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Watching it all anyway

One of the special hallmarks of this website is its editorial stance, or some might suggest lack of one. I’m reminded of it every time I consider making a contribution because it forces me to confront probably the most beneficial constraints and imperatives that any would-be scribe can operate [...]

January 28, 2017 // 0 Comments

Comparing drama with reality

As someone who very rarely watches films these days – either in cinemas or at home via television, DVDs and downloads – I’m a little wary of venturing tentatively onto the territory patrolled by the Rust’s great Neil Rosen. Nevertheless, I trust that the powers-that-be will allow me [...]

January 27, 2017 // 0 Comments

A Tortoise in Town

Yesterday (Tuesday) I had cause – taking my aged father to two routine medical appointments – to visit the centre of London by car. On Monday I had paid £11.50 for my required Congestion Charge in advance and, in the wake of recent media reports that not only is the Congestion Charge generally [...]

January 25, 2017 // 0 Comments

The way forward

Now let’s get this straight. Donald ‘Slim Pickens’ Trump is the new President of the United States and already he’s behaving like a loose cannon, ruffling feathers everywhere, issuing executive orders destroying every aspect of the Obama legacy that appears on his radar, warning China of a [...]

January 24, 2017 // 0 Comments

You never quite know what you’ve got

Serendipity is a wonderful thing and today I wish to bring Rust readers the joys of a true story. I have lived in my current abode in the quiet suburbs of south-west London for over twenty years. During this period I have been in the habit of going across the road to my local newsagents shop to [...]

January 23, 2017 // 0 Comments

The agony continues

Sunday 22nd January 2017: European Challenge Cup, Pool stage, round 6; Stade Francais v Harlequins in Paris. Result – Stade Francais 27 Harlequins 17. Effect: Stade Francais qualify for the ‘last Eight’ knock-out stage, Harlequins bow out. Harlequins’ 2016/2017 season woes continued [...]

January 23, 2017 // 0 Comments

It’s all around, so get used to it!

Comment upon the process of ageing is a familiar subject on the Rust – one might say it comes with the territory – and so I hope our readers will allow me this one. It seems to me there are two basic competing themes. The first is that, on a day to day basis, human beings naturally regards [...]

January 22, 2017 // 0 Comments

Window on the new world?

Very strange mix of thoughts and feelings yesterday as I strapped myself in to watch the Trump inauguration on Capitol Hill on BBC1 from 4.00pm UK time. My original plan had been to take exercise of some sort in the afternoon because I had been confined to my home engaged upon domestic and other [...]

January 21, 2017 // 0 Comments

Jeff and Ridley Road Market

In these days when every human pleasure carries a government health warning the company of my unashamedly non-PC pal Jeff is always a joy. Yesterday it was my turn to take him to lunch and we went to Cote where the food is reliable and the prices fair. When it came to ordering, there was no [...]

January 20, 2017 // 0 Comments

Interesting times

Over the last couple of years the world has endured an extraordinary succession of geo-political and national developments (one hesitates to say ‘crises’). Hold the phone a second. I was conscious just now that when I began typing the above sentence that ‘succession’ might not be the [...]

January 20, 2017 // 0 Comments

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