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A lunch both happy and sad

Yesterday I had lunch with three supporters of  Brighton HAFC whom I know well and see in the 1905 lounge but only once this year. One of them – J – sits in front of me and goes back on the train from the stadium with the other two who owned the pub. J, who invited me for lunch, is a [...]

November 4, 2020 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 2 WBA 0

The relief was palpable. Fulham’s first win in the Premier and out of the relegation zone: a defence which had only conceded 3 goals in 3 matches kept a clean sheet; new signing Joachim Andersen in central defence looked the business and, recovering quicker than expected from an ankle injury, [...]

November 3, 2020 // 0 Comments

Spurs 2 Brighton HAFC 1

Brighton played doggedly in this defeat last night at the new Spurs stadium. There were 2 surprise omissions in the line up: keeper Matt Ryan was on the bench and forward Neil Maupay not even in the eighteen. One can only think this was for disciplinary reasons. Skipper and centre back Lewis Dunk [...]

November 2, 2020 // 0 Comments

Nobby Stiles

As with most who remember the only England team to win anything in our lifetime I was saddened when another of the ’66 boys passed away leaving now Bobby Charlton, George Cohen, Roger Hunt and Geoff Hurst. Henry Winter paid him eloquent tribute in The Times yesterday. However I disagreed with [...]

November 1, 2020 // 0 Comments

This old heart of mine

Yesterday I had an appointment with a local cardiologist as a follow-up to my annual medical with my doctor. The doctor with his stethoscope had picked up “A very soft murmur on the aorta”. I was rather freaked out by this and the reference in the referral letter  to “an early sign of heart [...]

October 31, 2020 // 0 Comments

The Queen’s Gambit/Netflix

I have previously and favourably reviewed Walter Tevis novel The Queen’s Gambit in the Rust.   It tells the story of the rise of Kentucky born Beth Norman from orphan to world chess champion. You cannot make chess a watchable game as it’s far too static and technical but this film of seven [...]

October 30, 2020 // 0 Comments

Giving praise where it’s due

I am no particular fan of BT Sport football coverage. Jake Humphreys, their number two presenter, does not float my boat – nor their chief one, Gary Lineker. However I have always liked James Richardson who hosts a show on Champions League night.  Richardson cut his teeth on Channel 4 in the [...]

October 29, 2020 // 0 Comments

Morozov/Natalya Semenova

Generally there are two types of reviewers: those that use a book review to illustrate their own knowledge of the subject and those that seek to show why said book might be of interest or enrichment to the reader. Most of the reviews of this biography of the Morozovs I read fall into the first [...]

October 28, 2020 // 0 Comments

The Undoing

I very much enjoyed this psychological thriller on SKY ATLANTIC. It’s set in New York and stars Hugh Grant as Jonathan Fraser, a paediatric encologist, and Nicole Kidman, his wife Grace a psychiatrist, specialising in marital breakdown. Both actors starred as villains in the excellent [...]

October 27, 2020 // 0 Comments

My sporting weekend

I am back to betting form again with an each way finish for young Spaniard Arni Arnaus in the Italian Open on the European Tour and betting against Manchester United in a dreadful match a goalless draw v Chelsea. My fancy Webb Simpson finished  out of the each way berths in the Zozo USPGA event at [...]

October 26, 2020 // 0 Comments

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