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Gordon Martin, UN Correspondent for Vatican Radio, is writing his latest dispatch on the days developments at the Geneva 2 peace talks on a 40-year-old Remington Performer manual typewriter. The UNs second largest office has been Gordon Martins news patch for a quarter of a century. At the age of 86, he is still reporting on proceedings in the labyrinthine complex of buildings. In the age of social media and digital diplomacy, Gordon Martin is a resolutely analogue journalist. I dont have a mobile telephone, he tells me with a slight hint of pride. I dont understand a lot of modern gadgetry and I think sometimes gadgets get in the way of clear use of the English language.
Posted on: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 13:31:04 +0000

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