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

French railways assessed

Yesterday I made a short journey from Nice to Cannes on French railways known as SNCF. It was not a customer friendly experience. So much so that I found myself praising Southern Fail. I arrived at Nice station in good time and my intention was to buy a ticket over the counter as I believed I was [...]

April 17, 2023 // 0 Comments

Nice

Yes it’s good to be back in Nice. I was fortunate as my parents liked to travel and take me with them. They first came to the Côte d’Azur in the 1950s and apparently I nearly blinded my mother when I poked her in the eye. Fortunately they French had cortisone. We came back in the 60s. At that [...]

April 7, 2023 // 0 Comments

A Day in London (ugh)

When I moved some 9 years ago from Central London, where I had spent most of my life, to the south coast my closest friend – sadly no longer with us – took the view that I would be back in two years. Well, not only do I not regret my decision but I find London trips are highly-stressful [...]

March 2, 2023 // 0 Comments

My father, NHS & modern medical practice.

It’s always interesting to find something new out about a parent and recently my brother informed me that our father was a founding doctor in the first NHS clinic at Woodberry Down, Hackney – now called the Sir John Scott. Aneurin Bevin, the Labour Minister in Clement Attlee’s government [...]

November 28, 2022 // 0 Comments

On the buses

Brighton is celebrated for the theatre of its street life. By the pier there is a replica of Darth Vader and other street actors and other characters happy to pose for some silver in their hat. However there is also theatrical life in a different way… on the buses. A few years ago I was impressed [...]

October 29, 2022 // 0 Comments

more techie woes

A common gripe amongst us elderly Rusters is to be forced into the smart phone/iPad world only to find it’s not working and there is no one to call. I have spent most of this month under the incorrect assumption that I must pay the balance of an invoice by the end of it. I happened to speak to [...]

October 27, 2022 // 0 Comments

What’s going on?

Two questions that I’ve been asked, as a person with above average financial knowledge and experience, are:- “What’s going on?“ “What should I do?“ The Government does not have the answer to either – and nor do I. Liz Truss’s very public difference with Rishi [...]

September 30, 2022 // 0 Comments

University Challenge/60 years on

This week celebrated the 60th anniversary of  University Challenge when the popular quiz show returned to out screens last Monday with Durham v Bristol. After this the BBC broadcasted  a programme celebrating its 60th anniversary from its inception on Granada when presented by Bamber Gascoigne. [...]

September 1, 2022 // 0 Comments

adieu Lyndhurst House

I was saddened to hear of the closure of my prep school Lyndhurst House which I attended between 1960 and 67. It was one of those huge, rambling houses in Hampstead with teachers that reminded me in their eccentricity of Evelyn Waugh’s Decline and Fall.   Overseeing it all was a northern [...]

August 29, 2022 // 0 Comments

The General and his NCOs

I take no little pride in resolving the cause of my electrical failure. The tripping was occurring – apparently without cause – but at six hourly intervals. By the logical deduction for which I am known, it had to be linked to a timed device which could only be the boiler. The [...]

May 27, 2022 // 0 Comments

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