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Ever heard of culturally responsive pedagogy?
March 25th, 2026 by Roger Darlington
Sometimes it’s good to go to a new place and engage with a new subject. So it was that, this evening, I was at the Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) at University College London (UCL) for the launch of a book titled “Culture and Science Education: Towards More Inclusive Practice”. The event was chaired by […]
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Another five-star review on Amazon for my new book “Everyone Has A Story”
March 19th, 2026 by Roger Darlington
“Not only does everyone have a story, everyone could write something like this engaging book. Read this collective biography of 33 friends of the author, all assembled within a year’s time. This is not about accomplishment but connection to the author, and the variety provides a glimpse into Roger’s own bio as he comments on […]
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The first Amazon review of my new book “Everyone Has A Story”
March 14th, 2026 by Roger Darlington
“This is, in a sense, the third part of a brilliantly conceived trilogy. The first took the form of a fairly conventional ‘memoir’, written essentially for family friends and former colleagues. But even here, the focus, foreshadowing later works, is on all the people Roger met during his three-quarters of a century who have illuminated […]
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“Everyone Has A Story”
March 2nd, 2026 by Roger Darlington
After a year and a half of interviewing, writing and editing, my latest book – entitled “Everyone Has A Story” – is now available for purchase on Amazon. It is a series of profiles of 33 of my friends with particularly interesting stories. As you read these profiles, you’ll be amazed, amused, informed, and inspired. […]
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Our West Africa cruise to Senegal and The Gambia
February 28th, 2026 by Roger Darlington
I love travel and, over my 77 years, I’ve done over 200 foreign trips. Recently – together with my fiancée Tess – I made my first visit to West Africa. It was a cruise to Senegal and The Gambia. You can read an account of our holiday here. This brings the number of countries that […]
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West African Cruise Day 3: Sunday – Cruise the Sine-Saloum Delta, explore Joal Fadiouth and sail to Banjul, Gambia
February 15th, 2026 by Roger Darlington
This morning, we arrived in Senegal’s Sine-Saloum Delta, a UNESCO biosphere reserve and an important birding area. The park is a haven for lots of mammal and fish species, from marine turtles and dolphins to West African manatees and crocodiles. Today’s optional excursion started at 9.15 an and finished at 3.45 pm and it was […]
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West African Cruise Day 2: Saturday – Visit Gorée Island and begin cruise to the Saloum River Delta
February 15th, 2026 by Roger Darlington
Our began with a trip to Gorée Island, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, just a 20-minute ferry ride from Dakar. Here, our local guide Omar toldus about the island’s slave trade history at the museum in Fort d’Estrées and the Maison des Esclaves, where captives were imprisoned before being shipped overseas. We paid our respects […]
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West African Cruise Day 1: Friday – Arrive in Senegal
February 15th, 2026 by Roger Darlington
On Friday 13th, we started our trip. It was 4C and cloudy in London when we flew out of Heathrow Airport at 7 am heading for Brussels. After a trip of just 40 minutes and then a wait of four hours, we flew down to Dakar, a journey of 5 hours 40 minutes. There is […]
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West Africa Cruise: introduction
February 12th, 2026 by Roger Darlington
I used to have an objective to have visited as many countries as my age. Then I found that I was racing ahead with my international travel. Now my wish is the reverse: to live for as many years as the number of countries that I’ve visited! I’m about to start of a new trip […]
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The plans for my next book
November 28th, 2025 by Roger Darlington
It’s taken me 13 months, but today I finished writing my next (the fifth) book “Everyone Has A Story”. There are 33 profiles of friends of mine with interesting stories. The profiles are typically around 2,000 words and the total word count is 73,000. I now have to check through all the text (December), have […]
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