Archive for September, 2014
How many of these tech terms do you understand?
September 5th, 2014 by Roger Darlington
As a publicity device to draw attention to its Techy Tea Party events on Tuesday, the mobile operator EE has published the results of a survey which shows that many over 65s do not understand – and are very off-put by – a variety of technical terms that are in commonplace use by many younger […]
Posted in Internet | Comments (0)
Belgian break (4) : Brussels
September 4th, 2014 by Roger Darlington
On the last day of our Belgium break, we had to travel back from Antwerp to Brussels for the Eurostar and we decided to do so straight after breakfast so that we could see a little of Brussels and make the holiday a tale of three cities: Antwerp, Ghent and Brussels. I have been to […]
Posted in My life & thoughts | Comments (0)
Belgian break (3) : Ghent
September 3rd, 2014 by Roger Darlington
For our third day in Belgium, we made a trip from Antwerp to Ghent. As a schoolchild, Vee studied a poem by Robert Browning titled “How they brought the good news from Ghent to Aix” (actually this was a fictional incident and one never learns the nature of the good news). Little did she think […]
Posted in My life & thoughts | Comments (2)
Belgian break (2) : Antwerp
September 2nd, 2014 by Roger Darlington
On the second day of our Belgium break, we further explored the city of Antwerp. The morning was spent on cultural visits. First, we went to see the Rubens House. The painter Peter Paul Rubens purchased the property in 1610 and lived and worked here until his death in 1640. After centuries of neglect, the […]
Posted in My life & thoughts | Comments (1)
Belgian break (1) : London to Antwerp
September 1st, 2014 by Roger Darlington
Vee and I tend to take our major holiday in the winter (this year we went to five countries in Central America in February), but it is good to have a short break in the summer too, so this year we decided to have a few days in Belgium. We have previously had a holiday […]
Posted in My life & thoughts | Comments (0)