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adieu Lyndhurst House

I was saddened to hear of the closure of my prep school Lyndhurst House which I attended between 1960 and 67. It was one of those huge, rambling houses in Hampstead with teachers that reminded me in their eccentricity of Evelyn Waugh’s Decline and Fall. Overseeing it all was a northern [...]

August 29, 2022 // 0 Comments

Sharks and Seagulls triumph

It was a notable week for both the Seagulls and Sussex Sharks. The Seagulls maintained their unbeaten record over West Ham with a 2-0 win at the London Stadium. I would like to focus on club captain Lewis Dunk. A one-club man, many regard him as a better defender than Harry McGuire or Tyrone [...]

August 24, 2022 // 0 Comments

A pair of sporting realities?

As football’s Premier League competition gets fully under way – already dominating the sporting media headlines day by day, never mind week by week – over the weekend I was left reflecting upon the current state of a couple of other sports whose fortunes are not quite so blessed … [...]

August 22, 2022 // 0 Comments

Cyclist-watch latest

In the cause of both keeping our followers abreast of developments in one of our major campaigns and indeed monitoring the modern world generally, this morning I provide Rusters with a link to a report that appeared yesterday upon the website of the Daily Mail. Frankly, no word of introduction or [...]

August 22, 2022 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 3 Brentford 2

Fulham were slightly fortunate to win this feisty, lively West London derby – Brentford having two goals disallowed. Fulham came out of the blocks the quicker with midfielder Andreas Pereira outstanding and third choice Jay Stansfield acquitting himself on the right, Manor Salomon and [...]

August 21, 2022 // 0 Comments

A curse upon them all wouldn’t go amiss

This morning I first wish to declare an interest. I am an “all or nothing” type of guy, me. About a dozen years ago a brother of mine rang me up and asked if I’d be interested in joining him and his eldest son – either just out of school or just about to go to university, I [...]

August 18, 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

Sharks win and Cucurella departs

Sussex Sharks finally achieved a win by beating Gloucestershire by 51 runs at Hove. Delray Rawlins was the star of the show with 91 runs off 62 balls and 3 wickets with his leg spin. He is so often a frustrating player as the talent is clearly there but not the application. Gloucestershire ran out [...]

August 6, 2022 // 0 Comments

adieu Bob Rafelson

I was saddened to learn of the death of Bob Rafelson. His movie career as a director was probably more down than up but he can lay claim to be the originator of the Indie in Easy Rider and making the career of one of its then unknown stars, Jack Nicholson. My favourite Rafelson film was Five Easy [...]

August 4, 2022 // 0 Comments

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ITV COVERAGE OF CHELTENHAM

March 14, 2026 // 0 Comments

I am in the camp of watching on tv rather than attending for the 3 Cs: cost , convenience and comfort. With the cost of travelling and attending Cheltenham and last [...]
Max Schmelling/ The Good German

March 4, 2026 // 0 Comments

In the unlikely event that I would be asked to nominate a Great Life on Matthew Parris ‘ show my choice would be the Black Uhlan Max Schmelling. In the 1930s thee [...]
The Tanner Report : Fulham 2 spurs 1

March 3, 2026 // 0 Comments

Prior to Fulham ‘s comfortable win over Spurs (2-1) I watched the big match Revisited featuring Chelsea 1 Arsenal 2 i guess in the early 70s It would be foolish to [...]
The Six Nations

February 24, 2026 // 0 Comments

The Six Nations continues to throw up surprises. England could not bounce back against Ireland , a resurgent Wales gave Scotland à close game with the Millennium Stadium [...]
Brentford 0 Brighton 2

February 23, 2026 // 0 Comments

The heat is off Fabian Hürzeler with Brighton ‘s 1st win in 13 games. Club owner Tony Bloom was not at the G Tech stadium due to a long planned family engagement but had [...]