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The depths of the south-west
May 26th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
England is one of those countries where it is much easier to travel north-south than it is to journey east-west. I was reminded of the situation this week when I travelled by train from London to Bridgwater to attend a conference on next generation access or super-fast broadband. Now Bridgwater is not actually that far […]
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Georgia on my mind
May 23rd, 2010 by Roger Darlington
Georgia has been on my mind this weekend because of my first visit to a Georgian restaurant. The occasion was suggested to Vee and me by our very good friends Eric and Cindy who are going on holiday to Georgia in the summer and wanted to sample the food that they’ll be eating there. The […]
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The sky above our house today
May 22nd, 2010 by Roger Darlington
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China trip (6): photographs
May 18th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
It’s now five weeks since Vee and I returned from our three-week trip to China with our Chinese ‘family’ Zhihao, Hua & Joshua. It’s taken me some time to complete my account of the holiday for my web site, but I’ve now finished the exercise by adding a selection of 64 photographs. You can read […]
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My participation in a medical research project
May 17th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
In the Spring of last year, I took part in a 12-week medical trial of a new ‘polypill’ and wrote about the experience on this blog, the last entry being this one. This morning, my wife and I spent two and a quarter hours at an assessment centre in Hounslow in west London as participants […]
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China trip (5): Chengdu
May 7th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
I’ve now written up for my web site an account of the fifth and final stage of our three-week trip to China. This covers our time in Chengdu plus some overall observations and you can read it here.
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My Ofcom interview
May 4th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
As a member of the Communications Consumer Panel which is based in the communications regulator Ofcom, I’ve just been invited to complete some interview questions for a piece on the Ofcom intranet. I though that I would share it with you. Where did you spend your last holiday and what was great/bad about it? My […]
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China trip (4): Wuhan & Yichang
May 1st, 2010 by Roger Darlington
I’ve now written up for my web site an account of the fourth stage of our three-week trip to China. This covers our time in Wuhan and Yichang and you can read it here.
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China trip (3): Shanghai/Wuzhen/Hangzhou
April 29th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
I’ve now written up for my web site an account of the third stage of our three-week trip to China. This covers our time in Shanghai, Wuzhen and Hangzhou and you can read it here.
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Sorry for the interruptions
April 28th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
Three times in the last month, my web site and blogs have gone down, so you won’t have been able to access them for a period. Sorry about that. Apparently the site has been hacked. I don’t think that I’ve been picked on; it seems that it’s just robots exploiting technical weaknesses which then requires […]
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