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It’s coming to us all

Yesterday I went to see my father’s GP – as it were, behind his back – but in fact by arrangement and taking with me a letter I’d drafted (signed by him) stating that he gave me authority to speak with doctors and similar about his confidential medical information as and where [...]

September 7, 2017 // 0 Comments

Has Joshua bitten off more than he can chew?

I was recently sat down with my brother, who knows a bit about these things, and introduced to the digital device called a Google Chrome stick – something you shove in the back of your telly via which (wirelessly?) you can play out videos etc. on your computer or smartphone on the full [...]

September 6, 2017 // 0 Comments

Peering into the future

It’s a funny old place, this 21st Century, politically-correct, equal opportunity driven, gender neutral or fluid (whichever it is, I’m getting confused these days) world we live in. The latest retailer to fall foul of the do-gooders – or is it ‘game changers’? – is John Lewis, [...]

September 5, 2017 // 0 Comments

Tory pickle

Arguably it is both a heartening sign of inner strength and humility to admit that others are your equals or betters. Which is why here on the Rust – commenting as I do upon politics – I tend to leave ‘front line reporting and analysis’ to those who have made the trade a [...]

September 4, 2017 // 0 Comments

Proms debut

Here’s a worthy piece that appears upon the website of The Guardian today – an article by former Labour politician Alan Johnson about his first ever visit(s) to the Proms, see here – THE [...]

September 4, 2017 // 0 Comments

It all started with a Big Bang!

Despite the many issues the sport of rugby union in England is wrestling with – the plan to impose a ‘unified’ global season, new rules for the new season, a still-developing set of concussion (head injury) protocols, the rows over the salary cap and the latest Premiership plan to ‘kill [...]

September 4, 2017 // 0 Comments

And so it comes to this (again)

Even though politics rarely makes it to the top of the agenda, sometimes I feel that the lads who frequent the corner table beside the fireplace in the saloon bar of my local pub accurately represent the views of Mr Joe Public, the average Brit elector. They don’t trust politicians, period. They [...]

September 3, 2017 // 0 Comments

Walking on Devils Dyke

One of the joys of the coastal towns and cities of Sussex are their proximity to gorgeous countryside, so easily accessible. In London to reach the Chilterns from the centre would be an one hour trek. You can reach Devils Dyke from Brighton by car in 10 minutes. Yesterday I was deputed to do the [...]

September 1, 2017 // 0 Comments

Dragging oneself to the start-line …

As my regular followers will know, I am now freed from the tyranny of season ticket holding and any obligation to actually roll up at the Stoop to watch the boys playing rugby – and what a relief that has been! Furthermore – and this would have applied anyway – in no way have I been [...]

September 1, 2017 // 0 Comments

Going out in the rain

I don’t know if anyone else noticed, but yesterday chez moi was the occasion of a sudden break in the weather. Gone was the scorching heat and sunshine of the Bank Holiday Weekend, replaced by a distinctly colder temperature and steady rain which, after a slow start, persisted for most of the [...]

August 31, 2017 // 0 Comments

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