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I’ve never hidden my limitless cynicism about those that inhabit the world of politics but, as the daily readership of the Rust soars ever-closer to the 500 million mark, for the benefit of any new readers, let me lay my heart upon my sleeve. I’ve never voted in any political election and – [...]

March 5, 2015 // 0 Comments

Back to good old Blighty

Yesterday I returned to the UK and almost immediately wished that I could have turned on my heel and booked myself a one-way ticket back to Portugal. THE FLIGHT By chance I had booked a seat less than ten rows back on the right hand side from the front of my budget airline flight. When I [...]

February 27, 2015 // 0 Comments

Let us celebrate sporting skill

Day 2 of my visit to Portugal began with a visit to see the state of Barry’s yacht now about 40% of the way through its refit. After about an hour of taking a lot of pictures and doing my best to ask intelligent questions I was dismissed and drove Barry’s Renault Megane hire car back to the [...]

February 26, 2015 // 0 Comments

Sojourn in Portugal

Yesterday I flew to Faro in Portugal from Gatwick at the crack of dawn (actually possibly even before it) in order to spend a couple of days with my son Barry. I’m a keen people-watcher but don’t particularly enjoy crowds, which makes travelling via a low-budget, hair-shirt, airline something [...]

February 25, 2015 // 0 Comments

Admitting what you’re thinking

A confession. Yesterday I was watching the television reports of the three schoolgirls from Bethnal Green Academy in Tower Hamlets – apparently their headmaster says that there is no evidence they were radicalised by anything related to his establishment, meanwhile some pundits are attacking [...]

February 24, 2015 // 0 Comments

I suppose the only way is up

Yesterday it was not without trepidation that I journeyed to the Sussex Arms off Twickenham Green at 1.00pm in advance of Harlequins’ Premiership clash with Exeter Chiefs at the Stoop. The Chiefs are one of the unsung successes of rugby’s Premiership. They buy well, possess a healthy mix of [...]

February 22, 2015 // 0 Comments

Viewed from the sofa

Given that I’m retired, I’m probably happier than most hombres to admit that I watch far more television than is good for me. I once read somewhere that if kids spend more than four hours per day in front of the box they are likely to turn into brain-damaged dysfunctional adults with minimal [...]

February 21, 2015 // 0 Comments

Going over there

One of the few joys remaining to me in my declining years is my very-definitely amateur hobby of researching Western Front cemeteries in northern France and Belgium. As with most avenues of life, expertise in WW1 matters exists along a broad spectrum. At one end is the depth of knowledge available [...]

February 20, 2015 // 0 Comments

Living up to the image

Over time I have come to form the view that – when it comes to social addictions, if devotion to the likes of of food, cigarettes and alcohol can be described as such – there are basically two types of human personalities, viz. those who possess ‘addictive’ genes [i.e. are susceptible to [...]

February 19, 2015 // 0 Comments

No surprise there, then

With the 2015 General Election campaign off to a somewhat low-key start – can anyone tell me with it has officially begun yet? – it is always comforting and reassuring to receive yet more confirmation that our political elite, and the cohorts of administrative Sir Humphreys that [...]

February 17, 2015 // 0 Comments

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