Britain
Managerial merry go round
Fabian Hürzeler is the latest Head Coach to feel the pressure. He was booed on Sunday after Brighton’s disappointing loss to arch-rivals Crystal Palace. I composed with Alan Tanner a list of possible sacking and resignations namely:- Eddie Howe Scott Parker Sean Dyche Thomas Frank [...]
Beryl Cook
Many years ago I went to the National Theatre with a good friend who alas has now passed. I remember her but not the production. In the interval we wondered around the NT bookshop and were struck by the cover of a book called ‘THE WORKS” by Beryl Cook. Its cover – of two [...]
Tv drama: new and old
I watched the final episode of “THE NIGHT MANAGER” and was disappointed. Aside from the acting of Hugh Laurie as Richard Roper, the amoral arms dealer, there was little to engage and no improvement on the original. It bore all the formulaic trademarks of modern drama; incessant gizmos [...]
A Matter of Life and Death (1945)
Emetic Pressburger and Michael Powell were amongst our greatest filmmakers. “COLONEL BLIMP” is a classic and so is “A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH“, which was on BBC2 yesterday. The story is surreal. David Niven plays Squadron Leader George Carter, who bails out of his plane [...]
Fulham 2 Brighton 1
No doubt about it. Fulham have got the wood over us. Even Marvo Silva admitted a draw would be the fairer result. In Carlos Baleba we had the most effective player on the pitch – we had a goal chalked off and – Mituma was always a threat. Yet we lost. once again to a very late goal. [...]
The Tanner Report: Fulham 2 Brighton 1
This was a highly enjoyable victory, all the more so as undeserved. For long periods Fulham were not in the game but ended up winning it. When I asked a group of Fulham supporters whom they chose as “Man of the Match” one replied “Carlos Baleba” (who plays for Brighton). [...]
THE ALFRISTON
In the many years (I know, I don’t look !!!) that I have been reviewing English country hotels I have seen a massive change in them. Twenty years ago they were little more than upmarket “bed and breakfasts”, but – as exemplified by The Alfriston (in the pretty village near [...]
Foyle’s War
They say a book improves in its second reading. I am now on my – at least third – viewing of “FOYLE’S WAR” and. if anything, am more impressed than ever by its script, acting and attention to detail. It’s written and directed by the celebrated writer Anthony Horowitz [...]