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Fears of adult children emigrating (Rousse)

Posted on December 30, 2015 by Dreamaticus

“It’s your mother on the phone” shouted TPR from the far side of our US hotel bedroom. I took the call. My mother had rung to discover the real reason why I was spending so much time at the ‘other’ … Continue reading →

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From Turkey to Teesside by taxi (Rousse)

Posted on December 28, 2015 by Dreamaticus

Although my paper had been refereed and accepted, by the time that I registered at the Turkish conference it had disappeared from the programme. I hung around the venue all morning looking for someone to tell me if I was … Continue reading →

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Paris wedding giveaway (Rousse)

Posted on November 13, 2015 by Dreamaticus

I took my Cousin’s N advice not to post a cheeky Facebook comment about his son T and my sister J, then stood up to clear the dirty glasses from the top of the piano. We needed to get a … Continue reading →

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A presentation on Internet portals (Rousse)

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Dreamaticus

As we left the lecture hall PC said that he would see me in room 4 by the entrance for the next session. I advised him to give it a miss: I was due to be presenting on Internet portals, … Continue reading →

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Visual aid throw-back (Rousse)

Posted on June 9, 2015 by Dreamaticus

Green pen in hand, it wasn’t until I was on my tenth acetate that it dawned on me that it would make more sense to create the visual aids for my conference presentation in PowerPoint. It was the twenty-first century … Continue reading →

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Lord Sugar’s reassuring wink (Rousse)

Posted on April 9, 2015 by Dreamaticus

My committee had been taken over by a drag queen dressed in a yellow and purple mini-skirt and a yellow nylon wig. I dare not object, however, because she was also a senior member of academic staff. Her first task … Continue reading →

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A disputed opinion of Brooke – and another lost suitcase (Rousse)

Posted on April 5, 2015 by Dreamaticus

It was probably just as well that I was leaving town. The last few meals with NP, GB and JLW had been rather awkward. Somehow I kept saying the wrong thing. The last straw came when one of the others … 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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Sheffield conference fail (Rousse)

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Dreamaticus

The conference was an excruciating experience. We had travelled to Sheffield with such high hopes, but here we were stuck towards the back of the lecture hall appalled at the poor standard of presentation. Even the supposed ‘big names’ failed … Continue reading →

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A missing slide deck (Rousse)

Posted on September 16, 2014 by Dreamaticus

Although they said that it would never run again, I found that the conference was actually meeting in secret, and I was an invited speaker. In the break on the last day I went up to the podium to upload … Continue reading →

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