Archive for November, 2012
A review of “The Iron Lady”
November 10th, 2012 by Roger Darlington
It’s taken me a little while, but I’ve now managed to catch up with the biopic of Margaret Thatcher “The Iron Lady”. You can read my review here.
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Two statistics that explain America’s global power
November 9th, 2012 by Roger Darlington
What proportion of the world’s population is constituted by the United States. The answer is a mere 4%. What proportion of the world’s gross domestic product is generated by the USA? The answer is an astonishing 26%. The figures come from a book that I have just started reading: “The Next 100 Years” by George […]
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Some reflections on the US presidential election – and how the event impacted on my web site
November 9th, 2012 by Roger Darlington
As I did with the American presidential race of 2008, I’ve blogged regularly on the 2012 contest. In the end, the result was much as I had been suggesting it would be. Although in terms of the overall share of individual votes, Barack Obama only won quite narrowly, as I constantly pointed out, the contest […]
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Three speaking engagements on three consecutive days
November 8th, 2012 by Roger Darlington
It’s been a busy week which has involved me speaking at three different events on three different subjects. On Monday I was at the BBC’s New Broadcasting House to attend an all-day event on digital radio in cars and I was a member of a panel discussion on the stage hosted by BBC correspondent Nick […]
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A fun weekend looking after baby Catrin
November 5th, 2012 by Roger Darlington
Although I try to see my granddaughter Catrin – now almost two – each week when I collect her from nursery and sometimes babysit, we have only had her with us overnight on two occasions. The first was a year ago when I blogged here and here. The second was this weekend. Our son Richard […]
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An introduction to Big History
November 3rd, 2012 by Roger Darlington
In this TED talk, David Christian gives us the history of the world in 18 minutes.
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Obama vs Romney: the last couple of days
November 3rd, 2012 by Roger Darlington
On Tuesday, the United States will hold elections for the President, a third of the Senate, all of the House of Representatives, and all sorts of local positions. The world has been watching the presidential election especially, finding it hard to believe that the Democratic incumbent Barack Obama could be finding it so difficult to […]
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The most violent film that I’ve seen
November 2nd, 2012 by Roger Darlington
It’s an Indonesian film written and directed by a Welshman – and you’ve never heard of it. It’s called “The Raid” and I’ve reviewed it here.
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