Archive for April, 2007
25 years after the Falklands war
April 2nd, 2007 by Roger Darlington
I will always associate the Falklands war of 1982 with my marriage to Vee. We were married on 19 March and a couple of weeks later the Argentinians invaded the islands. We have just celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary and today is the 25th anniversary of the invasion. The invasion led to a 10-week conflict […]
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A new cafe on the Hill
April 1st, 2007 by Roger Darlington
I’m a great frequenter of cafes and have many favourites in the centre of London which I visit between meetings. When it comes to closer to home, I don’t go to cafes as much as to restaurants, but today I made an exception and I’m glad I did. We live at the foot of historic […]
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Would you appear on the web 24/7?
April 1st, 2007 by Roger Darlington
No – neither would I. But Justin Kan of San Francisco does.
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What might have been
April 1st, 2007 by Roger Darlington
This week, I was at the House of Commons to attend a discussion hosted by a body called the Industry and Parliament Trust. Browsing through the latest magazine of the Trust, my attention was caught by an article about Labour Member of Parliament Austin Mitchell. It mentioned that he is the only MP who will […]
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