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My latest short story – number 31
January 3rd, 2014 by Roger Darlington
It’s six months since I’ve written a short story, but I’ve used the Christmas/New Year break to craft a festive tale. It’s called “Dying For A Pint” and it’s my 31st short story. You can access it here. You can access all the others here. Comments welcome.
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Annual visits to my web site pass 3 million mark
January 1st, 2014 by Roger Darlington
OK, I’ve done the sums. In 2013, the number of visits to my web site – which includes my two blogs NightHawk and CommsWatch – was 3,020,367. I know that not all these visits are human beings but it’s worth being visited by search engines indexing my pages. Besides which, as long as one is […]
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Story time with my friend Daniel
December 29th, 2013 by Roger Darlington
Regular vistors to NightHawk will know how much I love to spend time with my granddaughter Catrin who is one month short of her third birthday and currently away with her parents in San Antonio. But I love all children and especially enjoy reading with them. I recently attended a family reunion in Leicester where […]
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My best Christmas present
December 25th, 2013 by Roger Darlington
For years, I have fancied having a remote controlled helicopter but thought that, at the grand old age of 65, this was too much of a boyish wish. Then, a few weeks ago, I was in a gadget shop and saw this helicopter priced at £30 but reduced to £20. I decide that this was […]
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Another lovely day with my wonderful granddaughter Catrin
December 20th, 2013 by Roger Darlington
Yesterday I spent all day with my granddaughter Catrin (now just one month short of her third birthday) who was allowed to miss nursery to go out with the me. The starting point was a stage show at the Leicester Square Theatre to see “Stick Man”. Catrin has already seen two stage productions with other […]
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My performance as Father Christmas at Catrin’s nursery
December 14th, 2013 by Roger Darlington
Today it was the Christmas Bazaar at my granddaughter’s nursery and guess who they persuaded to be Father Christmas. Most of the children were two or three years old and several found the old man so scary that they burst into tears. But most of the children found Father Christmas a magical figure and loved […]
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Once more: the Darlington Christmas letter
December 14th, 2013 by Roger Darlington
Vee and I are spending evenings writing Christmas cards to friends at home and abroad. We like to pass on some news but can’t write too much in each card, so as usual we are uing the format of a Christmas letter which seems to go down well. You can read the letter for 2013 […]
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My afternoon and morning with the Tinder Foundation
December 13th, 2013 by Roger Darlington
Among my portfolio of interests, I am a Non-Executive Director on the Board of the Tinder Foundation (previously the Online Centres Foundation) which promotes digital inclusion throughout the UK. I have just returned from Sheffield where Tinder is based after an intense but inspiring afternoon (Thursday) and morning (Friday). Yesterday, the Board, ably chaired by former Schools Minister Lord […]
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The 31st “How To …” guide on my web site
December 10th, 2013 by Roger Darlington
A popular section of my web site is the one called Life Skills. It now has 31 items of advice on “How To …” do all sorts of things and you can access them all here. The very latest item – which I have just composed – is “How To Get a Good Night’s Sleep”. […]
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Madiba, we thank you for inspiring us
December 6th, 2013 by Roger Darlington
Although expected for so long, the news is still so sad. In my lifetime, I have never known the death of anyone to affect so many people so deeply as the loss of Nelson Mandela. On 11 June 1988, Vee and I attended a concert in (the old) Wembley Stadium in London to mark Mandela’s […]
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