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Regular readers will have noticed that on The Rust – rather through an osmosis-like process than editorial decree – we have tended to shy away from too much day-to-day coverage or indeed comment upon the Covid-19 crisis. This development has occurred for the obvious reasons – not least the [...]

November 8, 2020 // 0 Comments

On the beginning of Lockdown Mark 2

Overnight the UK’s second Covid-19 “national lockdown” began and – perusing the news websites in the small hours – I came across this report by Isabella Nikolic upon the apparent lemming-like mass exodus of the population of London in advance of its imposition on the website of the – [...]

November 5, 2020 // 0 Comments

Pause for reflection

Yesterday for my sins I spent time at my computer with Good Morning Britain – ITV’s early morning magazine show – on this occasion featuring its supposed ‘box-office couple’ presenters Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid, providing ‘moving wallpaper’ accompaniment in the background. By [...]

November 3, 2020 // 0 Comments

This old heart of mine

Yesterday I had an appointment with a local cardiologist as a follow-up to my annual medical with my doctor. The doctor with his stethoscope had picked up “A very soft murmur on the aorta”. I was rather freaked out by this and the reference in the referral letter  to “an early sign of heart [...]

October 31, 2020 // 0 Comments

London: it’s eerie

Yesterday I travelled to London for various meetings. A taxi took me to my first appointment via Oxford St. – I have never seen it so deserted. If I had to describe the West End pre-Covid I would use the word bustling. Now it would be eerie. It was like those nightmarish science fictions [...]

October 15, 2020 // 0 Comments

Where we are now (again)

For those of us who love it, the world of sport as an industry and pastime that has been affected at least as badly as any other during the coronavirus pandemic crisis. In an universe of infinite amounts of unknows and uncertainty – like all species – the human race craves fixed points, [...]

October 3, 2020 // 0 Comments

Another update from the front line

Regular Rusters will be familiar with my particular life story whereby, after playing a lot of sport (to a very average standard I should add) in my youth, I took up playing rugby again just for the joy of it in my thirties … later ruptured an Achilles tendon in my official “retirement match” [...]

October 2, 2020 // 0 Comments

What the doctor said

Throughout the pandemic I have heard very little from doctors on the coal face on how grave the situation is. This is a question I posed to the doctor who gave me a thorough medical yesterday. He said there was far too much ill-informed hype. There were some 70,000 illnesses out there of which [...]

September 26, 2020 // 0 Comments

Supper and entertainment

Yesterday for my sins I went for an early evening meal in the suburbs with a couple I have known for nearly five decades – and, as we remarked during our meal, that fact alone drives home both just how old we are and how fast time flies. (Only people above a certain age can say that). It was an [...]

September 13, 2020 // 0 Comments

Zooming in

Yesterday I had occasion to visit my daughter Grace and her husband for a coffee and chat in advance of an online family conference courtesy of Zoom. I hesitate to use the phrase ‘killing two birds with one stone’ in this context but, being barely semi-literate when it comes to modern [...]

August 24, 2020 // 0 Comments

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