Articles by The National Rust

The Tanner Report : Fulham 1 Spurs 2

Fulham’s defeat to a Spurs goal in the 94th minute was gut-wrenching and makes the task of avoiding relegation decidedly arduous. Before the game I analysed the fixtures. At home we entertain Liverpool, Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea so we will be looking for points against [...]

January 21, 2019 // 0 Comments

Jeanne Augier 1923-2019

Despite being 95 when she passed away the whole of Nice was shocked and saddened by the death of the owner of the Negresco Hotel, Jeanne Augier. The best hotel in Nice and once the whole Riviera was her fiefdom, she resided there till her passing. Royalty, artists like Picasso Chagall and Dali who [...]

January 20, 2019 // 0 Comments

Birthday party

These days I don’t often get invited to parties and I cannot say I miss this aspect of my social life. I have no real desire to meet new people, my optimal hope is to encounter someone I like but don’t see often. My reaction to an invitation to the birthday party of my Thai Housekeeper Lin was [...]

December 31, 2018 // 0 Comments

The Price of Everything/ Bloomsbury art

The Price of Everything is supposed to take the lid off the contemporary art world. It does not do so. Nathaniel Kahn Reason? It is confined to New York and only centres on modern art not the Old Masters. It’s really a series of interviews with the big players: the artists, dealers, auction [...]

December 14, 2018 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 1 Leicester 1

There is no doubt that perfomance has improved under Claudio Ranieri: 4 points have been achieved under him whist Slavisa Jokatovic only managed 5 in many more games. We deserved to beat Leicester but, if you do not take your chances, you can blame no one but yourself. I was disappointed that [...]

December 6, 2018 // 0 Comments

Summing up Sri Lanka

Cricketers, like most international sportsmen, live in a bubble. I do try to understand the culture and politics of any country I visit. Sri Lanka is in constitutional and economic meltdown. The President has attempted to displace the Prime Minister with his own choice and at present there is an [...]

November 21, 2018 // 0 Comments

Gin tasting /part two

I enjoyed meeting J.S. Bird on HMS Tickler. To complete the circle here are a few gins I enjoy not on J. S. Bird’s list: Gin Mare This is a gin distilled south of Barcelona best drunk with Fevertree Mediterranean tonic. As Bob explained when he dispensed this gin with great flourish, Fevertree is [...]

November 1, 2018 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Teport : should SJ go or should he stay?

Fulham have now lost 4 games om the bounce and conceded 28 goals so at very least coach Slavisa Jokatovic must be feeling the heat. After another comprehensive home loss 0-3 to Bournemouth I now ask the question should he go or stay? The arguments for dismissal are that he does not know his best [...]

October 28, 2018 // 0 Comments

The Friday night meal

Yesterday my godson Jamie and his mother C and I were invited for a Sabbath meal by my niece. She comes from an orthod0x Jewish family and it was very much the traditional meal. C is a RI teacher and always eager to see at first hand religious practices. Amongst these Jewish orthodox practices are [...]

October 27, 2018 // 0 Comments

My art week

Dear old John Pargiter often gives us the lowdown on his sporting week and as there have been three developments in mine I thought I might share them with you. On Monday the ex-cricketer and now artist Jack Russell popped round. I now have three of his works and admire his sense of composition and [...]

October 10, 2018 // 0 Comments

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A la Colthard/ The George at Burpham

January 22, 2019 // 0 Comments

Yesterday I had lunch with a very old friend – a versatile entrepreneur lately successful in internet travel – who has his main residence in Petworth and a flat [...]
A salute to the superior gender!

January 22, 2019 // 0 Comments

It has become a source of mockery for some to hurl at us but here in the sports department we make no apologies at all for our various campaigns and causes. That said, we [...]
A storm in a tea cup? Possibly yes and no …

January 22, 2019 // 0 Comments

Today, with an admitted smidgeon of nervousness, I step into the recent row that has blown up in the media and elsewhere over the BBC’s alleged biased and unfair treatment [...]
Sometimes technology works

January 21, 2019 // 0 Comments

Some might feel that on the Rust we harp on too much about the complexities and frustrations of the 21st Century, possibly because we’re too old and senile to engage [...]
The Tanner Report : Fulham 1 Spurs 2

January 21, 2019 // 0 Comments

Fulham’s defeat to a Spurs goal in the 94th minute was gut-wrenching and makes the task of avoiding relegation decidedly arduous. Before the game I analysed the fixtures. [...]