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Late Mozart and The Rest is History

One of my favourite presenters is Donald Macleod who on Radio 3 at midday presents The Great Composers.    Occasionally it will be a composer of whom I have not heard but, as often as not, I have. Last week he covered the late period of Mozart’s life. For me, Mozart is the greatest of them all [...]

December 25, 2021 // 0 Comments

Another fine Christ(mess) …

It could be these strange post-modern Covid times, but for some reason I spent most of yesterday scarcely able to believe that it was either Christmas Eve or indeed a Friday. The first task on my agenda was to accompany The Boss on our major food & drink shop for the weekend. Given widespread [...]

December 25, 2021 // 0 Comments

The Great Train Robbery (2013 two part film)

Yesterday over lunch I discussed with a friend roughly my age the seismic events of out lifetime: the assassination of President Kennedy, the landing on the moon, the killing of John Lennon, the death of Princess Diana and the Great Train Robbery. The sheer audacity of the gang, who on August 8th [...]

December 24, 2021 // 0 Comments

Operation Finale

Operation Finale is a Netflix production based on the abduction and trial in Israel of Adolf Eichmann in 1960. The first part – being the planning and kidnapping of Eichmann – was a largely accurate but the second part takes considerable dramatic licence with the facts. Eichmann was the [...]

December 23, 2021 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 0 Sheffield United 1

Fulham’s winless run extended to 5 games as last night we deservedly lost to a spirited Sheffield United side that has revived under new manager Paul Heckingbottom. They scored in the third minute and Fulham could not muster one shot on target in the first half. In the second, in their best [...]

December 21, 2021 // 0 Comments

Upon entering Christmas week …

Since the beginning on the month, I suspect in common with the bulk of the British public, my family has spent much of its time keeping our originally intended plans for celebrating Christmas under review while also monitoring the latest daily developments in the Omicron variant crisis in case the [...]

December 21, 2021 // 0 Comments

Fiorentina File: Fiorentina 2 Sassuolo 2

I do not follow rugby- our Italian team always seems to finish bottom in the Six Nations – but I  did read the post yesterday about Harlequins with interest. Fiorentina do put winning before entertaining but you are normally assured a good game because they are so unpredictable. One person [...]

December 20, 2021 // 0 Comments

Saturday sport

My Saturday sport fest begins at 3-30am following the second Ashes Test match on the radio. I prefer the radio to BT sport as there are no adverts and – except for the curmudgeonly Ian Chappell who has taken over the Boycott (highly but boringly critical) mantle – enjoy the [...]

December 19, 2021 // 0 Comments

Steven Spielberg at 75

In the week I watched Mark Kermode interview Steven Spielberg, whose birthday falls today. It’s in the nature of such things that, if you interview arguably the most celebrated film director of our lifetime, you do not ask too many aggressive questions. Although Spielberg was not given a rough [...]

December 18, 2021 // 0 Comments

When the only consistent thing is the lack of it

Last night I had an early dinner for the first time at a highly-recommended pub in West Sussex, which shall remain nameless partly because it is irrelevant for present purposes and partly because I enjoyed the atmosphere and my meal sufficiently that I fully intend to return there again and [...]

December 17, 2021 // 0 Comments

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