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Getting a grip upon a serious problem

From time to time Rust contributors blast away on this organ against the vast and ever-growing army of cyclists who in these politically-correct times are given far more support and encouragement than they deserve, not least the “cycle lanes” increasingly bringing traffic in our cities to a [...]

May 23, 2021 // 0 Comments

Vacation or staycation?

It’s been a most confusing time for the traveller and therefore the industry. You simply do not know whether foreign travelling is feasible. Before the Indian variant came along it seemed that on or after June 21st all restrictions would be lifted. Of course you can go to a green light country [...]

May 21, 2021 // 0 Comments

Well whaddya know?

Over the last year or so there has been plenty of coverage in the media about the issue of virus-deniers and/or vaccination sceptics and their impact upon the worldwide efforts of Governments and scientists to counter, restrict and then control the advance of the Covid-19 virus pandemic, including [...]

May 21, 2021 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard/Olivo and the Ivy

With restaurants opening indoors and outdoors I visited two regulars of mine. I have been patronising Olivo in Victoria for 30 years. It was started by Mauro, a quiet Sardinian, and majoring on regional cuisine from his native isle. Italian restaurants before then were more showbiz with photos of [...]

May 20, 2021 // 0 Comments

Upon coming out of it

As we come back from lockdown to “normality” some of us have had time for reflection as to how the past twelve months has affected the general public and ourselves in particular. If I’m honest, at the beginning – both in prospect and reality – I tended to be in tune with another resident [...]

May 19, 2021 // 0 Comments

Back to normal and the land of no return

Three days into the UK Government’s supposed “pathway back to normality” from the Christmas 2020 Covid pandemic lockdown – and with its intended 21st June “final escape” now seemingly under threat from the Indian variant of the virus currently causing concentrated outbreaks in the [...]

May 18, 2021 // 0 Comments

Hell Drivers (1957)

I came across this film listening to Doten Adenbayoh’s Up All Night radio programme. A film buff called in to recommend this film which I duly acquired on DVD. It is the story of short-haul road haulage drivers. Stanley Baker (Tom), lately out of prison, takes a job in a corrupt road haulage [...]

May 17, 2021 // 0 Comments

Confusion grows as time goes by

In terms of the fundamental conflict between what has made the human race tick since pre-history (not least naked common sense) on the one hand – and the fashionable crackpot ‘woke’ concerns increasingly being taken up by campaigning members of what is known as ‘Generation Z’ [...]

May 16, 2021 // 0 Comments

The Rock Pool (Cyril Connolly) and The Shot (Philip Kerr)

I am an enthusiast and when I review a book it’s generally  in the hope that it will be read. However in the above two I have no such aspirations. I must have read The Rock Pool at least 40 years ago when I had a greater interest in writers of the 1930s. It struck me as a louche account of [...]

May 15, 2021 // 0 Comments

Second jab

Yesterday, later than most, I had my second jab at the Brighton Racecourse. My first was on February 18 and I was getting a tad worried that I had received no notification about the second. The theme of this week’s Rust is speak to a human and I called the Racecourse hotline. The recorded message [...]

May 14, 2021 // 0 Comments

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