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The most expensive cup of coffee in the world?
August 9th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
In December 2008, I did a blog posting about my experience of ordering a cup of coffee in a London hotel that cost a staggering £5.20. I speculated about whether this was the most expensive cup of coffee in the world. Then, in April 2010, I did a further blog posting about a cup of […]
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Off to Copenhagen
August 3rd, 2010 by Roger Darlington
I’m off now for a few days to have a break in Copenhagen with my sister. I’ve never been to Denmark so this will be the 54th country that I’ve visited (about another 150 to go!). While I’m away and not blogging, if you’d like something to read perhaps I could direct you to my […]
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My role in the London Olympics
July 31st, 2010 by Roger Darlington
This week marked the point at which we are exactly two years away from the holding of the Olympic Games in London in 2012. Now I confess that, atypically for a man, I’m not very interested in sport. But I’m delighted that London will be hosting the Games in 2012 because I think it will […]
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“The Day Of Reckoning”
July 30th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
I’ve just put my latest short story on my web site. It’s entitled “The Day Of Reckoning” and you can read it here. Please let me know what you think. I’ve been writing short stories for a year now and this is my 23rd. You can check out the others here.
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A stately home and a stately lord
July 25th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
It was an interesting day for Vee and me as we visited a new location and an old friend. The new location was Osterley Park and House on the outskirts of west London. The park and the house are owned and managed by the National Trust and both are very well maintained. Osterley House is […]
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My 22nd short story
July 16th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
Today I’ve put on my web site my latest short story. It’s entitled “Time To Move On” and you can read it here. Please let me know what you think. This short story is my 22nd effort. If you’ve missed any the others, you can access them all here.
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What was the start of Thought For The Week?
July 12th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
I had an e-mail today, thanking me for my Thought For The Week, and asking me how the practice started. In reply, I explained that, on 18 April 1999, I was Head of Research for the Communication Workers Union and saw an article in the “Observer Business Section” that contained a sentence that I thought […]
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You can’t keep everybody happy all of the time
July 6th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
… and I’ve really upset an e-mail correspondent who has just sent me these comments on a section of my web site that normally receives very positive feed-back: I’ve just read your article (titled “HOW TO BE HAPPY”) and boy does it really suck…BIG times I tried to apply it by starting to listen to […]
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A day as a tourist in my own city
June 29th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
I’ve lived and worked in London since 1971, but I still enjoy being a tourist in the city. I spent today with my Chinese ‘daughter’ Hua and Chinese ‘grandson’ Joshua (who live in Oxford) together with Hua’s cousin Nan (who lives in Phoenix in the USA). We started by watching the changing of the guard […]
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A weekend out of the city
June 20th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
It’s been an interesting and enjoyable weekend with pleasant weather. First, Vee and I drove down from London to Winchester in Hampshire for a reunion with two of the couples – John & Sue and Geoff & Gill – with whom we made our visit to Iran last November. Our friends are very experienced travellers […]
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