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On mobiles

On Monday I had lunch with a very old friend now a King’s Counsel. Conversation turned to mobile phones on which we were in agreement. My friend had an old model of a mobile which he had no inclination to upgrade. I mentioned to him the the threat of scammers. No less than three attempts were [...]

June 14, 2023 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard/much sense from Tim Hayward

Tim Hayward is a restaurateur and the food critic of the Financial Times. In yesterday’s weekend edition – instead of reviewing a restaurant – he composed a much-needed piece on the expense of London restaurants, having paid during the week £200 per head at a not especially [...]

June 12, 2023 // 0 Comments

Thoughts on LIV/PGA/DP World Tour

They say God lives in the details but if so where is his Divine Presence in the above merger? No one seems to know how the ‘framework agreement’ will work in practice. Superficially, it’s about Saudi Arabia money and soft power versus greedy golfers. However, LIV is not just about lucre [...]

June 9, 2023 // 0 Comments

Sussex Sharks lose again and the state of the T20

Sussex Sharks lost their third successive victory on Sunday afternoon after an encouraging victory at the Oval 10 days ago. Though this dismal run is of great concern to Sussex and their supporters, I thought the general cricketing readership of The Rust might be more interested in my assessment [...]

June 5, 2023 // 0 Comments

Looking back…

I am of an age – 70 next March – when inevitably one tends to look more back than forward. I’m the early 1980s I worked for a South African company with an irritable, growling office manager nicknamed The General.  He once quoted to me an Afrikaans’ saying after a particularly [...]

June 4, 2023 // 0 Comments

Brighton & Sussex CCC assessed

No doubt about it – this has been Brighton HAFC ‘s most successful season in our history finishing sixth and qualifying for the Europa League. The achievement is all the more remarkable for the departure of key personnel on and off the pitch. Much credit must go to owner Tony Bloom and his [...]

June 1, 2023 // 0 Comments

Mike + The Mechanics at the Guildhall, Portsmouth (28th May)

Last Sunday evening the Mem Sahib and Yours Truly travelled to the Portsmouth Guildhall (capacity 2,500) in order to attend the last concert of the current UK tour of the musical combo known as Mike + The Mechanics. Rusters of a certain age (mine is 71) are unlikely to need it, but for those [...]

May 30, 2023 // 0 Comments

It never rains but it pours

Comedian Frankie Howerd traditionally used to gain a titter of laughter – often just after he’d shared a conspiratorial juicy and/or vicious put-down of a fellow member of his cast – by admonishing his (live or television) audience with an arch aside “No, don’t laugh [...]

May 30, 2023 // 0 Comments

The process of waving goodbye

There comes a time in the affairs of men and mice when something happens – one might describe it as hitting a watershed – which causes us, for example, to let go of a previously-held firm conviction and switch to another, or perhaps it involves accepting that we cannot do this or that which [...]

May 27, 2023 // 0 Comments

A wine tasting with a difference

In May 1976 the English wine critic Steven Spurrier presented some Californian wines in Paris. Fearing that the distinguished panel was so unfamiliar with them, at the last moment he paired them with some classy French wines like Chateau Mouton Rothschild, Las Cases and Ch. Montrose. In a blind [...]

May 26, 2023 // 0 Comments

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