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Fight Game stuff

There’s no doubt that professional heavyweight boxing is on the up and those of us interested in the Noble Art are as pleased as anyone about the development because – echoing what they used to say in cricket back in the day (“a strong Yorkshire means a strong England”) – similar [...]

March 15, 2020 // 0 Comments

A al Colthard/Sheekeys

In the 60s – as a callow but engaged pretty young girl who started her weekend at the Markham Arms, Kings Road, and kicked her heels at the Pheasantry – I used to visit Ma  Sheekeys. It was popular with sports stars – Henry Cooper and Johnny Haynes used to tuck into their sea [...]

March 15, 2020 // 0 Comments

What shall we do?

The debate is no longer TV versus attendance but what either party will do in at least 6 weeks barren of sports? The question was considered at a football lunch I attended yesterday. One wag commented “”Think of the positive, Liverpool may never get the title!” It’s possible if the [...]

March 14, 2020 // 0 Comments

The small gap between certainty and the opposite

It’s a funny old world we live in. Yesterday I travelled by train into central London to lunch with some old mates who on the face of it have nothing more in common than a past in the sense that we all went to the same school at roughly the same time. At least that’s one way of looking at it. [...]

March 14, 2020 // 0 Comments

Joni got it right

Straying for a moment from my daily brief, today I am joining other Rust columnists who recently have been detailing their brushes – and frustrations – with the modern world and how it doesn’t really work in favour of those of us beyond the first flush of youth. In the year 2020, when [...]

March 12, 2020 // 0 Comments

The balance of life

Earlier this week (Monday 9th March) I alighted upon a piece by Clare Foges on page 21 of my copy of The Times commenting upon the latest developments in the coronavirus epidemic and the UK government’s official advice on self-isolation – “Remain in your home. Do not go to work, school or [...]

March 11, 2020 // 0 Comments

No mobile angst

Given the travails of my colleague with his new phone I was rather fearful of my trip to Vodafone to upgrade my iPhone. My now old mobile was clearly on its last legs – prone to seizures – and the bottom part of the screen did not activate at all. I was an unusual customer because of my [...]

March 11, 2020 // 0 Comments

The business side of it

For musical Rusters – or even just those fascinated by the music industry, here’s an editorial that appears today upon the website of – THE [...]

March 11, 2020 // 0 Comments

Table talk

…. And now here’s a list to keep Ruster movie fans everywhere reflecting over their bacon and eggs this morning: Tim Robey and Robbie Collin – film critics for The Daily Telegraph – make their selection of the 100 best British movies of all time – see here, courtesy of [...]

March 10, 2020 // 0 Comments

Some things keep changing – and some don’t

It is of these things that in the world of entertainment some of the standard rules of business apply and some don’t. In one sense it’s an obvious point to make – and no doubt most sectors (e.g. fishing, fashion, flying and … er porn) would probably claim similar – but few have been more [...]

March 8, 2020 // 0 Comments

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