Tag Archives: television

Victorian television stands enhance bedtime TV viewing experience (Rousse)

Posted on February 10, 2016 by Dreamaticus

My colleague explained that the televisions mounted on Victorian-style stands at waist level in her office allowed for the broadcast of instructional material to students who could watch it from the comfort of their beds. ‘From the comfort of their … Continue reading →

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Royal family shooting (Rousse)

Posted on January 1, 2016 by Dreamaticus

The first I heard of the shooting of members of the British royal family was when I turned on the television news and saw live footage of Princess Anne and her daughter under fire. As she fled the scene, I … Continue reading →

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A city sacking with knitwear (Rousse)

Posted on November 25, 2015 by Dreamaticus

We’d been enjoying a fun weekend with IS in front of the television replaying videos of our previous visit in 2006 when the door burst open and work security staff arrested our host. When we looked around we saw that … Continue reading →

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Gordon Brown on a train (Rousse)

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Dreamaticus

Gordon Brown was my travelling companion on the new fast train service to London. In real life he was much younger and trendier than the ex-Prime Minister I knew from old news reports on the television.

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A course in Corbridge – with popsicles (Rousse)

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Dreamaticus

The venue for the course was the sitting room of my (dead) grandmother’s house in Corbridge. It was exactly as it was the last time that I had last visited it in the 1980s. The brown curtains still hung at … Continue reading →

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The most famous family in Hastings (Rousse)

Posted on June 21, 2015 by Dreamaticus

We were all guests of BC, her husband G, 11 year-old Z and toddler N. Their house near Hastings was tiny: B and G gave up their bedroom so that TPR could have their bed. (They would sleep on the … Continue reading →

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Venice turns pink in Newcastle-upon-Tyne (Rousse)

Posted on April 11, 2015 by Dreamaticus

Every morning I visited my sister S to try on the clothes that she had acquired for me from the charity shops the previous day. It was also our habit to watch half an hour of terrible daytime television together … Continue reading →

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Irish politics and star of the Voice Fionn Gardner (Rousse)

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Dreamaticus

My companion was a highly intelligent Irish woman. When she started talking about politics, I was grateful that I had paid attention to the radio news that morning. She seemed impressed that I was able to pass on some information … Continue reading →

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Recording interviews by iPad (Rousse)

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Dreamaticus

It was Online week and although I no longer attended the conference (it was not of interest to me any more) I returned to the venue each night so that the long-haired woman could record television interviews with me on … Continue reading →

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Ducks and drowning risk in city centre (Rousse)

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Dreamaticus

I’d craved a sea view for years and now I had one – almost. When we woke at 05:00am to the blast of morning television from the flat upstairs TPR and I had no option but to get up and … Continue reading →

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