media, Sunday, unwelcome, whinge, worship
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