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Mercury Pictures Presents/Anthony Marra

I was disappointed by this book, which promised to be about a B-movie Hollywood studio in the late 1930s and early 1940s, a subject of great interest to me. In fact, but it was more about a film executive Maria Lagana, whose father – a Roman human rights lawyer – was exiled by [...]

August 17, 2022 // 0 Comments

Tales of the Unexpected/Genesis and the Catastrophe

Readers will recall my enjoyment of this series re-run on Sky Arts. They last 30 minutes, normally feature a well-known actor (Rod Taylor featured in the one immediately prior to this) and directors like the playwright Ronald Harwood. I enjoy trying to guess the twist. This episode had me totally [...]

August 16, 2022 // 0 Comments

Good weekend for Brighton sport

Over the weekend I went to the Amex to watch Brighton play Newcastle and then on to see Sussex Surrey in the Royal London 50 over competition. I was apprehensive before Newcastle. Dan Ashworth has moved from Brighton to Newcastle as football director and would have intel on us. Newcastle under [...]

August 15, 2022 // 0 Comments

Sleep

In the week I watched a programme presented by Michael Mosley on sleep. He underwent various tests by a research team in Oxford University on his  mental state during the various stages of sleep. One of the team made the extraordinary assertion – which went unchallenged – that poor [...]

August 13, 2022 // 0 Comments

The greatest …

During the lockdown three friends of mine invited sports lovers to offer their suggestions on lists covering the greatest woman sportswoman/cricket side etc. It was intended as just a bit of fun but, reflecting the testiness and strain of confinement, not everyone saw it that way. To continue the [...]

August 12, 2022 // 0 Comments

Ancestry: A Novel/Simon Mawer

Since publication of The Glass Room, a novel based less on people than a modernist villa in Czechoslovakia, Simon Mawer has had a loyal readership. In his latest Ancestry he recounts the stories of Abraham Block, who goes to sea from the Suffolk village of Kessingland, and Corporal George Mawer [...]

August 10, 2022 // 0 Comments

Two unexpected flight experiences in one day

Sometimes odd or extraordinary things happen to you where you least expect them. Yesterday was a case in point for me. My latest fitness (that could alternatively read as “futile attempt to ward off the ravages of time”) regime – like all my previous equivalents – involves setting [...]

August 10, 2022 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard: Ivy Asia & Sam’s Riverside

In the past 2 weeks I have had 2 memorable experiences at the above restaurants. There was a feeling that the Ivy Cafes were becoming tired and formulaic. Ivy Asia was created and I heard good reports. They opened in Brighton this summer and I went with a girlfriend and occasional visitor to the [...]

August 9, 2022 // 0 Comments

Sussex pride

On Pride weekend, which brings much money and even more chaos to our city, I was very proud that our two teams – Brighton HAFC and Sussex Sharks – recorded victories. With the departures of Yves Bissouma and Marc Cucurella – and Manchester United fired up by new manager ten Hag [...]

August 8, 2022 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report : Fulham 2 Liverpool 2

One vital question was resolved in this enthralling draw, namely that Alex Mitrovic can and will score in the Premier. The doubters pointed to his poor scoring record at the top table with Newcastle and Fulham under Scott Parker.  The contrary argument is that he is Serbia’s top scorer and was [...]

August 7, 2022 // 0 Comments

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