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A sporting afternoon in front of the television

Yesterday, upon something of a whim, I chose to tune into BT Sport’s “live” television coverage of the English rugby Premiership clash between third-placed Harlequins and “long-time top of the league table” Leicester Tigers at the Stoop in West London (kick off 3.00pm). The Rust’s [...]

April 24, 2022 // 0 Comments

Two novels set in Florence: Angels of Mud & Still Life

As Venice is for painters so Florence has attracted writers: E. M Forster’s Room With a View and Alex Preston’s In Love and War to name but two. By happenstance the last two novels I have read were both set in post war Florence. Curious too with half the Rust team in Nice. The first – [...]

April 22, 2022 // 0 Comments

Nice considered

Over rose on the balcony, the virtues of Nice were considered by the group. I offered the traditional view of the blueness of the Bay. Bob observed that there was a pleasing contrast between the quaintness of the Old Town and the commercial centre of high-end shopping. Polly offered the view that [...]

April 19, 2022 // 0 Comments

Harlequins 33 Montpelier 20

Quins missed out by just one point (59/60) to reverse the score line in Montpelier. The damage of the first half in Montpelier – when Quins conceded 26 points – was too much to overcome even for the comeback kings. The game will live long in the memory for a superb try by Joe Marchant. [...]

April 17, 2022 // 0 Comments

Thoughts on quarter finals/Champions League

To the ongoing debate of TV versus actual attendance I would add two factors: inertia and flexibility. Both kicked in yesterday. There is a theory post-pandemic – though the Covid numbers seem as high as ever –  of “HTGO” (hassle to go out). I admit being prey. It’s a [...]

April 13, 2022 // 0 Comments

National Treasures/Caroline Shenton

National Treasures -Saving the Nation’s Art in World War could easily have been a dull record of logistics but Caroline Shenton’s humour, readability and depiction of colourful characters involved spares it from that fate It was a considerable task and achievement to save the paintings of the [...]

April 9, 2022 // 0 Comments

Elmer Bernstein

Donald Macleod’s Composer of the Week on Radio 3 this week is the film composer Elmer Bernstein. His most famous score is The Magnificent Seven but he also  composed the scores for The Ten Commandments, The Great Escape, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Man with the Golden Arm, The Sweet Smell of [...]

April 6, 2022 // 0 Comments

Muhammad Ali/Ken BurnsBBC2

Ken Burns, the American documentary maker, is a man much admired on the Rust.    You pretty much know that any documentary by him will be well-researched, non judgmental and have excellent footage and interviews. This 8-parter on arguably the biggest figure in sport ever was no exception. The [...]

April 5, 2022 // 0 Comments

Bacon and Woman in White at the Royal Academy

For years I did not “get” Bacon. I did not like his contorted twisted forms, nightmarish figures and the liberal use of red paint. I also thought his licentious lifestyle formed an unnecessary part of his artistic reputation. One of the famous stories was of a friend bumping into him in St. [...]

April 3, 2022 // 0 Comments

Root & Branch?

The dominant view appears to be that Joe Root should give up the captaincy but I do not share this. It should wait for a new Director of Cricket (yet to be appointed) and Head Coach (yet to be appointed) and Chairman of the ESB (yet to be appointed). There is talk of Ed Smith coming back after he [...]

March 30, 2022 // 0 Comments

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