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That was the week that was
October 15th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
The thing about being a portfolio workers is that activity is very variable and fluctuating – but this week has been furiously busy for me: five meetings, one conference call, two speeches, one interview, and an evening class. Next week will be lighter …
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All alone am I
September 13th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
Last summer, my wife Vee and her twin sister Mari went over to the Czech Republic for a week or so to take party in various events to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of their father, the Czech World War Two night fighter ace Karel Kuttelwascher. Today the two of them set out […]
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Something new (3): Harrow-on-the-Hill
September 12th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
I love discovering new things or visiting new places in my home city of London where I have lived now for almost 40 years. For 26 of those years, I’ve lived at the foot of Harrow-on-the-Hill and often go for walks up the hill for some exercise. Today, for the first time, I went on […]
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Something new (2): “Emporium”
September 11th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
I love discovering new things or visiting new places in my home city of London where I have lived now for almost 40 years. This weekend, Vee & I visited a wonderful new tea house at the invitation of our good friends Eric & Cindy. It is called “Emporium” and located between East Finchley and […]
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Something new (1): “La Deliverance”
September 11th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
I love discovering new things or visiting new places in my home city of London where I have lived now for almost 40 years. This weekend, I stopped for the first time to look at a striking statue that I pass every time I visit close friends Ivan & Ros in Finchley. Amazingly I’ve never […]
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Spitfires, Hurricanes and Czechs
September 5th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
When I was younger, I used to attend a couple of air displays each year in pursuance of my lifelong interest in aviation. But it’s been six years since I went to a display – until today. My wife Vee and I spent the day at the Imperial War Museum Duxford in Cambridgeshire, partly to […]
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“A Question Of Life”
September 3rd, 2010 by Roger Darlington
I’ve just published on my web site my latest – the 24th – short story. It’s entitled “A Question Of Life” and it’s unusual in dealing with some issues around the Holocaust. Please read it and and let me know what you think. You’ll find all my other stories here.
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How often have you moved home?
August 26th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
My wife has been away for three days this week helping her twin sister and brother-in-law to move house in West Sussex. This set me thinking about the moves I’ve made in my life. I had a rather peripatetic childhood growing up in Manchester [personal notes here] and lived in eight places there. When I […]
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Weekend on the Isle of Wight
August 16th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
Vee and I spent a relaxing and congenial weekend on the Isle of Wight visiting our good friends Trev and Tess Jessop whom we befriended originally on our trip to Indochina. They live in an amazing place called Span Lodge which was built in 1805 as a home for the gatekeeper of the southern gate […]
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A visit to Copenhagen
August 12th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
Regular visitors to this blog will know that I’ve recently returned from a four-day summer break in Copenhagen and this visit to Denmark was the 54th nation that I’ve experienced. I’ve written a few notes on Copenhagen here.
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