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It was not a great Major, though not without its talking points. In the first round the heavy hitters did not dominate – though Rory McIlroy did so in the press headlines. The two Ryder Cup captains, Luke Donald and Keegan Bradley, both scored well initially and made the cut and the [...]

May 20, 2025 // 0 Comments

Sporting Saturday

With the Cup Final and US PGA on ‘moving day’, I was embarrassed by riches and swerved a tight and exciting victory of Northampton Saints over Saracens. That the Cup Final has declined as “THE National Sporting Event”  is evidenced by it not even being the front page story in The [...]

May 18, 2025 // 0 Comments

Chaim Rumkowski

I suspect that the name Chaim Rumkowski will mean little to readers of The Rust but, in his own controversial way, he epitomised many of the historical difficulties of World War Two. A Jew, he made his name in Poland as an orphanage administrator before World War Two. After the invasion of Poland [...]

May 14, 2025 // 0 Comments

Final day: Sussex beat Worcestershire

Sussex beat Worcestershire by 47 runs, making heavy weather of it. The morning was grey and dank but the moisture in the air assisted seam. Ollie Roberson bowled his heart out, beating the bat on several occasions, but took no wickets. His spell of 9 overs on the bounce belied his image of lack of [...]

May 13, 2025 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 1 Everton 3

The walk alongside the Thames from Putney Bridge is often heralded as the loveliest way to à football stadium. Yesterday I walked in a different direction – along the towpath from Hammersmith – and it was no less lovely. Blocks of flats have been built where one flat must cost £1 [...]

May 11, 2025 // 0 Comments

Sussex v Worcestershire/first day

It was a topsy turvy day at Hove. The Sussex pace attack was denuded by the loss of Jayden Seales and Danny Lamb – so John Hayes was borrowed from Nottinghamshire – and Ari Karvalas was selected.Tom Haines and Dan Hughes set up an opening platform of 80 but wickets then tumbled either [...]

May 10, 2025 // 0 Comments

British & Irish Lions selection

Choosing 40 players meant there were unlikely to be any surprises but Sam Prendergast, Ben White, Jack Willis and Owen Farrell – -all at French clubs – never made it, nor did Robbie Henshaw. Prendergast paid for a poor performance for Leinster against Northampton Saints but his day will [...]

May 9, 2025 // 0 Comments

VE Day: 80 years on

Broadly I was in favour of an 80th anniversary remembrance of VE Day. There are only some 50 veterans left and it’s right that a new generation knows of the incredible sacrifices made. I say ‘Broadly’ as I thought it wrong that the Poles were not invited. They smuggled out the machine that [...]

May 7, 2025 // 0 Comments

The Sporting Saturday

No doubt about the greatest sporting achievement yesterday – Northampton Saints’ monumental victory over Leinster in Dublin, 37-34 in the semi final of the Champions Cup. Leinster field an international team and had previously put 52 points past Glasgow and 62 past Harlequins. They are [...]

May 6, 2025 // 0 Comments

Private versus Public ownership

If you are looking for justification for the benefits of private entrepreneurship versus public ownership, you need look no further than the beach at West Wittering. I bought a beach hut there three years ago, against much advice. Polly my P/A – so astute in property matters – observed [...]

May 3, 2025 // 0 Comments

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