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The last day of ‘summer’
August 31st, 2008 by Roger Darlington
Officially it’s the last day of summer but, here in London, we’ve had thunder, lightning and heavy rain. It’s looks as if this August will turn out to have been the wettest in the UK for a century – but I still believe in global warning. Spare a moment though to think about the victims […]
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What were you doing when …?
August 27th, 2008 by Roger Darlington
The Conservative blogger Iain Dale has started a meme which invites those other bloggers who’ve been tagged to explain what they were doing on five key dates. I have been tagged for this meme by former Labour MP Harry Barnes, so I guess I’ll have to rise to the challenge – although I won’t inflict […]
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Pictures of the Baltics
August 25th, 2008 by Roger Darlington
Just over a week ago, I returned from a short holiday in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuanian and I quickly wrote up an account for my web site. Over the Bank Holiday Monday that we had in the UK today, I have added 52 photos to my account (I took just over 200 in all). Check […]
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The first sign of Christmas
August 18th, 2008 by Roger Darlington
This morning, the post brought us our first Christmas catalogue – the price of ordering and sending charity Christmas cards each year. The organisation concerned is Amnesty International – an immensely worthy body, but one that I would rather waited a while before encouraging us to order things for the Christmas season. After all, it […]
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Back from the Baltics
August 16th, 2008 by Roger Darlington
I’m just back from a six-day break with my sister Silvia. It was a short holiday in the Baltic States visiting Tallinn in Estonia, Riga in Latvia and Vilnius in Lithuania. This brings the total number of countries that I have visited to 52 – you can find the full list here. I’ll be writing […]
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The Night Hawk has flown
August 8th, 2008 by Roger Darlington
There’ll be no postings on this blog for a week or so, since I’m off now on a short holiday in the Baltic States visiting Tallinn in Estonia, Riga in Latvia and Vilnius in Lithuania. I’ll write up an account for my web site on my return. Meanwhile please look through earlier postings on this […]
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How do you spend your Saturday?
August 2nd, 2008 by Roger Darlington
For the last three consecutive Saturdays, I’ve started the day in a city centre hotel giving a short speech to consumers selected by Ipsos MORI for a deliberative research project on behalf of Postwatch, the consumer watchdog for postal services. Two weeks ago, it was Edinburgh; last week, it was Sheffield; today it is London. […]
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A success in the family
July 30th, 2008 by Roger Darlington
The author Michael Carr has stated that: “All kids are gifted; some just open their packages earlier than others”. I was reminded of this comment this week when I received some news from my younger brother. We were three kids in Manchester in the 1960s. My sister Silvia and I both did well at a […]
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Travelling around
July 28th, 2008 by Roger Darlington
This morning, I left the house at 5.30 am and I was not back until 9 pm. This 15 and a half hour day was occasioned by a trip from my home in London to the offices of the Scottish Consumer Council in Glasgow for a series of interviews to appoint the Scottish Director of […]
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Lunch with Jesus
July 12th, 2008 by Roger Darlington
This week, I visited Lisbon for professional purposes in order to give a presentation on next generation broadband on behalf of the Ofcom Consumer Panel. I was only in the city for 48 hours but I managed to do a lot: a day at the conference, half a day’s sightseeing, and three meals in restaurants. […]
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