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Has the age of the female super hero arrived?

In common with some other Rust staffers, I’m sufficiently dinosaur in my attitudes to the world that as a matter of principle I regard ‘positive action’, e.g. the concept of women-only political party shortlists and the BBC’s insistence upon awarding semi-equal coverage to [...]

June 1, 2017 // 0 Comments

British Gas/ parts 4 and 5

I honestly thought I would not be boring you on the ongoing saga of British Gas and that after the appointment was made yesterday morning for an electrician to repair the damage to circuitry they caused that would be the end of the affair. I had severely underestimated their gross inefficiency. At [...]

May 31, 2017 // 0 Comments

It’s one or the other

It’s no secret that contributors this particular media organ tend to reflect, describe or report upon events and occurrences – if not modern life itself – from the perspective of people who are rather older than “that the average bear” (as Yogi Bear might have said, not that many [...]

May 31, 2017 // 0 Comments

British Gas saga (part three)

Having stayed in all Saturday afternoon two weeks ago for the British Gas electrician to repair the damage they caused in installing a smart meter he never appeared, nor did I receive any word of apology. I duly complained and my complaint is being processed. I did receive a voice mail message from [...]

May 26, 2017 // 0 Comments

Back to the tee

As the PGA tournament began at Wentworth yesterday two other golfers continued their attempts to return to the fray. Whilst Tiger Woods wisely announced his intention to take his time following his latest back surgery, in scorchingly hot conditions I took another step on the road back to the top [...]

May 26, 2017 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard/ Wolseley , Hakkasan, Providores, Olivo

Most restaurant reviewers typically review new restaurants but I regard it as my function to keep regular updates on my faves. The reality is that most diners have 2/3 trusted places where they are known, like the cuisine , service and welcome and patronise these regularly. Over the past few days I [...]

May 25, 2017 // 0 Comments

The art of getting used to it

The Rust’s go-to readership demographic rapidly becoming polarised around ‘senior citizenship’ status, it is perhaps only natural that occasionally we concentrate upon subjects and obsessions that tend to occupy us oldies. Today I noticed a report by Ben Spencer, medical correspondent of the [...]

May 24, 2017 // 0 Comments

On the road again …

Yesterday in total I drove nearly 300 miles in the cause of taking my aged parent from the south coast to a rapidly-expanding new town north of Oxford for a family lunch, back again, and then onwards to my home in south-west London. I’m not saying I wasn’t tired at the conclusion of this epic [...]

May 22, 2017 // 0 Comments

A whole new world of possibilities

Overnight, as I was nodding off at about 8.45pm whilst listening to a Radio Five Live football discussion about how well Newcastle would  – or might likely wouldn’t – do next season in the Premier League … or possibly as I was waking up again at about 11.45pm, a bit earlier than [...]

May 20, 2017 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard, Bistro Nantais, Hove

I have praised before the neighbourhood local restaurant in France known as Le restaurant du qurartier. These are harder to find here but do exist. I believe I have found one at Bistro Nantais ,an authentic French brasserie in Hove. Cafe Rouge has tried to emulate such an atmosphere and gastronomy [...]

May 16, 2017 // 0 Comments

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