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Brené Brown’s talk on vulnerability
October 7th, 2012 by Roger Darlington
It takes 20 minutes to watch this video but the talk is really insightful and embracing:
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Why is 2012 so important?
September 26th, 2012 by Roger Darlington
“2012 marks the end of a 26,000 year astrological period as recognized by the Mayans, Incas, Aztecs, Maoris and most of the ancient cultures. December 2012 is also the final end of the experiment of Atlantis. This took 10,000 years to set up, lasted for 240,000 years and is taking 10,000 years to tie up […]
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We just don’t know what’s going on inside the people we meet
September 21st, 2012 by Roger Darlington
I saw this on someone’s Facebook page: I explored this theme in one of my short stories entitled “The Away Day”.
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The 10 most embarrassing place names in the UK
August 15th, 2012 by Roger Darlington
You’ll find them here. Can you suggest others from around the world? My favourite is Foggy Bottom, a district of Washington DC.
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How to spot the big five in Kruger
July 31st, 2012 by Roger Darlington
The ‘big five’ are buffalo, elephant, leopard, lion and rhino. You can see them all in South Africa’s Kruger National Park. There are two ways to do this. One is to be incredibly lucky – as I was on a visit to the park in 2004. You can read my account here. The other way is […]
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How deep is your love?
July 14th, 2012 by Roger Darlington
One man’s love was deep indeed – as revealed here.
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Gaby’s Deli saved for at least a year
June 20th, 2012 by Roger Darlington
Last September, I did a posting about the campaign to save my favourite London cafe: Gaby’s Deli in Charing Cross Road near Leicester Square. The campaign has gone from strength to strength and I am delighted that Gaby’s is still open and that we now know that it will have a lease at least until May […]
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Free speech – American-style vs European-style
May 14th, 2012 by Roger Darlington
I’ve been discussing with friends the issue of free speech as it is understood in Britain and the United States. I’m sure that I’ll have some similar conversations when I visit the USA shortly. There is a cultural difference between the United States and Europe on freedom of speech which I believe has its roots […]
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250 years of the sandwich
May 12th, 2012 by Roger Darlington
Other countries may have invented the bagel and the baguette but the British can proudly lay claim to the innovation of the sandwich some 250 years ago. It seems that it was in 1762 that John Montagu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich, first ordered beef served between slices of bread, so introducing civilisation to a convenient […]
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Top 25 destinations in the world
May 1st, 2012 by Roger Darlington
I love travelling and have visited a total of 56 countries as you’ll see here. So I was interested to see that the web site Trip Adviser has produced a list of the top 25 destinations in the world here. Number one is the city in which I live and work: London. In fact, I […]
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