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A decidedly unimpressive outing

Being en route to London at the time I was unable to watch yesterday’s BBC1 Sunday Politics show as it was being transmitted (unusually) mid-afternoon due to priority being granted to the Beeb’s coverage of the London Marathon. Instead, after a little technical difficulty, I managed to locate [...]

April 24, 2017 // 0 Comments

Under starter’s order … and they’re off!

And so here we go again – another UK General Election, this time on 8th June. For an avid veteran politician-watcher such as myself there is no such thing as whatever-that-woman-from-Bristol’s-name-was (that gave an exasperated ‘You’ve got to be kidding me!” type reaction to a media [...]

April 20, 2017 // 0 Comments

Health and relationships

It’s an open secret that the editorial board of the Rust rarely meets in person, conducting as it does most of its business via the modern technological marvel of the internet. However, it is also metaphorically true that – at our editorial ‘gatherings’ over the ether – nothing invites [...]

April 19, 2017 // 0 Comments

No particular place to go

I had mixed feelings this week having read the media story about the UK petition calling for those over 70 to be given compulsory driving tests. It was started by a bereaved gentleman whose wife was mowed down whilst they walking along a pavement by an 83 year old pensioner whom, it appears, [...]

April 18, 2017 // 0 Comments

An Easter Sunday clear-out

Approaching the end of a quiet Easter weekend at home, for want of anything better to do, yesterday I decided on a whim to see just how much of my wardrobe I could consign to the rubbish tip. I had better explain two aspects to this project. Firstly, I am the kind of guy who pays but passing [...]

April 17, 2017 // 0 Comments

I’m not quite so sure it has

The Simon Cowell vehicle Britain’s Got Talent returned to ITV1 last night for the start of a new series and I am not ashamed to report that, for my sins, I was among its viewers. I am familiar with both Britain’s Got Talent and The X-Factor, Cowell’s other big show, largely because in the [...]

April 16, 2017 // 0 Comments

You can take a horse to the river …

Today I’m announcing something of a departure from a lifetime of personal philistinism. Yesterday, I happened to be out and about enjoying a stroll in the afternoon sunshine with the ‘Ball and Chain’. Just as the local high street shops were on the point of closing we came to a Waterstone’s [...]

April 13, 2017 // 0 Comments

Lost in translation (or something)

Last night I was ‘saved’ at the last minute from having to go to the gym – even after I had changed into my sports kit for the purpose – by Janis, the Ukrainian who runs my local general store [I’m still not sure, or have forgotten, whether his name is pronounced as written or whether it [...]

April 11, 2017 // 0 Comments

One for the old man

Yesterday, having arrived on the south coast to spend the weekend with my aged father, we had an idyllic time of it. The early conditions were so-so – to clear the overnight condensation that bedecked my car windows I had to wipe them with a cloth before I could set off at 6.00am to collect [...]

April 9, 2017 // 0 Comments

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