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The Players Championship

The Players Championship at Sawgrass is known as the fifth Major. It has a larger prize money ($20 million) than some of the Majors. The Sawgrass course, designed by Pete Dye, has the signature 17th hole – a par three to an island green. Although Ricky Fowler has never won a Major he has won [...]

March 10, 2022 // 0 Comments

The eye test saga (continued)

They say that a tendency amongst ancient persons like myself is the ability to recall (with impressively blinding clarity) the events of decades long past whilst simultaneously being unable to recall what they were doing just two or three days ago. Therefore, in beginning this piece by stating that [...]

March 9, 2022 // 0 Comments

The demise of Brighton FC

Brighton have now lost four games on the bounce and descended down the league. Our fans and supporters elsewhere seek an explanation as at one stage we were challenging for a Europa League spot. The simple explanation is that we over-achieved. Even when we dominated games, we failed to translate [...]

March 8, 2022 // 0 Comments

The Ipcress File/ITV

Michael Caine’s first starring role was as an effete officer Granville Broomhead in Zulu but after that he played a series of leading cockney roles – Alfie, The Italian Job , The Ipcress File – which launched his successful career. With young northern film actors like Albert [...]

March 7, 2022 // 0 Comments

The. Tanner Report: Fulham 2 Blackburn 0

This wa a sound and satisfactory performance but not a spectacular one. Fulham’s recent cycle of victories is based upon a well-organised defence which has been returning clean sheets. Fulham’s first half goals were due to some inept goalkeeping by Thomas Kaminski, who first failed to get [...]

March 6, 2022 // 0 Comments

Noble Rot

This was my third visit to Noble Rot, this time a celebration with an old friend as our respective birthdays are a month part and last Friday was a midway point. This friend alerted me to Noble Rot whose venue at 2 Greek Street I visited many times in its previous incarnation as the Gay Hussar. [...]

March 5, 2022 // 0 Comments

Harlequins 24 Newcastle Falcons 10

This was a comfortable victory at the Stoop in the Premiership against a foe who Quins customarily beat. The worry that the absence of internationals like Marcus Smith, Alex Dombrandt and Joe Marchant was dispelled by the presence of Joe Marler and more importantly Louis Lynagh and Cadan Murley [...]

March 5, 2022 // 0 Comments

Modern life (viewed from the sidelines)

My offering today is relatively simple and straightforward. It concerns what I believe to be two of the many conundra of 21st Century modern living, despite the ever-more amazing scientific and technological developments that the human race continually invents and takes advantage of. I refer, [...]

March 4, 2022 // 0 Comments

The Duke (2020)

The Duke is a quintessentially English movie with its roots in the Ealing comedies of the 50s and the northern grit films of the early 60s. Ealing Comedies like The Lavender Hill Mob and League of Gentlemen were caper movies pricking the pomposity of the Establishment. The Duke was slightly [...]

March 4, 2022 // 0 Comments

American and British art of the twentieth century

In our art course these past few weeks we have been considering American and British art of the twentieth century. American art before the twentieth century was colonial art depicting the West. America’s emergence artistically in the first half of the twentieth century owed much to the camera. [...]

March 3, 2022 // 0 Comments

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