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Shape of Things/Pallant Gallery Chichester

Once again the Pallant has come up trumps with its latest exhibition showcasing still life. In the past they have resuscitated the reputations of an artist (e.g. John Minton and Glyn Philpott) but this time a genre – still life. For many years still life was below history, portraiture and [...]

June 5, 2024 // 0 Comments

Berlin/PBS documentary

My TV channel of choice for evening viewing is PBS America for its outstanding documentaries. This was the second part of a documentary on Berlin the city. In World War Two the Red Army was the first to Berlin and subjected what citizens were left – mainly children and women – to [...]

June 4, 2024 // 0 Comments

Sharks triumph & Seagulls still to appoint.

Whisper it softly to Duggie Heath, but I’m beginning to warm to T20 cricket. Last week, in the “red ball” championship, Middlesex and Sussex played out a bore draw in which neither side had a second innings. In contrast, the T20 Vitality Blast match between Sussex Sharks and [...]

June 1, 2024 // 0 Comments

Film Noir

Tim Young, an old friend of mine, has written a comprehensive – though mercifully brief – study of film noir entitled A Black Pool Opened up at My Feet and I Dived In: Film Noir: The cinematic language of 1940s America. Probably the modern meaning is ‘dark’. It’s perhaps easier to [...]

May 31, 2024 // 0 Comments

Left field/unusual vintage.

The wine world has moved on from expensive Bordeaux and Burgundies to Supertuscans but at a lower level there are new countries and vineyards. Today I am going to focus on Greek wines though many imbibe Croatian wines. I am ignoring Spanish wines as Albariño from Galicia is increasingly [...]

May 28, 2024 // 0 Comments

Two cup finals

Of the two Cup Finals I watched on Saturday Leinster v Toulouse was much the more gripping. As a kid the F.A. Cup Final was always the epicentre of the sporting year. Typically I would go round to a mate in the morning and we would watch on telly the road to the Final, the actual coach journey, the [...]

May 27, 2024 // 0 Comments

Middlesex v Sussex

Yesterday I went to Lords as a guest of Duggie Heath. This fixture in my youth was played on the August Bank Holiday and attracted a crowd of 10,000 but at the most there were 5,000 spectators at Lords with the Edrich, Mound and Tavern stands all closed. It was an attritional day of cricket. Sussex [...]

May 25, 2024 // 0 Comments

Atalanta 3 Bayer Leverkusen 0

When there is talk of the great managers Gian Piero Gasperini of Atalanta is rarely mentioned – certainly less so than Alonso of Bayer Leverkusen who have won the Bumdesliga and came to the Europa League Final in the Aviva Stadium Dublin on a 51 game unbeaten run. Yet it was Gasperini’s [...]

May 24, 2024 // 0 Comments

The Sunday Times Rich List

I always read The Sunday Times Rich List, which arrived with the paper last weekend, but with increasing cynicism. Firstly, how do they evaluate wealth and, secondly, debt? The Irish entrepreneur Tony O’Reilly passed recently. He was the businessman that built up the Kerrygold butter brand, had a [...]

May 23, 2024 // 0 Comments

The PGA championship

The PGA is the poor relation of the four Majors but often produces an exciting tourney. Last weekend’s finish at Valhalla Kentucky was no exception with Xavier Schauffele just holding off Bryson DeChambeau. When I worked out my staking plan I dismissed Schauffele for his weak performances on the [...]

May 21, 2024 // 0 Comments

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