Britain

Persuasion/Jane Austen

Reading this classic novel raises the question of the extent to which any reader can appreciate a book of little relevance to our times. Jane Austen’s world is the one of the genteel aristocracy – privileged, snobbish, devoid of work – where ambition is social and gossip peddled. It [...]

September 2, 2022 // 0 Comments

University Challenge/60 years on

This week celebrated the 60th anniversary of University Challenge when the popular quiz show returned to out screens last Monday with Durham v Bristol. After this the BBC broadcasted a programme celebrating its 60th anniversary from its inception on Granada when presented by Bamber Gascoigne. [...]

September 1, 2022 // 0 Comments

Sharks and Seagulls falter

Yesterday I went to Hove for the semi final of the Royal London Cup between Sussex Sharks and Lancashire Lightning. Lancashire won the toss and surprisingly elected to bat. It seemed a strange decision as there is moisture in the air off the sea at Hove in the morning which favours the bowling [...]

August 31, 2022 // 0 Comments

The Reunion

The Reunion on Radio 4 is a much admired programme on the Rust and last week it featured and reunited those primarily involved in the May 1997 chess encounter between World Champion Gary Kasparov and a IBM computor called Deep Blue. Kasparov, who won 2-1, was contemptuous of the computer – [...]

August 30, 2022 // 0 Comments

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

The Tanner Report: Arsenal 2 Fulham 1

Fulham have never won at Highbury, nor the Emirates, and – despite having taken the lead on the hour – I was never confident we would. We played with resilience in dealing with everything that a pacy Arsenal could throw at us. It took a wicked deflection ( why are all [...]

August 29, 2022 // 0 Comments

Aretha Franklin: Queen of Soul/Prom Concert

A tribute was paid at a Prom concert at the Royal Albert Hall to Aretha Franklin by vocalist Shelea backed by the Jules Backley Orchestra. It was broadcast live on Radio 3 and BBC 4 last night. The obvious difficulty to overcome is that however good the singer paying the tribute – she is [...]

August 27, 2022 // 0 Comments

Fake or Fortune

The 10th edition of Fake or Fortune is back. Ostensibly a programme about whether an acquired painting might either be worth a fortune or, alternatively, a fake would not be the stuff of popularity but obviously it is. Fiona Bruce, who presents The Antique Road Show, adopts the same technique of [...]

August 26, 2022 // 0 Comments

Crazy for You/Chichester Festival Theatre

This exuberant production maintains the high levels of Chichester Festival Theatre which makes an annual trip to their musical an enjoyable event. Crazy for You has an unusual genesis as the musical – whilst reliant on George and Ira Gershwin’s songbook – was not written by them but [...]

August 25, 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

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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 [...]