"various occurrences of 2011"

1. a white cat (lucie) sometime pet of an illustrious industrialist, roamed the streets of Marseille, enjoying an afternoon of absolute freedom

2. various forgotten audio recordings of ghosts were discovered in a shed, inside a mahogany box stuffed with torn petticoats lined with crinoline

3. hairdressers everywhere discussed the ambiguities of love

4. a 49-year-old man, sat in a threadbare brown armchair, dreamt of opening an ostrich farm on the Isle of Man

5. the discipline of anthropology declined

6. after spending some time pretending to be a donkey, a boy, in a room, in Ghana, dizzy with fatigue, fainted

7. the walls of a leisure centre, which had been denied the funds required for a full renovation programme, were painted a shade of eggshell blue

8. on thursday the 19th of may, a security guard, working in an abandoned cinema, successfully completed a crossword puzzle

9. an ant emerged, from underneath a wardrobe, during the late summer, in Khatlon province, Tajikistan

10. guava-flavoured jelly was consumed

11. a woman found her left armpit to be itchy

12. various people living in and around Hull took up new hobbies with some success

Onwards!