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Basquiat, conceptual and abstract expressionism

In the last few courses we have studied Jean Michel Basquiat, conceptual art, essentially political slogans,  and abstract expressionism. For me the key point about all these is whether the artist understands the grammar of drawing, colour, form and composition. I draw a comparison with Fernand [...]

March 18, 2022 // 0 Comments

Cheltenham on TV and Brighton falter

I was very much a paid up member of the Tv-watching club yesterday. I watched Cheltenham races on the telly and was delighted to see that Brighton chairman Tony Bloom’s horse Energumene win the Queen Mother Stakes beating the favourite Shishkin. I believe Tony did not make it back for the [...]

March 17, 2022 // 0 Comments

Life is a Cabaret …

… not if you buy ticket in advance on line. A couple of months ago I bought in advance a ticket for Cabaret at the Playhouse Theatre for the princely sum of £200. It starred Eddie Redmayme and the theatre was done up as the Kit Kat Club. My connection to Cabaret goes back to my childhood. The [...]

March 16, 2022 // 0 Comments

A Day at Plumpton Races

There is one factor that is not taken into account in the Great Rust Debate of TV versus actual watching of an event, namely getting out of your home. This I feel all the more after essentially being locked up for two years and watching sport with no one there, plus those depressing images daily [...]

March 15, 2022 // 0 Comments

Where diversity and reality meet …

Both contributors to this organ and its followers know that the Rust’s mission statement is built around its stance of providing a “window upon the world” from the point of view of those of us who have passed beyond “the first flush of youth” yet retain possess an independence of mind and [...]

March 15, 2022 // 0 Comments

Thoughts on the Six Nations

An early sending off in any sporting encounter is always controversial. Some say it ruins the spectacle. Others say the referee has to enforce the law and – in the case of soccer – the first five minutes was once open warfare as players felt assured enough to commit horrendous fouls as [...]

March 14, 2022 // 0 Comments

The Ipcress File/Episode 2

My review comment on the first episode to the effect that the shadow of Michael Caine fell over the production was generally followed by the newspaper critics on Monday, but over the weekend the younger TV critics like Ben Rifkind in the Saturday Times and Deborah Ross in the Mail on Sunday praised [...]

March 14, 2022 // 0 Comments

The ironies of football success and fan devotion

Some of the most notable aspects of President Putin’s decision that Russia should invade Ukraine in furtherance of some ludicrous geo-political scheme to “restore” its supposed previous position in the scheme of things can be filed under the heading of “Unintended Consequences”. I won’t [...]

March 12, 2022 // 0 Comments

A visit to the Courtauld

Yesterday I made my second visit to the refurbished Courtauld Gallery at a cost of £57m as part of our art course. We started on the first floor – the Medieval period and early Renaissance . I’m not that moved by medieval art but our excellent tutor did explain its significance and [...]

March 11, 2022 // 0 Comments

The eye test saga (continued)

They say that a tendency amongst ancient persons like myself is the ability to recall (with impressively blinding clarity) the events of decades long past whilst simultaneously being unable to recall what they were doing just two or three days ago. Therefore, in beginning this piece by stating that [...]

March 9, 2022 // 0 Comments

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