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Award-winning dress designer’s garment giveaway and new restaurant business venture (Rousse)

Posted on December 26, 2012 by Dreamaticus

I bumped into the award-winning dress designer MSB in the queue at the enquiry desk of the Scottish Business Information Service, within the National Library of Scotland. While I had been working (and risking the loss of my MacBook Air … Continue reading →

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When an interactive workshop goes wrong (Rousse)

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Dreamaticus

This five day interactive workshop was not delivering creative ideas as anticipated. The participants were merely going through the motions of the exercises that they were set, and appeared to have no interest whatsoever in forming research relationships with one … Continue reading →

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Badger Peeping Tom discovered in ladies’ toilets (Rousse)

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Dreamaticus

It was not so unusual for me to meet up with my university pals SL and HJ (or SC and HJ as they were), but when we also saw GG and GK come into the café, we were rather surprised. … Continue reading →

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Paris attractions (Rousse)

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Dreamaticus

I’d only just arrived in Paris and already I had bumped into two people from my Gallic past. First I saw PG on his way to work. He was now a grey-haired father of three, yet had kept his great … Continue reading →

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A transatlantic upgrade (Rousse)

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Dreamaticus

I was dreading the journey: a transatlantic flight in economy. As soon as the fasten seat belt sign went out I made my move for the on-board lavatory, as did many of my fellow passengers. Rather than wait in a … Continue reading →

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Prawn overkill (Rousse)

Posted on October 20, 2012 by Dreamaticus

The hotel dining room was beautifully decorated and the table setting stunning, but why did every dish on the menu contain prawns?

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Hibs Hearts derby ticket hunt (Rousse)

Posted on October 6, 2012 by Dreamaticus

For authentic Saturday afternoon entertainment I decided to take my weekend guests to a football match. The Hiberian ground wasn’t too far away, so I slipped out of the house first thing on Saturday morning to go and buy some … Continue reading →

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How to stop your kids fighting at mealtimes (Rousse)

Posted on September 9, 2012 by Dreamaticus

I found it a lonely experience eating my dinner in my parents’ vast dining room at a table all to myself. I also observed that the servants had to cover so much extra ground when forced to serve the same … Continue reading →

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Secret family members save Rousse from deadly double decker

Posted on August 19, 2012 by Dreamaticus

None of our business colleagues seated at the conference dinner in Darlington had any idea of our secret: no longer divorced, TPR and I had remarried in secret. Instead all eyes were fixed on Tim Atkinson, showing off as usual … Continue reading →

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Rousse’s rubbish reunion

Posted on August 18, 2012 by Dreamaticus

This was the most peculiar of university reunions. First the woman across the table congratulated me on another successful event. “I didn’t organise this!” I responded. (I secretly added “Had I been in charge this would have amounted to far … Continue reading →

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