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    The US PGA takes place today at Quail Hollow a course  that demands length. Predictably,  Rory McIlroy is still the big story and favourite, particularly as he won his [...]
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    I suspect that the name Chaim Rumkowski will mean little to readers of The Rust but, in his own controversial way, he epitomised many of the historical difficulties of World [...]
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    Sussex beat Worcestershire by 47 runs, making heavy weather of it. The morning was grey and dank but the moisture in the air assisted seam. Ollie Roberson bowled his heart [...]
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    The walk alongside the Thames from Putney Bridge is often heralded as the loveliest way to à football stadium. Yesterday I walked in a different direction – along the [...]
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    It was a topsy turvy day at Hove. The Sussex pace attack was denuded by the loss of Jayden Seales and Danny Lamb – so John Hayes was borrowed from Nottinghamshire [...]
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Chaim Rumkowski

by Henry Elkins in Blogs

I suspect that the name Chaim Rumkowski will mean little to readers of The Rust but, in his own controversial way, he epitomised many of the historical difficulties of World [...]

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Restaurant Reviews

  • A la Colthard / Il Vicolo

    March 14, 2025 // 0 Comments

    On the train to London yesterday I read an article in The Times about ‘In’ restaurants that blacklist you. As I have une horreur of fashionable restaurants, I had [...]

Arts

  • The Tanner Report: Fulham 1 Everton 3

    May 11, 2025 // 0 Comments

    The walk alongside the Thames from Putney Bridge is often heralded as the loveliest way to à football stadium. Yesterday I walked in a different direction – along the [...]

Sport

  • US PGA

    May 15, 2025 // 0 Comments

    The US PGA takes place today at Quail Hollow a course  that demands length. Predictably,  Rory McIlroy is still the big story and favourite, particularly as he won his [...]

Britain

  • Final day: Sussex beat Worcestershire

    May 13, 2025 // 0 Comments

    Sussex beat Worcestershire by 47 runs, making heavy weather of it. The morning was grey and dank but the moisture in the air assisted seam. Ollie Roberson bowled his heart [...]

World Affairs

  • Chaim Rumkowski

    May 14, 2025 // 0 Comments

    I suspect that the name Chaim Rumkowski will mean little to readers of The Rust but, in his own controversial way, he epitomised many of the historical difficulties of World [...]

Men

  • Eubank v McKenna

    March 8, 2025 // 0 Comments

    Last night was something of a rarity: live boxing on free-to -air television. The Noble Art has suffered from satellite coverage and pay-to-view and I cannot be the only [...]

Film

  • The Great Escape

    April 23, 2025 // 0 Comments

    A Bank Holiday would not be one without showing The Great Escape (1963) and – sure enough – Film 4 showed it on a cold Easter Monday. The previous day I had [...]

Women

  • Dora Carrington/Pallant Gallery

    April 26, 2025 // 0 Comments

    Was Dora Carrington an entitled, hedonistic member of the Bloomsbury set or a talented artist not properly recognised as she was a woman? I went along to see her exhibition [...]

Restaurant reviews

  • A la Colthard / Il Vicolo

    March 14, 2025 // 0 Comments

    On the train to London yesterday I read an article in The Times about ‘In’ restaurants that blacklist you. As I have une horreur of fashionable restaurants, I had [...]