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Recent reveries
- What not to take to a beatification (Rousse)
- A visit to the Manchester United and BBC comb factory (Belle)
- Arran by bike (Rousse)
- Reality TV dating and the joy of comfy slippers (Belle)
- Airport pranks with Stephen Hawking (Belle)
- A mistaken case of coronavirus (Rousse)
- Victorian dental bills, exotic animals and a marriage (Belle)
- Free-riding on the Granton ferry (Rousse)
- Speeding in Stockton-on-Tees (Rousse)
- County Durham coal mine confidences (Rousse)
- Failed seduction in a Birmingham bedsit (Rousse)
- Banter with Chris Packham and the deathbed wedding of a soap opera character (Belle)
- Cat photos lead to fame (Belle)
- Magic tricks for UK research council panel members (Rousse)
- Avocado bathroom suite in the museum of sanitation (Rousse)
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- window
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Tag Archives: show
Three fakes: news, Northern Lights, and a female impersonator (Rousse)
The desperation of the journalist was obvious when he started asking VAE and her sister to provide expert comment on every single topic to be covered in the radio news broadcast. In an attempt to fool his audience, he changed … Continue reading
Bride misses men in cashmere suits (Rousse)
Even though it was my wedding, my mother would not allow me to go running with my sisters. Instead I was sent to my father to be chastised for not attending the cashmere suit fashion show after the wedding ceremony. … Continue reading
Sacked Canadian soap actress is surprise guest at own retirement party (Rousse)
The out of work actress was a mutual friend of my cousins N and DT. Until recently she played a regular role in a Canadian television soap, but in the past couple of months her character had been written out … Continue reading
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Tagged actress, audience, book, Canadian, character, fire, friend, guest, opera, out of work, party, producer, ramp, random, retirement, return, sack, screen, script, show, soap, Stockton-on-Tees, television
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Free panda performance at Edinburgh zoo (Rousse)
From the sitting room window of our flat we could see the animal performance area at Edinburgh zoo next door. I was excited to watch workmen pasting up a huge panda banner to the right of the main stage. We … Continue reading
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Tagged animal, banner, Edinburgh, flat, panda, performance, preparation, show, stage, window, workmen, zoo
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Kim Cattrall’s new best friend (Rousse)
Kim Cattrall found her new best friend – me! There was nothing special about this relationship. I just happened to be the first person she met when she arrived in town to perform her latest show. It was fascinating to … Continue reading
Highland hotel murder mystery quiz mistaken for Dr Who rehearsal (Rousse)
We recognised the ghillie as the one from the Ardushiane Hotel. He had once asked on the last evening of a weekend trip to the Highlands whether we would be shooting the next day. At the time I had been … Continue reading
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Tagged audience, brown, cast, chorus, correspondent, daughter, Dr Who, entertainment, ghillie, guest, gun, highland, honeymoon, hot-house, hotel, kid, linen, mathematics, maths, mistake, murder, mystery, oatmeal, office, outfit, parent, participation, puzzle, quiz, rehearsal, shoe, shooting, show, stage, stall, suit, trip, weekend, white
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Things to do in Orkney (with Maltesers) (Rousse)
The weather was fabulous in Orkney. At the county show I bought the most enormous beef burger. In Kirkwall we watched a parade of emergency services vehicles and ate free Maltesers in the art gallery.
Andy Murray and his secret TV quiz show lover (Rousse)
DM and I were each paired up with a man to compete in a geographic television quiz show that required us to name all the streets of Stockton-on-Tees. The experience was so intense that each couple fell in love. My … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Murray, collapse, experience, geography, intense, leave, love, lover, married, quiz, secret, show, sob, Stockton, Stockton-on-Tees, street, tears, television, TPR, TV
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Samuel Beckett one-woman play ‘worst ever’ (Rousse)
EH, TPR and I were amongst the audience at a one-woman play by Samuel Beckett. International cellist US was the star of the show. She delivered her lines very quietly and – apart from those sitting very close to the … Continue reading
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Tagged audience, auditorium, cellist, child, enjoy, hear, lines, one-woman, paper, performance, play, Samuel Beckett, scrunch, show, stage, star, tissue, TPR
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