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One small step for man …

Last week I made a technological breakthrough of sorts. I bought a slow cooker. I’m a big fan of stews of any description or form and I had long suspected that a slow cooker – by which, I’d been led to believe, the deal is that you just bung the ingredients into the receptacle designed for [...]

February 8, 2016 // 0 Comments

A trip to the West End

Yesterday I travelled by train and then the Tube into central London to attend a reunion, a thing I rarely do these days – travelling to that part of the metropolis I mean, not so much the reunion. The occasion was a quarterly lunch that we’ve informally arranged – one of those inherently [...]

February 4, 2016 // 0 Comments

A typical media issue

We all have aspects of the media, or particular media traits, that annoy us or cause us to flirt with contempt towards the medium … and indeed those involved in the stories it runs. One of my pet hates are pieces featuring some obscure university research team that has apparently spent years of [...]

February 4, 2016 // 0 Comments

Dry January – does it work?

Like two million others I gave up alcohol for January. Well, not strictly so as I enjoyed a drink in South Africa and one on a friend ‘s birthday dinner on the 27th. Here is one personal view: Did it make me feel better?  No, I still slept badly waking 2/3 times in the night for a pee. Did I [...]

February 2, 2016 // 0 Comments

Aspects of elite women’s sport

Later today at some point – I get confused as to time zones and how many hours Australia is ahead of the UK – Serena Williams takes part in the Women’s Final at the Australian Open as (the last time I looked) the 1/5 on favourite. If she wins Serena will equal Steffi Graf’s record of 22 [...]

January 30, 2016 // 0 Comments

Another stage along the route

I guess that some might take the view – given the Rust’s brief and readership (age) profile – that one day this was bound to happen, but today I follow my colleague Arthur Nelson’s tale of his brushes with the medical profession by posting about my own hospital appointment yesterday at [...]

January 29, 2016 // 0 Comments

Artist Residence

The Artist Residence started as a cool boutique hotel in Brighton and now in Pimlico. I first came across it when one of my favourite restaurants in Brighton,64 Degrees, launched its London restaurant. Sadly though it’s first in Brighton was and is a roaring success, serving innovative food [...]

January 28, 2016 // 0 Comments

Once more unto the breach

It’s that time of the decade again. About a fortnight ago I received a NHS letter inviting me to take part in their Bowel Cancer Screening Programme that is offered approximately every two years to people aged between 60 and 69. That figures. If memory serves, it was indeed about two year ago [...]

January 28, 2016 // 0 Comments

The decline of the High Street

Figures released by the British Retail Consortium show that the number of high street shoppers in December 2015 was 2.2% down and there was a comparable decline in November. The greatest threat is the internet, £1 out of £5 was spent on line and shopping there increased by 15%. Moving from the [...]

January 23, 2016 // 0 Comments

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