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The Tanner Report: Fulham 4 QPR 1

I’m preparing this report with one eye on Brentford v Chelsea. Time was when the West London bragging rights were contested by QPR and Chelsea and in the last 20 years Fulham and Chelsea yet never Brentford but – fair play to the Bees – they deserved promotion and have started well in [...]

October 16, 2021 // 0 Comments

The IPL final

Yesterday I watched the IPL final in Dubai when the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) beat the Kolkuta Knight Riders (KKR) by 27 runs. I did not watch with much enthusiasm but did so as there was no other cricket and to get into T20 mode as its this format’s World Cup starting this Sunday. Quite apart [...]

October 16, 2021 // 0 Comments

My art week

Although I did not visit any exhibitions or museums this week it was a full art week. In our art course we covered Jasper Johns and his partner Robert Rauschenberg and across the Atlantic pop art. Consumerism was still the key driver. I had one of those serendipity moments on switching on Sky Arts [...]

October 15, 2021 // 0 Comments

A cremation

Yesterday I attended the cremation of the mother (Megan) of a good friend at Wessex Vale near Fareham. I only met the lady once and she struck me as having all her marbles, well-read and well-informed. I knew her son well enough to express my concerns for a lady of 94 living on her own. Her son [...]

October 14, 2021 // 0 Comments

Thoughts on the Ashes tour

Much of the coverage to date has been speculation as to whether the tour takes place and concern that the selected party is bereft of a bowling attack with hostile pace. There had been less attention to the absence of a threatening spinner. It was always likely the tour would happen as the [...]

October 14, 2021 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard/ Langans rides again

Over the weekend in the Financial Times supplement appropriately named How to Spend it I read a review of the new Langans – acquired and revamped by Graiano Arricale and James Kitchen. The original Langans was the restaurant of the 70s and 80s. Michael Caine, Peter Langan and Richard [...]

October 12, 2021 // 0 Comments

Weekend TV and radio

This was very much a mixed bag. The best programme I heard was Private Passions.  This programme – on a midday on Radio 3 – is presented by Michael Berkeley and is a fusion of interview and music, much better than Desert Island Discs.   When I switched on 5 minutes after the [...]

October 11, 2021 // 0 Comments

My art week

Looking back at my art week money seems to be the dominant theme, whether it’s the artist or the museum provider. In our art course we studied Andy Warhol the ultimate consumer painter. Walking down Fifth Avenue after emigrating from Russia he was fascinated by the marketing of consumer objects [...]

October 11, 2021 // 0 Comments

That was then … and this is now

When it comes to business and sport, it’s a funny old world isn’t it? From a sports fan’s perspective, geography is generally a vital ingredient. Youngsters can be brought up from the mother’s milk and Farley’s rusk stage of life to watch their parents’ favourite teams, players, [...]

October 9, 2021 // 0 Comments

The Public School film genre

On Friday at the unusual time of 6 am I watched the 1994 version of The Browning Version.    It was originally the directorial project of Ridley Scott but then taken over by Mike Figgis. The screenplay was by Ronald Harwood (The Dresser) and the stellar cast included Albert Finney, Greta Sacchi [...]

October 9, 2021 // 0 Comments

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