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- Red and white woodpecker gate-crashes class (Rousse)
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- An iPhone and an accident on the way to the Isle of Skye (Rousse)
- London to Oxford and Oxford to Edinburgh by train (Rousse)
- A runner and a red, 60-litre, flip-top kitchen bin (Rousse)
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Tag Archives: university
An iPhone and an accident on the way to the Isle of Skye (Rousse)
I blame DP of Strathclyde University for the debacle over my iPhone. Under her watchful eye, I plugged it in to charge for ten minutes in the café of the Forth Road Bridge service station. Then we we set off … Continue reading
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Tagged accident, bush, Forth Road Bridge, iPhone, Isle of Skye, jeep, roundabout, service station, sister-in-law, Strathclyde, university
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London to Oxford and Oxford to Edinburgh by train (Rousse)
It really was too much to ask my 81 year-old mother to walk all the way from London to Edinburgh, so I suggested that we cut a few miles off the route by taking the train to Oxford. In the … Continue reading
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Tagged college, cycle path, geriatric, handbag, London, mother, Oxford, railcard, Scotland, train, university
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Librarians infiltrate 10 Downing Street (Rousse)
I thought that I was being interviewed for the post of Librarian at Loughborough University. In fact, it was for the role of second in command. I’d be taking over from a suited man who was returning to work at … Continue reading
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Tagged 10 Downing Street, autumn, interview, librarian, Loughborough, panel, screen, Sheffield, television, tree, university
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Back to school (Rousse)
It was a busy time on the University campus. BD was over from Canada, actually attempting to leave, but forever being dragged into new projects. Even Belle took a punt at signing him up for some madcap scheme of hers. … Continue reading
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Tagged campus, hall of residence, Hartburn, home, Ian Ramsey School, office, PhD, proejct, room, school, secondary, Stockton-on-Tees, student, university, upgrade, White House
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The Stanford murderer (Rousse)
Stanford University research engineer JA was all over the news. He was a murderer! It would not be long before journalists would be knocking at my door, demanding to know whether or not I had spotted his evil streak when … Continue reading
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Tagged engineer, murderer, PhD, research, Stanford, university
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A happy heiress and Nottingham University fraud (Rousse)
My greatest delight in inheriting my maternal grandmother’s house was that I now owned a proper pantry. The battered and beautifully engraved silver napkin rings left in a kitchen drawer also fascinated me. Which of my ancestors was born (or … Continue reading
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Tagged blonde, campus, fraud, garden, grandmother, heiress, lockdown, medical school, napkin, Nottingham, pantry, party, research, ring, university, woman
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Suspect social distancing and sub-standard library stock (Rousse)
The university was clearly flaunting the safe distancing ‘stay at home’ directive by allowing all the admin staff on campus and setting them up for work in one massive open plan office in the library. I also disapproved of the … Continue reading
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Tagged crime, directive, distancing, library, novel, office, open-plan, shelf, social, stock, trash, university
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Manchester’s music scene celebrated at the University (Rousse)
How did I know that I was at the University of Manchester? Because the walls were covered in Manchester band posters. Gathered together like this, you were forced to appreciate the impact of city’s music scene on the history of … Continue reading
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Tagged band, foyer, glass, Manchester, marble, music, poster, staircase, step, university
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Sheffield surprise for a claustrophobic (Rousse)
I couldn’t reach the department at the University of Sheffield because they had made no provision for anyone who suffered from claustrophobia when designing the entrance to the building. I told PC that I was far too frightened to squeeze … Continue reading
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Tagged claustrophobic, coat, door, entrance, frame, librarian, pink, Sheffield, university
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Keith’s carpet (Rousse)
Former University of Birmingham astrophysicist Keith rented out rooms in his shared new-build house (with tiny kitchen). When we paid him a visit, I was delighted to discover that the flowery sitting room carpet was almost identical to the one … Continue reading
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Tagged astrophysicist, Birmingham, carpet, drawing room, flowers, flowery, house, Keith, parents, university
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