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More “woke pro-cyclist madness” …

From our “You just couldn’t make it up” department:- Here’s another glaring example in the Rust‘s ongoing campaign against the Government’s misguided policies championing the nefarious interests of cyclists above those of tens of millions of  law-abiding [...]

January 5, 2022 // 0 Comments

The silly season continues here …

As another Rust year draws to a close and we contemplate what 2022 might bring, it occurred to me that – as is not unusual in the gap between Christmas and New Year – there is a remarkable lack of worthy media news stories doing the rounds. As proof of my proposition, here are two [...]

December 31, 2021 // 0 Comments

English cricket – the inquest begins (again)

The records have it that the first-ever international cricket match – between the United States of America and Canada, no less – took place at the grounds of the St George’s Cricket Club in New York in 1844. A English professional cricket touring team mounted the first-ever [...]

December 30, 2021 // 0 Comments

Big Game 13 (looking back)

Today I am taking up my esteemed sports editor Mr Hollingworth’s general invitation issued to Rust contributors who might like to post upon the subject of England Premiership club Harlequins’ Big Game 13 which took place last Monday (27th December) at RFU Twickenham. The ‘Big Game’ concept [...]

December 29, 2021 // 0 Comments

Operation Finale

Operation Finale is a Netflix production based on the abduction and trial in Israel of Adolf Eichmann in 1960. The first part – being the planning and kidnapping of Eichmann – was a largely accurate but the second part takes considerable dramatic licence with the facts. Eichmann was the [...]

December 23, 2021 // 0 Comments

Upon entering Christmas week …

Since the beginning on the month, I suspect in common with the bulk of the British public, my family has spent much of its time keeping our originally intended plans for celebrating Christmas under review while also monitoring the latest daily developments in the Omicron variant crisis in case the [...]

December 21, 2021 // 0 Comments

When the only consistent thing is the lack of it

Last night I had an early dinner for the first time at a highly-recommended pub in West Sussex, which shall remain nameless partly because it is irrelevant for present purposes and partly because I enjoyed the atmosphere and my meal sufficiently that I fully intend to return there again and [...]

December 17, 2021 // 0 Comments

Horse racing needs to take a look at itself in the mirror

As someone of limited interest in horse racing – jumping or flat – the recent British Horseracing Association disciplinary case, in which professional female jockey Bryony Frost called out Robbie Dunne for conducting a personal campaign of verbal abuse and threats against her over a period of [...]

December 16, 2021 // 0 Comments

Party time at Number 10

One of the more surprising aspects of the current snowstorm of crises surrounding the besieged regime of Boris Johnson is that anyone finds it surprising. From his teenage years onwards, almost everyone who ever came into close contact with the present incumbent of Number 10 had him marked down as [...]

December 12, 2021 // 0 Comments

The Ashes

I really enjoy following the Ashes during these wintry nights snug under my duvet. Being a poor sleeper, waking regularly through the night, it’s a boon and I keep the radio on beside me. Early on Wednesday morning I tuned to the inevitable batting collapse. England were 62-5 with Joe Root, Ben [...]

December 9, 2021 // 0 Comments

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