Category Archives: Letter from Debbie

Christmas away from st Anne’s

Posted on December 31, 2010 by furnishedrooms

Sorry to keep you waiting, dear. Christmas occurred, and I’m also trying to straighten a few things out for the new year. I hope your solitude never deteriorated into loneliness, and that stupid reality kept from rearing it’s ugly face … Continue reading →

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Sleepreading

Posted on December 17, 2010 by furnishedrooms

Dearest, I have of late added to my list of peculiarities the habit of not sleeping very well. Possibly I’m responding to your hypothetical Vicar beckoning to come help bring order to the vestry or to ring the changes, and … Continue reading →

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Hark, the Herald Angels sing. Or so I’m told.

Posted on December 6, 2010 by furnishedrooms

‘This the season, and I won’t deny it. Have you seen this Sceptred Isle from above, when covered in snow like this? Quite, quite, forgiving. Snow like the cover you put over important furniture in rooms you don’t expect to … Continue reading →

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The Bigot Question

Posted on November 26, 2010 by furnishedrooms

Beloved! It is, of course, ridiculous. This whole Tintin affair, I mean, not the impending expansion of your lineage. Perhaps your virtues, and your sensibilities regarding censorship, just decided to skip a couple of generations? Perhaps they are waiting for … Continue reading →

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Borrowed Paperweight

Posted on November 16, 2010 by furnishedrooms

Apology altogether accepted, and wholly unnecessary. As we know, imitation is the most sincere form of copyright infringement. And to reiterate my claim from an earlier letter: you most certainly would make a great addition to this department. The ability … Continue reading →

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A study of the upper case scarlet letter

Posted on November 9, 2010 by furnishedrooms

You dear old thing! Yes, I believe I mentioned the Afghanistan thing in my letter of the 27th of september, prompted by the fact that the Beeb (that’s what they call the BBC, madam) put their entire remake of Sherlock … Continue reading →

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Reasons for reading

Posted on November 3, 2010 by furnishedrooms

You would be a welcome addition to this department, Dear. And it is even conceivable now, since we no longer need to worry about that husband of yours as a devastating, possibly deal-breaking, spousal hire. You know about those, don’t … Continue reading →

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Hermeneutics and distractions

Posted on October 27, 2010 by furnishedrooms

I will begin be begging pardon for the pun that is soon to follow. Pardoned only by the pun, I think you’ll find. As a proposition it is unfair, and not just that, it is incorrect (The cardigan-clad philosophers that haunt these … Continue reading →

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Notes from the editor

Posted on October 23, 2010 by furnishedrooms

Dearest Rose I do apologize for the delay. It was brought about by a truly staggering number of midterm papers. ”But how did you get stuck with them?” I hear you asking, as well you might. The woman in charge … Continue reading →

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The Chronicles

Posted on October 8, 2010 by furnishedrooms

Oh Dear I wonder whether you ever engaged in that peculiar parlour game “Humiliation”. David Lodge describes it in one of his awfully funny novels set in academia. The game is this: you have to mention a book that you … Continue reading →

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