Archive for October, 2006
Two facts about the UN
October 3rd, 2006 by Roger Darlington
This morning, I was on the way to a meeting at the Foreign Office when I passed Westminster Central Hall opposite Westminster Abbey. I saw two young tourists taking photographs and struck up a conversation. I found that they were from South Korea, so I told them two things that they didn’t know – and […]
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How long till Christmas?
October 3rd, 2006 by Roger Darlington
If you really want to know, click here.
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What’s the time at the North Pole?
October 2nd, 2006 by Roger Darlington
The answer is that it is always midnight. This information comes from a new book titled “Why Don’t Penguins Feet Freeze?” and the “Mirror” newspaper today features 20 questions from the work.
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Word of the day: Stechschritt
October 2nd, 2006 by Roger Darlington
The Stechschritt, commonly known in English speaking countries as the “Goose-Step”, is a special form of the equal step, which is usually demonstrated in solemn military parades and passes in review of closed units. More information here. So, the Stechschritt is an historical phenomenon largely associated with the Prussians and the Nazis? Apparently, not so.
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Confessions of a news junkie
October 1st, 2006 by Roger Darlington
I confess that I have an enormous interest in and appetite for news & current affairs and its alter ego history. So, when I go on holiday (I’ve just spent a week in Uzbekistan), I’m reluctant to cancel the newspapers unless I’m away for longer than a week because I don’t what to feel that […]
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Keeping you posted
October 1st, 2006 by Roger Darlington
Last month, I explained in a posting how, on behalf of the consumer watchdog Postwatch, I had done seven radio & television interviews about what is popularly known as junk mail but more correctly known as unsolicited mail. The subject became a source of media fascination owing to the suspension by Royal Mail of a […]
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Two new political bloggers
October 1st, 2006 by Roger Darlington
As is evident from NightHawk, I’m a great enthusiast for blogging and for politics and for the combination of the two. The party conference season has seen the arrival of two new heavyweight political bloggers from opposite ends of the political spectrum. Just before last week’s Labour Party Conference, former Labour Government Cabinet Minister Michael […]
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