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The legend that is Marilyn Monroe

I do not like the word iconic but I cannot think of a better one to describe Marilyn Monroe. She was recently the subject of a podcast on Rest is History by historians Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook. Better was the Discovering series in Sky Arts profiling her. In  her time – the [...]

October 1, 2022 // 0 Comments

Come to think of it, you probably COULD make it up …

One of the catch phrases of the late and great English comic Frankie Howerd (1917-1992) – usually deployed after he’d taken his audience/viewers into his confidence and made some withering, disparaging, remark about some hapless individual that had prompted gales of laughter – was to [...]

October 1, 2022 // 0 Comments

What’s going on?

Two questions that I’ve been asked, as a person with above average financial knowledge and experience, are:- “What’s going on?“ “What should I do?“ The Government does not have the answer to either – and nor do I. Liz Truss’s very public difference with Rishi [...]

September 30, 2022 // 0 Comments

Sensationalists: The Bad Girls And Boys Of British Art/BBC 2

The Sensationalists, broadcast last night on BBC2, is the story of the YBAs (young British artists) – a movement originating in Goldsmith’s College of Art – whose prime mover was Damien Hirst. They fulminated against the traditional values of the art world, epitomised by Cork Street [...]

September 28, 2022 // 0 Comments

Calling the shots/David Dein

David Dein is one of the most successful figures in football in the last 50 years and here he tells his story and his recipe for achievement. He acquired and subsequently lost a fortune in the sugar trade, went onto the Arsenal board where he formed – with Arsene Wenger – one of the [...]

September 27, 2022 // 0 Comments

You could hardly make it up!

I guess every one of us experiences incidents or periods in life when events, other people, instances of bad luck (and/or even the weather) conspire to thwart or flip upside down the most careful of best-laid plans, or even our actions taken after having accepted a modest degree of risk or gamble [...]

September 26, 2022 // 0 Comments

Exeter Chiefs 43 Harlequins 42

Normal service was resumed as Exeter took an early lead of 17 points which they increased to 31-7. Quins made up the ground in every sense and in the 8Oth minute were leading with Chiefs pinned to their line.  They marched 100 metres upfield for Tschiunza to score to take the points. I watched the [...]

September 26, 2022 // 0 Comments

Rathfinny Wine Estate

The Rathfinny Wine Estate was once a large arable farm but was acquired in 2012 by Mark and Sarah Driver who transformed it into a vineyard specialising in the cultivation and production of sparkling wine. Sussex wine growers cannot term it champagne – although their sparkling wine notably [...]

September 25, 2022 // 0 Comments

Harlequins 27 London Irish 30

One of the joys of supporting any team in any sport is the emergence of young talent. Cassius Cleaves Quins fielded a young side against the Exiles on Wednesday in the Premiership Cup – a pool based competition – which was instructive. Viliami Taulani Cassius Cleaves, a winger with pace [...]

September 23, 2022 // 0 Comments

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society

I had this DVD of this 2018 Mike Powell film lying around in my to-be-watched pile for some time. I was persuaded to watch it as its star Lily James features in the Sky Mobile ad and I like her smile, vivacity and vitality. The film is set in occupied Guernsey. There a book club was formed and the [...]

September 22, 2022 // 0 Comments

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