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Tag Archives: television
A new daytime TV quiz show star is born (Rousse)
My sister J was the latest star of a new daytime television quiz show, both on-screen and off. She was particularly popular amongst the make-up artists, who declared that she had perfect bone structure and teeth for television. She lapped … Continue reading
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Tagged artist, bone, compliment, compliments, daytime, daytime television, daytime TV, knowledge, Koran, make-up, on-screen, round, screen, sister, star, structure, teeth, television, TV
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James Bond and a hand-knit metallic jumper surprise (Rousse)
HH opened the massive cardboard box that she’d brought on her visit. “Just a few presents” she announced as I spied the beautiful hand-knitted string jumpers in a dazzling array of metallic colours. I grabbed a golden one and pulled … Continue reading
Harry the photographer prince (Rousse)
What a coincidence to spot Prince Harry twice in the same day! First of all I ended up just a couple of rows away from him in the stand at the Olympics reprise show. Here television footage from London 2012 … Continue reading
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Tagged beach, camera, coincidence, crowd, dune, dunes, family, flag, footage, friend, Friends, Harry, London, London 2012, Olympics, photograph, photographer, prince, Prince Harry, putting, red, reprise, rows, sand, seat, show, stadium, stand, television, TPR, triangle, triangular, umbrella, umbrellas
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A nightclub, a gift shop, and plastic surgery secrets (Rousse)
I didn’t normally frequent nightclubs, but TPR was away and I wasn’t going to stay in on a Saturday night. I jumped into a taxi with three young men, muttered an apology for hitching this free ride, and travelled with … Continue reading
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Tagged £10, bills, Christmas, crash, customers, desk, facelift, father, fee, gift shop, handbag, holiday, hospital, member, membership, men, nick-nacks, night club, nightclub, plane, plastic surgery, reception, Saturday, screen, sealing, shop, shopping, stationery, sticks, suit, surgery, taxi, television, TV, upstairs, wax, wounds
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Top wedding style and a most unusual gift (Rousse)
My parents laid on the party at the White House as a combined hen and stag night for SB and fiancé AG. The date was chosen to take advantage of the ceilidh on the beach, a short walk along the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1970s, beach, bedroom, beer, boots, bride-to-be, ceilidh, clothes, collar, collars, Darlington Road, designer, dog, dress, egg, eggs, face, fiance, foundation, gift, goth, goths, guest, guests, Hartburn, hat, highland, Iguanas, machair, marathon, meat, meats, mother-in-law, neck, necks, parents, party, perm, photograph, pink, poodle, present, punk, quiche, quiches, salad, salads, Scotch egg, Scotch eggs, shoreline, Stockton-on-Tees, stranger, strangers, stud, studded, studs, sundress, television, TPR, valve, valves, wedding, White House, White Stuff
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Beware iPad cracked screen scam (Rousse)
Now that I had secured a top job in television my friends were much more interested in hearing about my work. At a university reunion dinner GW was intrigued at how I had managed to leap from one career to … Continue reading
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Tagged app, application, applications, apps, broken, bus, career, colleagues, conference, crack, cracked, dishonest, dishonesty, download, iPad, job, journey, London, reunion, scam, screen, steal, stolen, television, thief, train, trains, university, work
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Mark Zuckerberg vents anger at Harvard in Simpsons episode (Rousse)
There was a television at the far end of the room, but this was largely ignored. Most of us preferred to watch The Simpsons on personal devices such as iPads balanced on our knees. This hysterical episode was based on … Continue reading
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Tagged anger, angry, cartoon, drop-out, drop-outs, graduate, graduates, Harvard, iPad, iPads, knees, landscape, Mark Zuckerberg, plot, red button, Simpsons, statue, statues, television, temper, TV
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“Friend” of royalty responsible for luggage loss (Rousse)
Although the conference had changed format for 2012, it still attracted the same crowd. AA and I waved greetings to everyone we knew as we crossed the main exhibition hall on our way out to check in at the hotel. … Continue reading
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Tagged aluminium, bank, banks, bog, border, camera, career, careers, conference, degree, Diana, drown, drowning, exhibition, France, German, Germany, hall, hotel, Kensington Palace, lost, luggage, palace, peat, pink, postgraduate, Princess of Wales, purse, rail, research, revolving door, royal, royalty, skirt, stand, stream, study, suitcase, television, train, vouchers, water, wool
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Ricki Lake, weight loss, and an over-zealous patrol man (Rousse)
Ricki Lake looked fabulous close-up. She wore a tight black pencil skirt, white blouse and pillar box red jacket over her neat little body. My only criticism was that she was too heavily made-up. On the other hand, this was … Continue reading
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Tagged Americans, artist, audience, bellies, belly, blouse, body, car, driving, fat, gown, gowns, grandmother, Hexham, jacket, make-up, Manchester, overweight, patrol, pencil, pencil skirt, plastic surgery, police, Ricki Lake, show, skirt, speed, speeding, star, street, television, ticket, TV, weight, wheel
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Moomin office delight (Rousse)
All my colleagues on campus were dressed in matching black suits with peach cravats (or scarves for the ladies). Most were also carrying wands. I hung my head in shame. It was so long since I’d attended a graduation ceremony … Continue reading
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