Life

Stamford

After a relaxing and enjoyable stay with some old friends, I decided to visit for the first time the Lincolnshire town of Stamford. Stamford was originally the refuelling place for the coach and horses trip to Scotland. It also has the palatial home of William Cecil, Queen Elizabeth I’s most [...]

July 2, 2024 // 0 Comments

England 2 Slovakia 1

The gap between performance and result has never been more marked than in this game. England are through to the last 8 v Switzerland but it was another dysfunctional performance. Indeed it took a remarkable effort from Jude Bellingham to equalise in the dying embers. There was nothing in this [...]

July 1, 2024 // 0 Comments

An ultimately unsatisfying day of sport

Saturday you could watch the start of the Tour de France in Florence, two Euro 2024 games and the T20 World Cup Final. I followed most of them and watched the whole of Germany 2 Denmark 0. The game was marred firstly by lightning that caused the withdrawal of both teams and secondly by some odd VAR [...]

July 1, 2024 // 0 Comments

Fry Gallery/Saffron Walden

Friday I visited the Fry Gallery to see Eric Ravilious and the other artists of the nearby colony of Great Bardfield which included Edward Bawden and John Aldridge whose work was also exhibited. It’s a small museum of basically one room which is also a shop. Eric Ravilious was a Sussex painter [...]

June 30, 2024 // 0 Comments

Sussex win by 18 runs/Hail Louis Kimber!

I do not suppose many had previously heard of Louis Kimber – but they have now! On the morning of the fourth day, chasing 442 with 5 wickets down, Leicestershire’s chances were forlorn. Then Louis Kimber – at number 8 – came to the crease to score a record breaking 243. He [...]

June 27, 2024 // 0 Comments

Sussex v Leicestershire (third day)

Sussex are now poised for victory against Leicestershire. They declared at 296-6 setting Leicestershire a target of just over 450. At stumps Leicestershire were 139-5, losing their major batters, notably Patel. Confidence oozes through this young Sussex side, who top Division 2 of the Championship [...]

June 26, 2024 // 0 Comments

All That Glitters/Orlando Whitfield

This is an account of the friendship between two art dealers – Orlando Whitfield and Inigo Philbrook – who met at Goldsmiths College. After an internship at the White Cube Gallery of mega-successful art dealer Jay Jopling, Inigo Philbrook made a fortune as a dealer in the secondary [...]

June 23, 2024 // 0 Comments

Welcome to West Sussex

I mostly write about the delights of East Sussex but West Sussex too has much to offer. Yesterday’s post by Bob Tickler neglected to mention his acquisition of a beach hut on the Chichester peninsula and he can be found sometimes with a bottle of bubbly with a grandee, sometimes sharing a [...]

June 22, 2024 // 0 Comments

London/2024

Ten years ago I made the momentous decision to leave London for the south coast. A good friend at the time advised me that if it did not work out – as clearly he thought it would happen then – I would be back within 2 years and have to deal with increased property prices. In fact, [...]

June 21, 2024 // 0 Comments

The Euros so far

The best teams do not necessarily win tournaments. Brazil were the best team at the 1992 World Cup in Spain but Italy beat them and won the title. Italy drew all 3 of their group games but the team that impressed most in the qualifying stage do not tend to win either. The team that gathers [...]

June 20, 2024 // 0 Comments

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ITV COVERAGE OF CHELTENHAM

March 14, 2026 // 0 Comments

I am in the camp of watching on tv rather than attending for the 3 Cs: cost , convenience and comfort. With the cost of travelling and attending Cheltenham and last [...]
Max Schmelling/ The Good German

March 4, 2026 // 0 Comments

In the unlikely event that I would be asked to nominate a Great Life on Matthew Parris ‘ show my choice would be the Black Uhlan Max Schmelling. In the 1930s thee [...]
The Tanner Report : Fulham 2 spurs 1

March 3, 2026 // 0 Comments

Prior to Fulham ‘s comfortable win over Spurs (2-1) I watched the big match Revisited featuring Chelsea 1 Arsenal 2 i guess in the early 70s It would be foolish to [...]
The Six Nations

February 24, 2026 // 0 Comments

The Six Nations continues to throw up surprises. England could not bounce back against Ireland , a resurgent Wales gave Scotland à close game with the Millennium Stadium [...]
Brentford 0 Brighton 2

February 23, 2026 // 0 Comments

The heat is off Fabian Hürzeler with Brighton ‘s 1st win in 13 games. Club owner Tony Bloom was not at the G Tech stadium due to a long planned family engagement but had [...]