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Off to Prague …
January 5th, 2007 by Roger Darlington
I’m off to Prague [my notes here] for a few days to see my Czech mates. NightHawk will be back very soon.
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Dear diary …
January 1st, 2007 by Roger Darlington
Another year, another diary … In this weekend’s Observer” newspaper, there was an article about how and why various people keep diaries, since this is the time of year when many individuals first start writing a personal diary. I can certainly identify with this. I’ve been keeping a diary since I was 13 and I’ve […]
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How well do you sleep?
December 30th, 2006 by Roger Darlington
I’m really fortunate – I can sleep almost anytime almost anywhere and regularly have my desired seven-eight hours a night. But, as this article confirms, a third of all adults have sleeping problems (and not just parents with young children). As people become older, generally they both need less sleep and find it harder to […]
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The Charmed Generation
December 30th, 2006 by Roger Darlington
According to a media release from Royal Mail this week, I am a member of “the Charmed Generation” – said to be “a group of two million over 55 year olds with the highest disposable income of any other consumer age group”. Royal Mail states: “This group of cash-rich consumers has evolved as a result […]
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The core of the family
December 28th, 2006 by Roger Darlington
Both my parents are dead, but I have a younger sister Silvia (who lives in Leicester) and a younger brother Ralph (who lives in Manchester). My sister is the emotional core of the family who ensures that we regularly all get together, typically at some point between Christmas and New Year. So yesterday Vee and […]
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The trouble with atheism
December 24th, 2006 by Roger Darlington
This was the title of an interesting, if irritating, programme shown earlier this week on Channel 4 which was presented by the supercilious Rod Liddle. In fact, in my view, there is no problem with atheism and all the programme demonstrated was that there is a problem with a small number of atheists who tend […]
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100 days to go
December 20th, 2006 by Roger Darlington
My wife Vee has now done more than six years at Harrow College – a further education establishment – where she is PA to the Head of Human Resources. However, she has now made definite retirement plans and will stop work on 31 March 2007. She intends to do all sorts of projects in the […]
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Christmas lunch with the Chancellor
December 15th, 2006 by Roger Darlington
My half brother Chris works as an official at the Treasury (for non- British readers, that is the UK equivalent to other countries’ Ministry of Finance). We have a little tradition that each year he invites me to have Christmas lunch in the building’s excellent canteen. I was there this lunchtime for turkey and six […]
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Christmas has started
December 9th, 2006 by Roger Darlington
It’s two weeks to Christmas and this year we’re doing quite well at getting prepared. We’ve bought a new artificial Christmas tree from John Lewis with built-in eco-friendly lights. This afternoon, I put it all together and Vee decorated it. No presents yet, but it’s a good start … Next we have to start writing […]
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I agree absolutely
December 8th, 2006 by Roger Darlington
I saw this sign and photographed it this morning outside Treadwell’s book shop in London’s Covent Garden.
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