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Bergerac – classic & new

On Thursday – as is my wont – I watched first classic Bergerac on US Drama and later the new version with Damien Molony playing the Jersey detective. Gone is Charlie Hungerford, necessarily so as Terence Alexander passed in 2009. The relationship between the detective and his [...]

March 3, 2025 // 0 Comments

Manchester Utd 1-1 Fulham (3 – 4 on penalties): FA Cup 6th Round

This was not a classic encounter in the great traditions of Manchester Utd v Fulham games but gosh it was exciting. The game went first to extra time, then penalties and Fulham emerged winners. Although Manchester Utd and their decline was the story, I thought Fulham deserved their win as they had [...]

March 3, 2025 // 0 Comments

On podcasts & history

Podcasts are all the rage now and seem to conform with the addiction to mobile phones. A friend of mine likened them to being caught by bores in the pub. The format is generally a duet who either agree with one another sycophantically or indeed disagree from different viewpoints. The dominant [...]

February 28, 2025 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Wolves 1 Fulham 2

Head cosch Marco Silva made wholesale changes after the Crystal Palace win last Saturday. Out went Calvin Bassey, Alex Iwobi, Raul Jimenez and Antonee Robinson – all relegated to the bench – whilst Issa Diop and Jorge Cuenca came into a back five and Rodrigo Muniz started up front. In [...]

February 26, 2025 // 0 Comments

The White Lotus (Sky Atlantic) – Mondays at 9-0pm)

We have now reached the second episode of the third series of The White Lotus. Some have criticised it at formulaic but I think it is watchable and possibly the best series HBO have produced since The Sopranos. The series is located in a high-end well being resort in Ko Samui, Thailand, It’s true [...]

February 25, 2025 // 0 Comments

The Boys Book of Soccer (1957)

At a garden fête last year I bought the above slightly fixed volume and interesting reading it made too. Of most interest were the league tables for 1955/56. In those days you  had a Third Division – north and south – from which only one team was promoted. Brighton, Ipswich Town, [...]

February 21, 2025 // 0 Comments

The Upside Down World/Benjamin Moser

This book is an assessment of the Golden Age of Dutch Art – the 17th century- by an American who relocated from the States to Utrecht. He is not an art historian but an appreciator. I was recommended to it by a friend whose bag was more Renaissance Art but looked for an introduction to Dutch [...]

February 19, 2025 // 0 Comments

Rendez vous (1985)

It’s always interesting to see an early film of a great actor or actress. Juliettte Binoche made her debut in the André Techine-directed film Rendez-vous when she was just 21. She went on to become a most successful actress in Kieslowski’s Three Colours Blue (1993), The English Patient [...]

February 19, 2025 // 0 Comments

Super Bowl 2025

The Super Bowl poses many challenges. To the viewer, he/she must – if he/she wants to see it live – stay awake between the hours of 11.30pm and 3-30am. As it’s mainly an event, rather than a sporting spectacle of competitiveness, the commentary must cater for the casual as well as the [...]

February 11, 2025 // 0 Comments

England 26 France 25 (Six Nations)

England confounded the negativity of the Press in the build-up by not collapsing in the final quarter but by winning in the dying embers. In truth it was not a great game of rugby. France dominated the first half but made some dreadful errors. Marcus Smith’s kicking was not reliable off the [...]

February 9, 2025 // 0 Comments

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