Richard Ord
Deputy Editor at Sunderland Echo
Journalist. Scorpio. Views expressed not necessarily that of the newspaper, or his own for that matter.
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3 weeks ago |
msn.com | Richard Ord
Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
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3 weeks ago |
sunderlandecho.com | Richard Ord
My two sons and I are separated, all told, by a few thousand miles. One is studying Geography in Liverpool while the other has gone travelling and last week ended up in - of all places - Bangkok. I know what you’re thinking: what a worry to have your own flesh and blood in a strange city with little grasp of the local language so soon after a disaster… and the other one in Bangkok!Apologies, but it was too good a joke opportunity to turn down.
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4 weeks ago |
msn.com | Richard Ord
Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
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4 weeks ago |
sunderlandecho.com | Richard Ord
Let’s imagine, if we can, a scene so offensive, only the very worst people would call it ‘just banter’... Every Thursday evening I tootle down to my local British Legion club and berate war veterans for the damage they’ve done to society. In particular, there’s a former Falkland’s veteran, son of a WW2 bomber pilot killed over Dresden, who works behind the bar.
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1 month ago |
sunderlandecho.com | Richard Ord
Scrolling through online nonsense this week (I know, I need to get a life) I watched some Japanese TV in which a man was trapped under a giant boulder in the middle of nowhere. In the footage, his inconsolable wife tries desperately to shift the rock but to no avail. The dying husband tells his tearful beloved that he loves her and to hold his hand while he passes away, but she refuses to give up and prays for help.
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