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A la Colthard / Boathouse and Shangri-la Hotels

The Boathouse at Kata Beach Phuket does not just serve the best non-Thai food on the island but is also a classy boutique hotel. After India where the cow is of course sacred and the spicy fish-based cuisine of Thailand it was wonderful to eat a juicy rib eye steak. The Boathouse is acclaimed for [...]

December 20, 2016 // 0 Comments

The art(ifice) of staying relevant

Overnight the news came through that Hungarian actress and socialite Zsa Zsa Gabor had died at the age of 99 from heart-related issues. In the public consciousness she seemed to rank in what might be described as the second division of pneumatic movie blonde actresses from the 1940s to 1960s: I’m [...]

December 19, 2016 // 0 Comments

They didn’t tell me it rains in Palma!

My Friday in Palma constituted what the journos would describe as a ‘slow news day’. For most of the daylight hours it was drizzling and then, from about 5.00pm, the mist rolled in and it really began to rain quite hard. Not something one normally associates with Mallorca because most of us [...]

December 17, 2016 // 0 Comments

Day Two in Mallorca

The weather out here in Palma resembles a balmy mid-September UK during daylight, becoming significantly colder once the sun goes down about 6.00pm. Day Two began about 10.00am when my son Barry came to pick me up and take me to his industrial unit about 15 miles out of town, the hub of his [...]

December 17, 2016 // 0 Comments

Calmer in Palma

Yesterday I flew down to Palma for a couple of days which by choice necessitated me setting off for Gatwick at the unearthly hour of 4.00am. This might have seemed like madness but there was indeed a method in it, as perhaps everyone (including myself) might have hoped. Firstly, it was cheap. [...]

December 15, 2016 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard

I have never been a huge fan of Indian cuisine. I believe that some of the fare served up by British curry houses is cooked by Bangladeshi hill farmers. I am doubtful whether hot spices improve food and the sauces can be too cloying. I had thought that the native cuisine might be an improvement but [...]

December 14, 2016 // 0 Comments

Medical matters again

Sometimes I frighten myself with how blasé I am regarding medical matters and my own body. I used to be terminally squeamish with anything too gruesome or detailed about other people’s illnesses, diseases or injuries. For a long while I was prone to feeling a mounting queasiness whenever people [...]

December 14, 2016 // 0 Comments

The final day and last supper

The smart money was on us being back in the hotel for lunch but after losing by an innings and 36 runs in 38 minutes we could have made it a late breakfast! Excuses have been made that we do not face spin of this quality back home, that India are a tremendous Test team but this does not explain how [...]

December 13, 2016 // 0 Comments

Ba Humbug!

Today my eye was drawn to a brief piece on the website of the Daily Mail about a documentary shortly to be aired on RTE called The Secret Of The Universe. It tells the story of the death of Peter O’Neill, apparently styled the naked hermit of Wicklow – see here – DAILY MAIL I’m not sure I [...]

December 12, 2016 // 0 Comments

Day three

Whilst I do not possesses the cricket expertise of Duggie Heath and Tom Hollingworth, it is obvious even to me that today England will today have a mountain to climb. India can bat till lunchtime, have a lead of 250 runs and 4 sessions to bowl out England. If Root can extract turn on this wicket, [...]

December 11, 2016 // 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 [...]