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My 12th short story
October 17th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
I haven’t published a short story for a couple of weeks – too many work meetings. But today I’ve added to my web site my latest – and my shortest – story. It’s entitled “An African Adventure”. Please check it out and let me know what you think.
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Three libraries and one Marxist
October 11th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
This week, I visited Manchester to speak for Consumer Focus at a fringe meeting of the Conservative Party Conference [my blog posting here]. I took the opportunity to see my step-mother who lives outside the city. Now I love books and she is a former librarian, so she took me to no less than three […]
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Dinner at “Bakko”
October 11th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
Now that our good friend Eric has moved from Finchley to Muswell Hill in north London, we’re exploring new eating venues each time we see him. This evening, we went to a Turkish place called “Bakko” and had the set menu. Delicious food and friendly service.
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My visit to Toryland
October 9th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
I’ve been a member of the Labour Party for 40 years and, in my younger days, between 1972-1983 I attended 12 consecutive Labour Party Conferences at various seaside venues. But this week was my first visit to a Conservative Party Conference and the venue was Manchester (actually my home town). I was a speaker for […]
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How to recognise a stroke
October 7th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
“Hi Roger, I am a single 44 year old female living in Darlington, a recent stroke survivor just home after 5 weeks in hospital and 2 weeks in Eastbourne Care Home! On 31st July 09 at 3pm my life changed forever when I collapsed at home alone and a neighbour heard my screams for help! […]
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My 11th short story
October 2nd, 2009 by Roger Darlington
My latest short story is entitled “A Life In A Box” – the first one to be stimulated by my course in short story writing. Please check it out and let me know what you think.
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My short story writing course (2)
September 30th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
This morning, I attended the second session of my course in short story writing at the City Lit in central London. Much of the session was spent discussing the homework from last week when we were asked to draft 500-800 words as the opening of a short story picking up on an object in the […]
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My 10th short story
September 25th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
My latest short story is called “The Face At The Window”. Please give it a read and let me know what you think. Now that work has resumed after the summer break, I’m likely to complete fewer stories that I managed over the summer but, since I’m now attending a course, they might become better.
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My short story writing course (1)
September 23rd, 2009 by Roger Darlington
Two and a half months after I registered for the course and having now written nine short stories for my web site, today I started a course in short story writing at the City Lit in central London. The course is from 10.15 am – 12.15 pm each Wednesday for 12 weeks and our tutor […]
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The conspiracy theory and why it won’t die (1)
September 22nd, 2009 by Roger Darlington
This week, I attended a London event of the Skeptics In The Pub grouping. It was addressed by the writer David Aaronovitch who spoke about his recent book “Voodoo Histories” which is subtitled “The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History”. I attended the event with my good friend and fellow skeptic Eric […]
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