The Phoebe Marlow Academy of Trumpery Novel Writing at the University of Milton Northern

[LadyDamerel]

Welcome to the new faculty.

Selected classes available in:

Running Away
Setting of broken bones
Seafaring lore
Care of Small Boys
Humouring of Dangerous Lunatics

Our patroness is considered rather taking when she is animated

and the Vice Chancellor would like to remind you all of the importance of the wearing of a correctly tied cravat.

Maybe they took them to the wallpaper shop to match up patterns, Maud.

oh go on then, here they are....

Foiled again, eh, Twigster? Never mind, here you go.

At cinema... crossing fingers for CA trailer!

And when did Boadicea become Boudicca? She's a local gal, y'know...

We didn't get a CA trailer when we saw Harry Potter, although there was a nanosecond of it in the montage of forthcoming summer attractions.

Oh I dunno, Tthat name-change occured sometime between my Children's Historical Encyclopedia and trendy Timewatch type programs on telly.

Good luck with the trailer, Alpha Two. I loved all Lady D's mission updates, yesterday, they were hilarious. Sending ourselves up like this is one of my favourite things about the Academy.

O Captain! My captain! With apologies to Walt Whitman.

Have you seen this, Massive? Could it be of interest/use?

NOW I remember who he reminds me of, there, Maud. Captain Birdseye!

I was going to offer to fall on my sword now, but I know you know I'd enjoy that too much

I just caught the tail-end of an item on BBC World about that, and wondered about it,. Thanks, Maud. Could be good if I had an iPad. Which I am not at all interested in acquiring, TBH.

Maybe they will get round to extending it to a normal PC.

Gizzy is back on our telly on Saturday evenings, btw Just when I won't have a snowball's of watching him. The trailers they are showing are all of the PLFW. At least I have the DVDs I suppose.

Oh for Heaven's sake, woman. Here I am, trying to help you by bringing news of the BBC's latest wheeze to make a fortune share British culture with the world, and that's how you repay me?

::sheds a tear, which Mr Thornton wipes away with his manly handkerchief::

::swoons gratefully on Mr Thornton's broad and solid chest::

I did offer to fall on my sword

But that wasn't exactly the self-denying act of sacrifice which the expression usually signifies, was it?

::raises eyebrow quizzically::

Ah, Maud, you know me and my lttle foibles only too well.

He doesn't look a bit like Captain Birdseye, really.

No, he certainly does not. Nor (as far as I know) does he have a wooden leg.

::worries that this will set Twiggy off again::

Or am I confusing Captains Birdseye and Ahab? Anyway, am orf to bed.

Nighty, bighty knight!

Talking of Alpha Two, I wonder how her mission is getting on.

Ah, good idea. I must rise with the dawn again myself. Sweet dReAms, Maudie.

Whoosh! That was the sound of the hoary old joke mercifully going straight over my head.

Finally finished my wallpapering - can we go with paint for our new common room !

Alpha Two checking in. Operation Potter was a negative, I repeat a negative. Alpha Two should also not have booked a showing which finished at midnight as am almost falling asleep on stakeout. Alpha Two over and out

Morning all!! I am off for a day in London... wait for it... ALL BY MYSELF!!!

Have a lovely day, everyone - I certainly will :)

Have a great day Twigs.

Finished trimming the paper this morning - leaving Mr S to do the painting while me & Miss S go.out with friends for the day .

Poor Uzi the Puzi has been sadly neglected today

Hope everyone had a better day than me. Nothing traumatic, just a little too much RL.

Twigs and Spiro, hope you had a great time on your outings.