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Euros betting guide

Favourites rarely win international competitions and England never do,  so I eliminate the 5-1 joint favourites. The other favourites – France – can field Mbappe and Benzema up front and must be seriously considered but I’m looking for more value with Portugal at 9-1 and Italy at [...]

June 11, 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

A la Colthard: Hotel du Vin/Wimbledon

I had last stayed at this hotel when it was the Cannizzaro, a Palladian house in the style of Kenwood with equally magnificent grounds. However the hotel – especially the service – disappointed. Now under the management of Hotel du Vin they have upped their game. On arrival I was stuck [...]

June 9, 2021 // 0 Comments

My golfing weekend

At last a winner for me at the Memorial, the Jack Nicklaus invitational to his own-designed course. It was not achieved in the most auspicious of circumstances as on Saturday Jon Rahm led by 6 strokes only to be tested Covid positive and therefore unable to play the final day. I was on Patrick [...]

June 8, 2021 // 0 Comments

Get your hand-cart ready, we’re all going to Hell

I make no apology for the fact that my post today runs the risk of being pigeonholed as the pathetically-sad ramblings of a sterotypical old, out of touch, git who epitomises everything that 21st Century, “woke” ‘Generation X’, Millennial youngsters around the globe waste their time blaming [...]

June 7, 2021 // 0 Comments

More woes of the digital age

Frustration in the digital age is a well-worn topic in The Rust – so much so that the reader must find it as tedious as the writer. I will be as concise as possible and offer my theory why it happens. My mobile banking app often produces an unprompted notice of ‘version info’. This blocks [...]

June 4, 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

My sporting weekend

My 11-1 tickle on Jordan Spieth for the Charles Schwab US PGA event at Fort Worth looked winnable as he was leading by one shot from Jason Kokrak going into the final round. He bogeyed 3 of the first 4 holes and finished two shots behind Kokrak. Spieth was a prolific winner of tourneys as a junior [...]

May 31, 2021 // 0 Comments

Is it the money?

One thing that has intrigued me since Chelsea’s victory over Manchester City in the UEFA Champions League has been the almost universal ‘kicking’ of Pep Guardiola for his team choices and tactics on Saturday evening among media pundits, journalists, football cognoscenti and fans generally. [...]

May 31, 2021 // 0 Comments

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