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Father’s Day

It’s on 20 June this year. Cards and gifts for Dads, and memories of fathers no longer with us; lots of them, sadly, during this grim year.

4 min readJun 14, 2021

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Father’s Day

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Choosing Your Moment

You may have missed it.

8 min readJan 26, 2021

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Choosing Your Moment

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Politics Today: They Test the Dictionary

Wherever I look, I find political events stretching beyond my normal vocabulary.

3 min readApr 21, 2024

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Politics Today: They Test the Dictionary

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Living History: Then & Now

What can Hillary Clinton’s autobiography, tell us today?

8 min readApr 4, 2024

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Living History: Then & Now

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Peter Ling

Valentine Diamonds.

Poems are my diamonds, she said. Make them your gifts to me; For Xmas, birthdays, or Valentine’s.

1 min readFeb 7, 2024

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Valentine Diamonds.

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Peter Ling

Valentine: Look Again

A poem

1 min readFeb 6, 2024

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Valentine: Look Again

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Man the lifeboats

Rishi Sunak tries to manage Conservative Party panic.

7 min readJan 27, 2024

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Man the lifeboats

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Celebrity Quandaries: Sidney Poitier and Others

Historical reflections.

10 min readJan 15, 2024

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Celebrity Quandaries: Sidney Poitier and Others

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Constitutional Contradictions: Trump & the 14th Amendment

Consider this a plea for all Americans to vote next year.

5 min readJan 7, 2024

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Constitutional Contradictions: Trump & the 14th Amendment

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Name Games, and Other Confusions

The Ling story

5 min readJan 6, 2024

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Name Games, and Other Confusions

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Peter Ling

Peter Ling

Historian and biographer but thankfully with a sense of humour. Expert on MLK, JFK, the Civil Rights Movement, and presidential scandals.

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