The Archers spoilers thread #8: Can't wait for 7.02pm? Join us here!

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Maybe he’s going to meet Miranda and discover she was one of his clients

No … The uni is still operating! It’s only that our undergrad has no more teaching and has submitted all their work. They don’t need to be there while tutors are marking.

But I daresay students on other courses still have work to do.

We were surprised too.

I'm at the stage when I don't know whether some things happened on TA or whether I just wished they'd happened, but did Alice do the AA thing of apologising to people she'd harmed, and if so did Ruairi tell her to get stuffed?

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@Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g , which of the London universities run the course? Asking for a friend, obviously.

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That was my recollection, though I think he and Alice had a reconciliation when Jennifer died.

What is Ruari up to these days? What happened to him after the Julianne year(s)? Is he still at Uni?

What are the ratings for Regents', Goldmine and the London School of Escortnomics?

Not sure, but how marvellous that students who want to stand on their own two feet, with occasional periods of moving to the horizontal, have so much choice!

Are internships guaranteed and what are the starting salaries for graduates?
Didn't anyone comment on Ruairi's changes in fortune? At least Brine and Jennydarling got to enjoy a wonderful weekend at the Royal Crescent.

She did. She also told him, when he came home for time with his mother, that it was so wonderful that he had forgiven her, and when he told her point-blank that he hadn't, said nastily that in that case he was lying to Jennifer, and threatened to make a stink about it. So he told her to get stuffed.

At a later date she decided to ru(i)n his life for him and engineered his estrangement from Julianne. Since this is the only engineering she's done since she took her degree, we probably ought not to find it as disgusting as I did.

Tbf he had fallen for her and it was only going to end in heartbreak for him

bit of a weird story. They would never have done it with the sexes reversed.

The disgusting thing was that Alice thought for a solitary instant that she had any right to interfere further in the life of the brother she'd so comprehensively estranged from the mother and family whom, until she attacked him in a seriously vile way, he'd thought loved and accepted him. She kicked his legs out from under him, drove him away from home, and then thought that she somehow had the right to tell him what to do about anything at all? Absolutely horrible. That the editorial team thought this was a good thing, possibly even thought it showed Alice in a good light, makes me feel slightly sick.

Yes agree she didn’t come out of it at all well

In vino veritas , Alice was a mean drunk, no reason to assume she's less mean when not drinking. By a long way the most unpleasant Aldridge sprog.

Alice's problem with Ruairi seemed to be that she didn't like being superseded as the "baby" of the family. Ruairi's best revenge would be a permanent chilly politeness. Unfortunately, she does have something to hold over him, having turned up in London unannounced. But using it might backfire, as I don't see Brine being bothered!

Anyway, I hope we'll have a permanent goodbye to Alice and that Ruairi tells someone, probably not Brian, how nice it is that he feels able to come back to Ambridge more often now.

Did Ruari ever tell anyone what she said to him?

I don't think so - Alice probably undermined his trust in all his immediate family. Maybe he could talk to Freddie who also has a malicious sister.

I don't think he did, but then he didn't have to: Jennifer was there, and eventually slapped her face to shut her up.

Or did you mean when she was telling him how nice it was that he had forgiven her and he was saying that no, he hadn't?

I never heard the scene - only him saying he hadn’t forgiven her. Didn’t realise Jenny was there. How horrible for her. Alice really did put her through it

I remember the scene with Jenny. Can anyone remember whether or not Jenny-Darling told Brian?

She did sort of: we didn't hear her doing it but we heard about it. "Jennifer has not told him exactly what Alice said last night, but he knows she was deeply hurt, and he suspects that what Alice said to Ruairi is what distressed Jennifer most." and "Jennifer is feeling dreadful about slapping Alice, but she just wanted her to stop saying those awful things about Ruairi; Brian sympathises." Alice herself also did, and claimed she was going to "fix it", which Brian simply didn't believe. Jennifer also told Shula, after Ruairi had fled to Ireland. And Ruairi told Ben about it shortly after it happened.

Thanks Asking - a mine of information!!

I suppose given the circumstances some sort of sibling issue was always likely but it’s always been such a well blended family

also agree that drink doesn’t change your personality

the aldridges are my favourite family

I’ve surprised myself at being quite excited by the forthcoming drama! Very intriguing spoilers.