Arts

The US PGA

It was not a great Major, though not without its talking points. In the first round the heavy hitters did not dominate – though Rory McIlroy did so in the press headlines. The two Ryder Cup captains, Luke Donald and Keegan Bradley, both scored well initially and made the cut and the [...]

May 20, 2025 // 0 Comments

Sporting Saturday

With the Cup Final and US PGA on ‘moving day’, I was embarrassed by riches and swerved a tight and exciting victory of Northampton Saints over Saracens. That the Cup Final has declined as “THE National Sporting Event” is evidenced by it not even being the front page story in The [...]

May 18, 2025 // 0 Comments

US PGA

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 first Major at Quail Hollow in 2012. Accordingly my staking plan is for the better value Justin Thomas, Xander Schauffele, Tommy [...]

May 15, 2025 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 1 Everton 3

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 towpath from Hammersmith – and it was no less lovely. Blocks of flats have been built where one flat must cost £1 [...]

May 11, 2025 // 0 Comments

VE Day: 80 years on

Broadly I was in favour of an 80th anniversary remembrance of VE Day. There are only some 50 veterans left and it’s right that a new generation knows of the incredible sacrifices made. I say ‘Broadly’ as I thought it wrong that the Poles were not invited. They smuggled out the machine that [...]

May 7, 2025 // 0 Comments

The Sporting Saturday

No doubt about the greatest sporting achievement yesterday – Northampton Saints’ monumental victory over Leinster in Dublin, 37-34 in the semi final of the Champions Cup. Leinster field an international team and had previously put 52 points past Glasgow and 62 past Harlequins. They are [...]

May 6, 2025 // 0 Comments

Wisden arrives

The primrose cover of Wisden’s Cricket Almanack does not just herald the start of the cricket season, which is into its fourth round of Championship games, but of summer. John Wisden was the finest cricketer and coach of his age – the 1850s. Through his friendship and business association [...]

April 29, 2025 // 0 Comments

Dora Carrington/Pallant Gallery

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 at the Pallant Chichester yesterday and came away with the latter view. She was admitted to the Slade – where under [...]

April 26, 2025 // 0 Comments

The Great Escape

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 watched another team movie – Ocean’s Eleven (2001) – but it compared unfavourably. The Great Escape has the [...]

April 23, 2025 // 0 Comments

Everyone Brave is Forgiven/Chris Cleave

This book came recommended on A Good Read. Presenter Harriet Gilbert opined that it’s essentially two novels – one a plotted novel – and the other a World War Two account of the Blitz in London and the travails of Malta. Of the two elements “the plot” is, in my own view, [...]

April 21, 2025 // 0 Comments

« 1 2 3 4 5 … 183 »

Coverage of the Ashes

December 7, 2025 // 0 Comments

England’s performance in the Ashes is dire. The First Test was over in two days and the second at Brisbane may not last much longer. The coverage on TMS and TNT matches the [...]
The Tanner Report: Spurs 1 Fulham 2

November 30, 2025 // 0 Comments

To be two up after 6 minutes against Spurs at Spurs Stadium – how good is that? It moved my friend and Fulham nutter David Roodyn to verse: “Vicario likes to go [...]
The Quilter series

November 24, 2025 // 0 Comments

Of the Northern Hemisphere sides, England were the winners of this series though – as “THE RUST” had predicted – Argentina gave them a close call [...]
Thoughts on the 1st Test

November 23, 2025 // 0 Comments

One issue neglected by the wise-acres in the media is what do you want: a successful team or an entertaining one? “Bazball” may be too expansive but would you [...]
Nuremberg (1925)

November 19, 2025 // 0 Comments

Some 32 years ago I attended an international convention in Chicago. There was a reception out of town and a colleague and I waited for a taxi to take us back to our hotel. [...]