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One size does not suit all.

Watching John Daly tee off to launch the PGA dressed in psychedelic trousers with a logo of skulls and an overhanging gut, flowing blonde hair and beard, I was reminded of a cross between  a superannuated surfer and a wizard in Lord of the Rings. Yet at 54 the 1991 winner at Crooked Stick still [...]

May 21, 2022 // 0 Comments

Modern life

One of the characteristics of my new life in the country down in the south east of England – first amongst which was always going to be the joy of quitting “the smoke” for the quietness and ease of life in an agricultural setting – are the regular reminders, some of them significant and [...]

May 20, 2022 // 0 Comments

The PGA

Tomorrow the US PGA starts at the Southern Hills course. The PGA is the poor relation of the 4 Majors. Yet The Open only became competitively of global interest when Arnie Palmer played it and –  as a links course – it’s subject to climatic conditions such as wind. The Masters is [...]

May 18, 2022 // 0 Comments

Dementia – or is it old age?

A recent article in The Times set out the signifiers of dementia (viz. forgetfulness of something told an hour ago, putting objects in strange places, losing track of the season or passage of time, getting lost in a familiar place, becoming withdrawn and losing interest in hobbies and friends, [...]

May 17, 2022 // 0 Comments

Das Boot/third series

Last night Sky Atlantic began the third series of Das Boot. Originally an outstanding film which was hailed as one of the best films on World War Two in one recent poll, it then morphed into a tv series. It posed a problem on how sympathetically you dramatise a Nazi naval success that halted many [...]

May 16, 2022 // 0 Comments

The delights of Rottingdean

Whilst I – we – were all so delighted to be travelling abroad again one must not forget the delights Great Britain has to offer. Yesterday I had cause to visit Rottingdean, only a couple of miles from my home. It suffers from too much traffic travelling from the A27 to the coastal road [...]

May 12, 2022 // 0 Comments

Brighton 4 Manchester United 0

One hopes that the media story will be how good Brighton were in this comprehensive defeat, not how bad United were. It was arguably Brighton’s best performance and result in the Premier. From the start they took the game to a ragged United, whose left flank was exposed where Bruno Fernandes [...]

May 8, 2022 // 0 Comments

Sussex v Middlesex (second day)

Ivan Conway kindly invited me to the second day at Hove because of my Middlesex allegiances. Stumps were drawn with Middlesex trailing by 108 runs with 6 wickets down. As Shaheen Afredi was so effective from the Cromwell Road End down the slope, so was Ollie Robinson, taking 3 wickets. Anderson and [...]

May 7, 2022 // 0 Comments

A pleasant day at Hove County Ground

The sun shone for most of the first day which ended with Sussex in pole position over Middlesex on 354-6. It might have been more but doughty Ali Orr, who looks more of a Ken Barrington than a David Gower, was tragically out for 99 in the last ball before tea. Chet Pujara, who had banked 531 runs [...]

May 6, 2022 // 0 Comments

Recommending & reviewing books

Yesterday I had a conversation with a fellow Ruster who touched upon a theme which I will explore here and now. He was given a book by a friend who enthused over it. The Ruster, who readily admits to being no bibliophile, wondered whether I knew the book in question which I did not. The point [...]

May 4, 2022 // 0 Comments

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