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Tom Binns, Kev F Sutherland, a trip on the Titanic, and a disputed thesis (Rousse)

Posted on July 10, 2015 by Dreamaticus

Tom Binns was in the pub enjoying a lunchtime drink with my colleague KC. I interrupted their conversation to invite Tom Binns to lunch with me during the Edinburgh Fringe. She (for Tom Binns is really a woman) was reluctant … Continue reading →

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Summer skiing with WAGs (Rousse)

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Dreamaticus

I missed all the best events at the conference because TPR objected to my being away from home. This meant that I didn’t meet the premier league footballer’s model girlfriend on the summer ski slopes. Instead I was forced to … Continue reading →

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A useless sabbatical, a stray student, and a delicious brand of cell phone (Rousse)

Posted on June 21, 2015 by Dreamaticus

My boss pass me a typed sheet of paper. This stated that I had been granted a sabbatical between 29th April and 31st August 2015. It was already the end of June. What use was this to me? Then the … Continue reading →

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Bedsit Bernard (Rousse)

Posted on June 13, 2015 by Dreamaticus

I agreed to take on a fellow academic from another institution as my PhD student. He had told everyone that his name was Bernard, but I knew that he was really an Italian national and, as such, his real name … Continue reading →

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Change your hair, change your life (Rousse)

Posted on May 23, 2015 by Dreamaticus

Following years of misery XY finally cheered up. She chopped her long lanky hair into a punky Siouxsie Sioux style, dyed it jet black, and started to smile. When she returned to her student haunts everyone was amazed at what … Continue reading →

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Between Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant: another Dr Who (Rousse)

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Dreamaticus

Few know that between Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant there was another Dr Who: Scottish student JM.

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A half-written report, a lazy student, and a planned death (Rousse)

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Dreamaticus

WM sat at the kitchen table with her half-written report in front of her. Another couple of students were milling around, but not the one that WM was after. When her quarry eventually appeared WM shouted at him for not … Continue reading →

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Murder victim hidden in shallow grave between bedroom carpet and floorboards (Rousse)

Posted on March 14, 2015 by Dreamaticus

I got up early and settled down to some work at my computer in the study. Soon afterwards TPR followed me into the room with my breakfast. This was not my usual 40g of museli, but a bowl of mixed … Continue reading →

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Dancing on a Sunday night (Rousse)

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Dreamaticus

GR persuaded me to speak to his engineering students, but I lost him on the way to the lecture theatre. LO’N retrieved me and invited me out dancing on Sunday night. This was a much better prospect than anything that … 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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