Archive for the ‘Miscellaneous’ Category
Thinking of visiting India?
February 8th, 2011 by Roger Darlington
In 2003, we had a great trip to India, made particularly enjoyable by our wonderful guide Hamid Shah, We’ve kept in touch with Hamid and are delighted to hear that he has just formed his own travel company Indus India Travels. So, if you ever think of visiting India (and it is a marvellous experience), […]
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Happy Chinese New Year (1)
February 3rd, 2011 by Roger Darlington
For at least one and a half billion people around the world and at least a few readers of NightHawk, today is the Chinese New Year. It is the Year of the Rabbit, the year of our Chinese ‘daughter’ Hua. On Sunday, we’ll be celebrating with Hua and her husband Zhihao and son Joshua. There […]
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How to cope with unemployment
January 25th, 2011 by Roger Darlington
One of the most visited sections of my web site is the one on Life Skills which covers a wide range of topics with very practical and very snappy bits of advice. The latest subject to be covered – the 30th in the series – is unfortunately very topical: How to cope with unemployment.
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Happy New Year everyone!
January 1st, 2011 by Roger Darlington
After the coldest December in the UK since 1890, Vee and I spent New Year’s Eve quietly at home and watched on BBC television as up to 250,000 in central London enjoyed a spectacular fireworks display.
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How large are the different continents?
December 13th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
You might obtain a better idea from these illustrations.
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A Christmas treat
December 12th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
I’m not religious – but I would love to have been here.
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How should we tax income?
December 1st, 2010 by Roger Darlington
Earlier this week, I had a lively economic debate over dinner with two young Right-wing friends. They are both broadly supportive of the Laffer curve which suggests that, above a certain percentage rate, tax on income produces a lower yield and they believe that in many Western economies we are already beyond that rate so […]
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How happy are you?
November 15th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
I ask because of the news that the new Coalition Government in the UK is considering measuring general wellbeing as well as gross domestic product on the grounds that economic factors alone do not determine the happiness of individuals or a nation. Other countries – such as France and Canada – are thinking of similar […]
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Should we have a four-day week?
November 13th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
When I was a university student in the late 1960s studying Management Sciences, there was much talk of the age of leisure. The assumption was that what we then called automation – more generally technological developments – would mean that we could produce goods and services with much fewer person hours and therefore we would […]
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Do you use a toll bridge?
November 7th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
My wife has just set off for a few days to visit relatives in South Wales and, before she left, she checked out online the current charge for the new Severn Bridge. This set me thinking about the prevalence of toll bridges. When I was in full-time employment, I often used a little toll bridge […]
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