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Is there a flower with your name?
May 3rd, 2011 by Roger Darlington
I have just discovered – via an Internet contact in California – that there is one with my surname. It’s called ‘Darlingtonia californica’ and it’s a rare carnivorous plant. How cool is that? More information here.
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A view from the Arab world
April 27th, 2011 by Roger Darlington
I send out a Thought For The Week by e-mail (if you would like to receive this E-mail me). This week’s thought is: “Just because you’re breathing doesn’t mean you’re alive.” My e-mail goes out to almost 1,700 people all around the world and I had this response from one of my Arab readers: “Yes; […]
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Joshua’s fourth birthday party
April 26th, 2011 by Roger Darlington
Vee and I had our first holiday in China in September 2000. On the flight back from Beijing to London, we sat in a row of three seats, the third of which was occupied by a 25 year old Chinese student setting off to Oxford University to commence a PhD in biochemical engineering. It was […]
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Our very busy social week
April 22nd, 2011 by Roger Darlington
This week has been amazing in London with consistently hot weather which has been great for the kids off school and the tourists visiting the capital. Furthermore the week has been special for Vee and me for the very full social programme that we’ve enjoyed which has been particularly busy because of Jewish Pesach coinciding […]
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18,000 days of diary
April 15th, 2011 by Roger Darlington
After several failed attempts, I managed to start keeping a diary when I was 12 and my first entry was on Sunday 31 December 1961. Since then, I’ve never missed a single day. This means that now I’m in the 50th year of diary writing and that today marks my 18,000th entry. For eight years, […]
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“We’re gonna need a bigger buggy”
April 12th, 2011 by Roger Darlington
I was in central London this morning attending a seminar on media literacy at the London School of Economics, so I sought the opportunity to see my granddaughter Catrin again, since her parents live in town. In fact, today Catrin joined her mother at her consultancy company Aequitas which has its office just off Trafalgar […]
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What those cuts really mean
April 10th, 2011 by Roger Darlington
The dramatic public expenditure cuts announced by the Coalition Government – too fast and too deep in my view – are only now starting to bite with the commencement of the new financial year and the implementation of new tax and benefit changes nationally and of council budgets locally. The impact on many people’s lives […]
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My new short story
April 9th, 2011 by Roger Darlington
It’s three months since I’ve written a short story but, following encouragement from a friend (thanks, David M), I’ve composed one this weekend that I’ve had in development for four months. It’s my 27th short story and it’s entitled “A Shot In The Dark”. Check it out here. If you want to read some of […]
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Out of the mouths of babes
April 5th, 2011 by Roger Darlington
I saw my darling granddaughter Catrin again today. I took her out in the pram for an hour and a half to give her mum a break and me some fun time. In fact, she slept most of the time but, when she was awake, I had some more wonderful smiles. She’s some way from […]
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Happy Mothers Day to all you mums
April 3rd, 2011 by Roger Darlington
In the UK, it’s Mothers Day and I want to send special good wishes to my daughter-in-law Emily who is celebrating her first Mothers Day. Eleven weeks ago, she gave birth to my first grandchild Catrin who is doing great and is an absolute delight. My own mother died 12 years ago and I still […]
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