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A large family gathering in Leicester
August 14th, 2011 by Roger Darlington
My sister Silvia, who lives in Leicester, is the earth mother cum social secretary of the family and ensures that on regular occasions we all get together at her place. Usually the occasion is Christmas or a birthday with a nought in it. Today though was a special occasion: the celebration of the arrival of […]
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A whole day in the world of the movies
August 13th, 2011 by Roger Darlington
As I’ve explained here, I’m an enormous enthusiast for the cinema. But it was only yesterday that I attended my first all-day movie event accompanied by my young film buddy Spence. The event was the “Big Screen” organised by “Empire” magazine which I take monthly. The venue was the O2 which I’ve not been to […]
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First publication of one of my short stories
August 11th, 2011 by Roger Darlington
I’m been writing short stories for a couple of years now and have composed 27 in all which you can read here. For the first time, one of my short stories has just been published. The publication is the current issue of the “British Czech And Slovak Review” and the story is “The Edge Of […]
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A good day in London – in spite of the tension
August 10th, 2011 by Roger Darlington
I spent the day in central London with my step-mother. We both had no hesitation in visiting the city centre in spite of the riots in various parts of the city over the last few nights. Life has to go on and the police have got the city clamped down. We saw many more police […]
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Is this the cutiest photo yet of baby Catrin?
August 7th, 2011 by Roger Darlington
I’m know that I’m biased and besotted – but don’t I have the most gorgeous granddaughter? “Why does mommy keep photographing me?”
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My offer to be a London Ambassador (5)
August 4th, 2011 by Roger Darlington
It’s almost exactly a year ago that I did my first posting about my wish to become a London Ambassador for the 2012 Olympic Games. Subsequently I applied and was shortlisted and this morning I was actually interviewed for the position. First, a few facts and figures. Apparently, some 33,000 registered an interest in the […]
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Catrin & I visit ‘Appearing Rooms’
August 3rd, 2011 by Roger Darlington
I spent the afternoon with my granddaughter Catrin who is now six and a half months old and phasing in to attendance at a nursery. “Corr, it ain’t ‘arf hot here in London town” It was really hot (30C/86F), so I thought it would be fun to visit the ‘Appearing Rooms’ fountain on the South […]
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My summer reading project
August 1st, 2011 by Roger Darlington
Amazingly it’s the first week of August already. The organisations on which I sit do not have formal meetings, so it’s a light month for me and I like to have a project. Two summers ago, the project was to write five short stories. I exceeded my target and continued with the exercise so that […]
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There must not be another Hama
July 31st, 2011 by Roger Darlington
The political protests in Syria came later than in most Arab countries but have now been running for almost five months. The demonstrations began within a matter of days of Vee and I leaving the country after a brief holiday. One of the places we visited briefly was the city of Hama (see here). This […]
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39 stops on the London Underground
July 27th, 2011 by Roger Darlington
The London Underground system – popularly known as the Tube – is the oldest in the world (it opened in 1863) and the second largest in the world (only Shanghai is larger). Today I made one of the longest tube journeys of my life by travelling from Sudbury Hill on the Piccadilly Line to Hornchurch […]
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