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My Thought For The Week reaches No 800 – would you like to join the circulation list?
May 17th, 2015 by Roger Darlington
Around 16 years ago, I sent out an e-mail to the 12 members of the Research Department of the Communications Workers Union which I then headed. It was a quote from a newspaper article which I found interesting and I jokingly titled the e-mail Thought For The Week. Over a decade and a half later, […]
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Remembering Syria’s suffering people and threatened heritage
May 17th, 2015 by Roger Darlington
In the spring of 2011, Vee and I had a holiday in Syria and Lebanon [for account of our visit, see here]. We crossed the border from one country to the other on 9 March 2011. Mass protests erupted on 15 March in Damascus and Aleppo, and spread in the following days to more cities, […]
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My 10th short story: “A Face At The Window”
May 15th, 2015 by Roger Darlington
It’s Friday; it’s almost the weekend; time to sit down and relax and read a short story. My piece this week is called “A Face At The Window” and you can read it here.
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My 9th short story: “The PM And The MP”
May 9th, 2015 by Roger Darlington
Enough of political reality; let’s have some political fiction. Six years ago, I wrote a short story entitled “The PM And The MP” which features a Labour Prime Minister who is Jewish and radical. This week, Ed Miliband might have become that man in the real world – but it was not to be. At […]
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The changing shape and functionality of the mobile phone
May 2nd, 2015 by Roger Darlington
An inside pocket on my brown jacket Of course, my iPhone 6 does not look a bit like this – which shows either how old my jacket is or how fast mobile technology is developing.
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My 8th short story: “The Dinner Party”
May 1st, 2015 by Roger Darlington
Interesting conversations can happen at a dinner party and interesting consequences can follow – those were the themes of one of my short stories. You can read it here.
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Feeling for the people of Nepal
April 26th, 2015 by Roger Darlington
Nepal has suffered its worst earthquake in more than 80 years with at least 1,500 deaths. One always feels more acutely for the tribulations of a country, when one has actually been there. In 2003. Vee and I made a visit to Nepal, staying in the capital Kathmandu. We met some lovely people but the […]
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My 7th short story: “A Moment In Time”
April 24th, 2015 by Roger Darlington
Continuing my Friday practice of linking to one of my short stories, today I invite you to read my seventh which is entitled “A Moment In Time” – you’ll find it here.
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My 6th short story: “A Friend Indeed”
April 17th, 2015 by Roger Darlington
If you could go back in time and meet yourself as a child, what advice would you give to that youngster? That was the thought behind my sixth short story. You can read “A Friend Indeed” here.
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My 5th short story: “Six Degrees Of Separation”
April 10th, 2015 by Roger Darlington
For my next short story, i decided to try something different. So we have six mini stories, each involving a different character in a different country but connected in a way that shows how our world today is full of links. The piece is called “Six Degree Of Separation” and you can read it here.
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