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‘Tisn’t fair! (but it may be life)

Please pardon the self-pitying whine but there’s little doubt that the sports fans among us could be forgiven for coming to the view that we have more to lose than most from the present coronavirus crisis. Arguably elite female sport in the UK has come under huge pressure precisely because its [...]

May 27, 2020 // 0 Comments

Of Cabbages and Kings

“A pleasant walk, a pleasant talk… we talked of many things… of Cabbages and kings.” The Walrus and the Carpenter Lewis Carroll. Every week I  have a regular  chat with an old friend whom I would classify as a top 30 close friend but not a top ten. He was at university with me [...]

May 26, 2020 // 0 Comments

A hard choice to make

Spotted today, a choice by Clemencé Michallon of essential Bob Dylan’s songs that everyone needs in their lives, selected upon the occasion of his 79th birthday – see here – THE INDEPENDENT Whenever making a musical list, it’s sometimes a tough and subjective task to choose [...]

May 25, 2020 // 0 Comments

My record has got stuck again …

Many Rusters will share my exasperation at the stupidities and frustrations of 21st Century life and nurse perfectly understandable nostalgia for the good old days of ‘brick’ mobile phones, flared trousers, Afro haircuts, audio cassettes and the classic Dukes of Hazzard television series. Last [...]

May 24, 2020 // 0 Comments

“On the nodder, Kevin …”

For those who follow the round ball game, here’s a link to a first rate piece by Gregg Bakowski upon his favourite ‘wizards of the wing’ that appears today upon the website of – THE GUARDIAN Those wishing to challenge his choices – or champion the credentials of [...]

May 23, 2020 // 0 Comments

Another of Life’s little veils is stripped away

For all obvious reasons the global coronavirus crisis has not only given humanity a sharp jerk on the ‘training reins’ but provided time for reflection – and for some – a general re-think (if not quite yet ultimately a re-set) – of who we all are and what is really [...]

May 23, 2020 // 0 Comments

The Last Dance (Netflix series)

Today I can offer a recommended listen for Rusters of a sporting bent. For good or ill when out for my daily exercise expedition – or should I say “one of them” because we’re now allowed as many as we choose? – I habitually listen via a bluetooth earpiece to Radio Five [...]

May 22, 2020 // 0 Comments

Mobiles no, nature yes

Where I live and as I look out writing this I see my balcony, patio below, public boardwalk and Marina. A common occurrence on the boardwalk  –  a popular place for walking – is someone loudly on their mobile. One man yesterday held out his mobile on front of him and was blaring out [...]

May 21, 2020 // 0 Comments

After the virus – or fiddling while Rome burns

In these uncertain times it is inevitable that occasionally one’s thoughts turn to the future and specifically how things might – or will – be once “normality” has returned. Admittedly the concept does have its complications – whose “normality” are we talking about? Many I speak to [...]

May 21, 2020 // 0 Comments

Living some way from the front line

During a chat with a member of the Rust’s editorial team the other day he revealed that he had become the equivalent of terminally bored with the coronavirus crisis. I could instantly sympathise with where he was coming from, not least because the effects of Covid-19 so dominate the newspapers [...]

May 20, 2020 // 0 Comments

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