Archive for January, 2012
The Spaniard has arrived and she is called Hope
January 5th, 2012 by Roger Darlington
Just before Christmas, I did a posting about my friend Ellie, a 47 year old woman about to have her first child who has been blogging and tweeting every step of the arduous way on this highly problematic pregancy. So I am utterly delighted to announce the news that at 3.43 pm this afternoon Ellie […]
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My latest short story: “The Girl With The Crimson Scar”
January 5th, 2012 by Roger Darlington
It’s been nine months since I wrote a short story, but the quiet beginning to the New Year has given me the opportunity to craft a new story – my 28th. It’s entitled “The Girl With The Crimson Scar” and you can read it here. All comments very welcome. If you want to check out […]
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So who is Rick Santorum?
January 5th, 2012 by Roger Darlington
The Republican primary race has been bizarre for the constant media effort to promote the chances of someone who can beat the front-runner Mitt Romney. In turn, Michelle Bachmann, Rick Perry, Herman Cain and Newt Gringrich have been favoured and then crashed. I have even heard the suggestion that Florida Governor Jeb Bush is waiting […]
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Word of the day: Mittelstand
January 5th, 2012 by Roger Darlington
I’ve spent the last couple of evenings catching up on recordings of two television programmes made by the BBC’s economic correspondent Robert Peston (I used to know his father when I worked in Whitehall in the 1970s). The programmes were called “The Party’s Over: How The West Went Bust” and sought to explain the origins […]
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Searching the web is no substitute for critical thinking
January 2nd, 2012 by Roger Darlington
The nature of my large and eclectic web site is such that I receive e-mails from school, college and university students around the world and I always try to reply and be helpful. But I am really struck by the observation that many students expect to find the answer to their assignment in the nature […]
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2.4 M visits to my web site in 2011
January 1st, 2012 by Roger Darlington
In the last few years, the number of visits to my web site – which includes my two blogs – has been around 1.8-1.9 M but, last year, the number broke the 2 M barrier for the first time. In fact, in the course of 2011, there were 2.384 million visits. That’s an average of […]
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It’s a new year – so let’s be cheerful
January 1st, 2012 by Roger Darlington
“So we face challenges, but we have a growing capacity to respond. For the average inhabitant of Britain, or Europe, or the planet, there has never been a better time to be alive than today. And, like as not, that statement will be true again tomorrow, and the next day – and the next.” This […]
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