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At about your breakfast time this morning I shall be driven by my daughter to a hospital in southern England in order to prepare for my long-anticipated hip replacement operation. It was about two-and-threequarter years ago now that, whilst temporarily and deliberately playing golf at high speed in [...]

July 15, 2016 // 0 Comments

In defence of the unspeakable

I’m aware I’m straying above my pay grade here, but the apparently bemused and incredulous worldwide reaction – covered with such relish by the British media – to the announcement that Boris Johnson has joined Theresa May’s government team leads me to offer a word or two in defence of our [...]

July 15, 2016 // 0 Comments

Reflections upon a sunny day

The way I see it, the issue of the moment is whether in the wake of the EU Referendum the UK is now in the grip of worrying or exciting times. The true answer may be probably be both – and I guess it may depend upon which side of the political spectrum and indeed Brexit argument you stand. We [...]

July 14, 2016 // 0 Comments

Way to go, Rory!

With the Rio Olympics opening ceremony now only a few weeks away, it would seem that the IOC – and some of the governing bodies of sports admitted to the ‘family’ – could do with more adverse advance publicity like a hole in the head. The IOC is a bit like FIFA is to football and maybe [...]

July 13, 2016 // 0 Comments

Not raining, but pouring

We like to keep a varied window on the modern world at this esteemed organ but today, despite the UK’s recent political scene rather dominating recent posts, I make no apology for returning again to the topic. Hopefully, when readers buy their value-for-money Christmas stocking filler copy of [...]

July 12, 2016 // 0 Comments

Call me old-fashioned …

It is a fact of this life that, as one gets older, the frequency of being teased (or ribbed) by others – whether family or friends – about one’s characteristics, habits, traits or attitudes tends to increase. I suspect that in part it’s all done in affection – and indeed that, as [...]

July 11, 2016 // 0 Comments

Bonfire of the vanities

Let us be generous – maybe Tony Blair is right. Maybe technically he didn’t actually lie to Parliament and/or the British nation when he engineered the rubber-stamping of his decision to enter the 2003 Iraq War, riding shotgun to stagecoach driver George Bush as America embarked upon [...]

July 11, 2016 // 0 Comments

[Embarrassed cough] … Sorry, I’ll be on my bike, then

Once again risking the wrath of the PC-brigade and the accusation that the Rust has been captured by a bunch of a unit of misogynistic male curmudgeons, I return today to the complex subject of female sport in its widest sense – viz. encapsulating aspects such as gender equality, positive [...]

July 10, 2016 // 0 Comments

The long-term effects of living life to the full

Beyond the familiar issues of corruption and performance-enhancing drugs (drugs cheats) that bedevil the governing bodies of major world sports, one of the biggest coming up fast on the rail for physical contact sports and games is that of concussion and its long-term effects. Here’s an [...]

July 9, 2016 // 0 Comments

An afternoon on the ocean wave

Yesterday I went out on a pleasant afternoon motor launch trip with my father and some friends on the south coast. This was after I had braved England’s motorways to get there – and for the fourth consecutive time in doing so, found myself trapped in a serious traffic gridlock. This time the [...]

July 8, 2016 // 0 Comments

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