Archive for May, 2022


America is not the greatest country in the world

May 25th, 2022 by Roger Darlington

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A review of the new film “Everything Everywhere All At Once”

May 23rd, 2022 by Roger Darlington

I’ve been viewing films on a regular basis for some six decades and have clocked up almost 3,000 in that time. This particular one must be a strong candidate for the most weird and wonderful work that I’ve seen. The title itself is marvellous, up there with “Doctor Strange In The Madness Of The Multiverse” […]

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A review of the 2008 movie “The Incredible Hulk”

May 21st, 2022 by Roger Darlington

The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) was kicked off with “Ironman” in the summer of 2008 and the latest addition to the immensely-successful franchise is “Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness” in the summer of 2022. In the intervening 14 years, there have been no less than 28 MCU movies and I’ve seen everyone at […]

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A holiday in the Balkans: Kosovo, Albania & North Macedonia

May 19th, 2022 by Roger Darlington

I’ve just returned from a most enjoyable week’s holiday in the Balkans visiting three small states in the region. You might have been reading my daily blog postings of the trip. However, I’ve now drawn all the blog postings together into a single narrative for my web site which you can read here.

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Day seven in the Balkans

May 17th, 2022 by Roger Darlington

The last day of our trip (day seven) was the least challenging since it was the shortest and all around or in Pristina. Setting off at the (to us) late hour of 10 am, it was only a 20 minute drive to the site of the Battle of Kosovo which has been called “the cradle […]

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Day six in the Balkans

May 16th, 2022 by Roger Darlington

Day six – the penultimate one – and how did it go? We left our hotel in Skopje at 9 am and arrived at our hotel in Pristina at 6.20 pm and, in the intervening nine or so hours, we visited four locations in two countries in excellent weather (26C).   Starting the day with […]

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Day five in the Balkans

May 15th, 2022 by Roger Darlington

Day five was wholly in North Macedonia but involved a lot of travel on some really poor roads. We left Ohrid in the south-east of the country and travelled north-west to the middle of the nation.  Here we visited the Stobi archaeological site which was a reminder of the long and rich history of this […]

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Day four in the Balkans

May 14th, 2022 by Roger Darlington

Day four and time to move on to the third country of our tour: North Macedonia. It was 8.45 am when we left our hotel in Tirana and headed east. After a refreshment stop, we crossed the border at Qafe Thane and proceeded into North Macedonia. Now most people know Macedonia as the birthplace of […]

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Day three in the Balkans

May 13th, 2022 by Roger Darlington

Day three was in Albania where we had a local guide called Kledi who explained some of the dramatic recent changes in his country. Under the dictatorial rule of Envo Hoxha from 1944-1985, Albania was the most closed and poorest countries In Europe. Following the collapse of communism in 1991, great efforts are being made […]

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Day two in the Balkans

May 12th, 2022 by Roger Darlington

Starting at 9 am, the second day of our holiday was different from the first. To start with, we had all had a full night’s sleep. Then, except for a brief look at the Kosovan town of Gjakova, we spent the day over in Albania. Immediately the terrain changed as we drove on rough roads […]

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