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All’s well that drains well

Last week water was settling in my kitchen sink without draining. My handyman Bert was recalled from the Western Front of my beach hut refurb and, upon dismantling a pipe below the sink, removed the remains of the ground coffee that was causing the blockage. I thought this had done the trick but [...]

September 5, 2021 // 0 Comments

And another thing …

At the risk of appearing to “suck up” to our sports editor Tom Hollingworth, I was interested to read his fascinating piece in the Rust yesterday on the illusionary “devil’s pact” between those who organise global sports, those who participate in them and the paying public – [...]

September 1, 2021 // 0 Comments

The treading of a dangerous line

One of the downsides of being a senior citizen – besides straightforward “invisibility” as far as other generations are concerned – is that often one can see “the bleedin’ obvious” when others cannot and yet nobody will believe or take any notice of you when you point out this benefit [...]

August 31, 2021 // 0 Comments

A happy encounter

Marylebone High Street is a thoroughfare where you pretty much know you will bump into someone. Thus I always allow time for the chance encounter. I had booked a table for myself at the Austrian restaurant Fischers for 6-30pm. Not having met anyone, as I approached the restaurant I was thirty [...]

August 12, 2021 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard: two new, two old

When a new restaurant opens in my adopted city it’s something of an event. Here I am reviewing two: Burnt Orange in Middle Street and Taste in Brighton Marina. That any restaurant is opening whilst we are in pandemic mode is itself significant. Middle Street is one of the more interesting streets [...]

August 10, 2021 // 0 Comments

More thoughts on Sussex sport and the Hundred

Yesterday I had intended to go to Hove Cricket Ground to see the Sussex Sharks v Kent Spitfires in the Royal London 50 over match. Except for a window in the afternoon there was no play and the game ended “no result’, Sussex’s sixth such ending in all competitions. It was little consolation [...]

July 31, 2021 // 0 Comments

We’ve all been there ….

It’s no secret that “frustrations with modern life” – often coupled with comparisons of how things were (or seemed) so much easier and better in days gone by – is a staple of followers of this esteemed organ. Today I’m drawing Rusters’ attention to a [...]

June 30, 2021 // 0 Comments

Black cab v Uber

In the Martin Scorsese film Taxi Driver about urban alienation the Presidential candidate Charles Palantine rather condescendingly praises taxi driver Travis Bickle for his metropolitan knowledge. Personally I find most taxi drivers  will offer their opinion whether you praise them or not. On the [...]

June 10, 2021 // 0 Comments

I guess you could make it up …

As, apparently right on cue, summer’s weather arrived in the UK last weekend it occurred to me that the Global Covid-19 pandemic is going to be dominating the news pages for a long while yet. During my occasional excursions out into the wider world of shopping and other “normality” since [...]

June 3, 2021 // 0 Comments

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