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And yes, you couldn’t make it up!

Yesterday I had occasion to travel from Chichester to the outskirts of London in order, inter alia, to attend my local GP surgery to have my annual ‘flu jab. As it happened, the ‘flu jab was the only “fixed” appointment (at 1400 hours) in my schedule – everything else was domestic or [...]

October 6, 2021 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard/Fischers

I often say the function of a restaurant critic is less to review new restaurants and more to provide a roster of reliable restaurants. Most diners have their favourites as do most reviewers. One of mine is the Viennese style kondotorei Fischers in Marylebone High Street to where I was invited by [...]

October 6, 2021 // 0 Comments

The entrepreneur & sport

With Derby getting a massive point deduction under owner Mel Morris, Nigel Wray selling most of his stake in Saracens, Bernard Tapie dying and a podcast I listened to on disgraced financier Allan Stanford, today’s post is on the entrepreneur and sport. These are less common with sovereign wealth [...]

October 5, 2021 // 0 Comments

Ridley Road/BBC 1

Every Friday in the 1960s amd 1970s my late mother would shop at Ridley Road market in Dalston. Even when we moved upmarket from Stoke Newington to St John’s Wood in 1964 this routine continued, involving a long car journey. So when I heard of a BBC drama based on the Jo Bloom novel I was [...]

October 4, 2021 // 0 Comments

Brighton HAFC 0 Arsenal 0

The cliche of the sum of the parts is less/more than the total applies to the performance of both teams. Arsenal had the greater talent, Albion the greater application. The battle was fought out in midfield. Arsenal deployed Thomas Partay alongside Sambi with the more gilded Smith-Rowe, Odergard [...]

October 3, 2021 // 0 Comments

My art week

On Monday I watched a Sky Arts programme on the Young Picasso which covered his early life in his birthplace Malaga, the family move to Corunna and then Barcelona where he launched himself. In 1900 he came to Paris. The quality of his work for one so young was staggering. Many – including me [...]

October 2, 2021 // 0 Comments

One more trip to the well …

Yesterday I was obliged to take a taxi in order to arrive at the Royal Ashdown Forest Golf Club by 0730 hours in order to play in an annual golf event that was taking place for the 37th consecutive year. [I note here for the record that this cost me some £118.50 before any tip, not far short of [...]

October 2, 2021 // 0 Comments

The Dresser

Half way through this matinee performance of Ronald Harwood’s play at the Theatre Royal I experienced a profound feeling of depression and pessimism for the future of British theatre. The reason? I was bombarded on my mobile by Covid regulations, greeted at the entrance with the words “Next [...]

October 1, 2021 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 3 Swansea 1

Fulham got back to winning ways after a run of 1 point in 3 games with an emphatic home win over Swansea. As the defeats to Blackpool and then Reading reminded us, there is no place for complacency and like these two teams Swansea were in the Premiership not so long ago. Alex Mitrovic was the star [...]

September 30, 2021 // 0 Comments

Poring over the Ryder Cup entrails.

The headlines have been devastating: “Dire Straits” “Slaughter by the water” And I have to say much of the criticism of captain Padraig Harrington is justified. In particular his decision to confine himself to three wild cards (previous captain Thomas Bjorn had four and USA skipper [...]

September 29, 2021 // 0 Comments

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