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Published Date: 06 May 2009
WHEN my palms began to sweat and my bones started to ache, I self-diagnosed that I had either contracted swine flu or had drunk a bad pint of Furstenberg. If it were the former, I faced the awful prospect of being quarantined at home for a few weeks (on full pay) and enduring an anxious wait to discover exactly how much my media representative, Max Clifford, had screwed out of the tabloids for my "don't kiss but tell" story.
Perhaps H1N1 had been unwittingly transmitted to me by a Mexican tourist when I had enjoyed a cappuccino at the Dancing Midge Café in Millport. True, the bloke sipping his latte at the next table hadn't been wearing a sombrero, but he certainly sport...



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  • Last Updated: 05 May 2009 6:44 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Hugh Reilly , Teaching
 
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BHarrison,

Dunfermline 07/05/2009 09:49:32
An appeal to the author : Hugh I am a fellow teacher who enjoys your articles but when I try to catch the ones I miss via the web, I'm asked to pay a "premium content subscription" of £30....do you know about this ??? As a good socialist type and someone who frowns upon elitism, I think I'd be challenging this if I were you. The BBC don't charge viewers who watch repeats on iplayer, so why should I pay £30 to read the odd education article ? Feel free to post a reply tobharri76@live.com

 

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