Just in

Articles by Robert Tickler

Avatar photo
About Robert Tickler

A man of financial substance, Robert has a wide range of interests and opinions to match. More Posts

The curious incident of the man in the bathrobe

At 7.30 am yesterday there was a knock on the door and there I find a man in a bathrobe, apparently from the room below, creating in a heavy German accent that the noise from my chair kept him awake all night. This was curious as I awoke at 4.30 am and sat at the desk working on my laptop. [...]

September 22, 2019 // 0 Comments

Goodwood Revival

Yesterday I was invited to Goodwood Revival. Speaking to one Ruster staffer who lives locally to Goodwood and a friend who resides in Petworth who had both attended the event, they stressed how everyone there and the organisers really entered into the spirit by dressing up and attention to period [...]

September 14, 2019 // 0 Comments

The journey home

A few years ago when I had to go Vienna Polly, my p/a, suggested a budget airline as British Airways offered poor value in Club Europe. Even though I no longer rate BA and would have experienced the aftermath of their strike, I find a budget airline – crammed, cramped and full of screaming [...]

September 12, 2019 // 0 Comments

Third and final day

Today is the last day of the wine weekend but I’m staying on for a few days at Sanary-Sur-Mer on the coastline between Marseilles and Toulon. We had a leisurely breakfast which took up most of the morning. After that we went to our first tasting at Domaine Vallee des Glauges in the Alpilles [...]

September 8, 2019 // 0 Comments

First day

After my unfortunate experience when travelling to Verona in July, when some idiot picked up my iPad in security and the operatives there were less than efficient in recovering same, I was more than apprehensive of Gatwick. This time my iPad was housed in a light brown bag which no one could [...]

September 6, 2019 // 0 Comments

A new experience

Yesterday I did something I have never done before though thousands of people have. I went to a DIY store. I always like the joke observation of comedian Jackie Mason: “A Jew can put together 7 companies profitably but cannot assemble a hoover. “ The purpose of the trip was to purchase some [...]

September 1, 2019 // 0 Comments

A 90th birthday party

Last night I attended the 90th birthday dinner of a lady whose family I have known for almost 50 years. It was a warm occasion at the Hurlingham Club blessed by some glorious weather enabling us to stand outside and admire the grounds of a club bang in central London. Her son was MC and pitched his [...]

August 24, 2019 // 0 Comments

Missing London?

A question I am often asked before and after I moved down to the coast is whether I miss London? One good friend of mine put it more starkly “I will give it two years and you will be back with more to pay in property prices”. A lady friend of mine I have known for over 50 years and who lived in [...]

August 10, 2019 // 0 Comments

Gay Pride weekend in Brighton

I have mixed feelings about Gay Pride weekend – known as “ Pride” down here. On one hand, I believe that every person has the right to pursue their sexual orientation free of prejudice victimisation and mocking. On the other hand, 120,000 visitors descend on our city for a weekend of [...]

August 5, 2019 // 0 Comments

Fourth day in Verona

It was another full-on day- some achievement as here too we had temperatures in the high 30s. We walked to Castelvecchio. Grandcarne, the greatest of the ruling Scala family, built this castle but it’s now a museum. This contained many art works by Mantegna, Veronese and Tintoretto but sadly no [...]

July 26, 2019 // 0 Comments

1 … 14 15 16 17 18 … 45

Copyright © 2026 The National Rust | Design by Premonition