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Dr Joseph McCrumble used to live in a Wonderful World, but not any more. After several tragic events that not only killed his career but which burst the celebrity bubble he once occupied, he now lives in a partly-converted wooden barn with his family and Ravel, his faithful research assistant. Follow McCrumble as he tries to cope with the credit crunch and regain his celebrity status.
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Hard Times of Joseph McCrumble

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Hard Times of Joseph McCrumble · 8M ago

On the stage!

Hello all Oh my. Who would have thought it? Am I about to be rehabilitated? My hands tremble slightly as I write this message. For so long has my dream to bring parasitology to the public been thwarted. For so long have I been consigned to living anonymously, keeping hidden all my ambitions, squan
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Hard Times of Joseph McCrumble · 1Y ago

Freethinking festival

Hello allIt appears that the only time I remember to make a blog-post these days is whenever my (former) marketing manager is about to make a public appearance, and he demands that I help him publicise that fact. This time, he contacted me excitedly about his upcoming appearance at the Radio3 Freeth
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Hard Times of Joseph McCrumble · 1Y ago

Autumn Symposium

Dr Mark Booth has asked me to publicise his forthcoming symposium entitled 'Progress in Paediatric Parasitology' where 15 internationally respected parasitologists will be speaking on this very topic. I did wonder if he was going to ask me to make another personal appearance, after my triumphal vide
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Hard Times of Joseph McCrumble · 2Y ago

Going Public

Hello allAnother call from my marketing manager - Dr Mark Booth - the other day. He sounded upbeat."Hey Joseph, you'll never guess!" he said cheerfully.'I'm sure I won't, so just come straight out with it, Mark", I replied flatly. His enthusiasm before the facts sometimes gets to me."OK, well basica
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Hard Times of Joseph McCrumble · 2Y ago

publishing disaster

I received a call from my marketing manager the other day. He sounded apologetic. I asked him what was wrong. He told me that the company who published my book 'The Wonderful World of Joseph McCrumble' appears to be no longer trading, or at least they have been taken over by another company under du
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Hard Times of Joseph McCrumble · 3Y ago

teenage angst

Oh dear. I was trying to read a newspaper that someone had left in the village hut yesterday, and was concentrating on doing the sudoku puzzle in my head (I'm rationing my pen usage to increase their longevity), when I caught sight and sound of Twin X shuffling around in circles at the far end of th
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Hard Times of Joseph McCrumble · 3Y ago

Wan Ton Soup

Hello allVery fortunately, a library not ten miles from our accommodation is providing free internet use to people on low income. All I had to do was look pitiful and say I was of no fixed abode (technically true as the barn has no postcode and is not a designated dwelling due it being 'uninhabitabl
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Hard Times of Joseph McCrumble · 3Y ago

Sweet and sour pork

Hello allThanks to finding a ten pound note in the middle of the road the other day, I have been able to purhase some petrol for the generator. Not only were we able to watch an hour of television last night, but I have also been given permission to spend fifteen minutes on the computer. Such fortun
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Hard Times of Joseph McCrumble · 3Y ago

Prawn Crackers

Hello all. It’s been a while since I was in a position to write anything owing to our continued need to ration the amount of petrol we put in the generator. We huddle together in the evenings to fend against the bats that have taken roost in the barn. On more than one occasion I have awoken as the f
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Hard Times of Joseph McCrumble · 3Y ago

Chinese Laundry

Hello allThe last message suggested that Ravel's revenge adventure was about to be unwound and turned into rice noodles by a text-message of gloom. The message simply said that the lawyer (let's call him Mr Woo) who had managed to penetrate the organisation producing fake copies of Ravel's World Cup
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