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Back on the road again (not)

As regular Rusters will know, on the face of it my driving record – now encompassing two separate six month disqualifications for amassing 12 speeding points in a single clutch (by which statement I mean to refer to the fact that after three years duration each “offence” is treated by the [...]

May 3, 2022 // 0 Comments

Fulham crowned champions

Last night – after a 7-0 thrashing of Luton – Fulham were finally crowned Championship champions. I have to confess that I watched the game and the revelry afterwards from the comfort of my sofa. Originally the game was scheduled for 3.00pm then televised by Sky and moved to 5.15pm. [...]

May 3, 2022 // 0 Comments

Brighton win and Sussex CCC draw

Brighton HAFC are heading for their best ever finish in the top flight. After away wins over Arsenal, Spurs and – on Saturday – Wolves, the Seagulls are ninth and their last two remaining games are at home against Manchester United and West Ham. We have seven wins away from home and [...]

May 2, 2022 // 0 Comments

Sporting issues this weekend

The narrow victory of Northampton Saints (32/31) over Harlequins was enthralling, confirming my view that the most enjoyable sport currently on offer is to be found in the Rugby Premiership. This is subject to one caveat: the uncontested scrum. I checked the rationale for this with Derek Williams. [...]

May 1, 2022 // 0 Comments

TV Review: new sit-com Ten Percent

Modern life as it is experienced by those of us beyond the first flush of youth is a many-sided jewel, involving as it does a combination of looking back upon one’s life and trying to recall incidents and anecdotes from one’s past; marvelling (or becoming baffled and frustrated by) supposed [...]

April 29, 2022 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 0 Nottingham Forest 1

Fulham’s frustrations continue with a disappointing defeat – our third in the run in to a Midlands team (Derby and Coventry  being the other two) and so, with 2 games to go, we still need a point to be crowned champions. Forest deserved their win as they were the side with the greater [...]

April 27, 2022 // 0 Comments

Putin – no grandmaster at chess

David Niven once gave an interview to Michael Parkinson in which he observed that in Russia the national game was chess and in England it was football, meaning to imply that Russians thought better strategically. If so, Vladimir Putin is a weak chess player. In the 3 most defining moments of a [...]

April 27, 2022 // 0 Comments

Travelling in France and a visit to Cannes

Yesterday Team Rust travelled by rail from Sanary to Cannes to where my late mother’s best friend had moved. We travelled by rail. On arrival at the station at Sanary we had been informed that, due to a strike by maintenance staff, the train would be 20 minutes late. I thought we would miss [...]

April 26, 2022 // 0 Comments

He’s back! Grace – but not much favour I’m afraid …

Yesterday saw the return of actor John Simm as Detective Superintendent Roy Grace to our television screens on ITV. There is a long and stout tradition of location-specific fictional sleuths – think Morse (Oxford), Rebus (Edinburgh), Taggart (Glasgow) and Leeds (DCI Banks) to name but a handful [...]

April 25, 2022 // 0 Comments

A sporting afternoon in front of the television

Yesterday, upon something of a whim, I chose to tune into BT Sport’s “live” television coverage of the English rugby Premiership clash between third-placed Harlequins and “long-time top of the league table” Leicester Tigers at the Stoop in West London (kick off 3.00pm). The Rust’s [...]

April 24, 2022 // 0 Comments

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