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RIP David Duckham

Any sports fan – particularly any adherent of rugby union – over the age of fifty will be sad to have learned overnight of the passing on Monday 9th January of the great England centre/wing David Duckham, winner of 36 England caps – 3 with the British & Irish Lions – a [...]

January 11, 2023 // 0 Comments

Harlequins 16 Sale Sharks 24

It’s been a poor start to the year for Quins – losing to Northampton Saints and Joe Marler being banned for 6 weeks, 4 of which are suspended. On top of this they ended 2022 with a defeat by Bristol Bears and Marcus Smith, Louis Lynagh and Tyrone Greene are currently unavailable. Coach Nick [...]

January 9, 2023 // 0 Comments

Stonehouse

Whilst I enjoyed this three-part series broadcast over 3 nights on ITV, there are two problems with this genre. Firstly, they require not much writing creativity as you already have a story with characters and secondly, how can you differentiate between what is fact and what is faction? Apparently [...]

January 5, 2023 // 0 Comments

Cleopatra (1963)

In a humorous campus novel by David Lodge a group of academics specialising in English literature debate the most important classic novel that they never read. One wins by confessing he has never read one word by Jane Austen. Last year at the San Sebastian film festival, over a fine dinner attended [...]

January 3, 2023 // 0 Comments

Watching the world from the top of a hill

Despite the global dominance and enormous commercial success of the Rust – and to the surprise of some, the breadth of its demographic appeal – it remains the case that a core viewpoint amongst its regular contributors tends to be that of those beyond the first flush of youth. As the festive [...]

January 2, 2023 // 0 Comments

Brighton 2 Arsenal 4

Brighton were good but league leaders Arsenal better. The Seagulls had World Cup winner Alex Mac Allister and Moises Caicedo absent – as well as defenders Adam Webster and Joel Veltman – and it showed. We have a stronger squad these days but you want to field your best team against such [...]

January 1, 2023 // 0 Comments

Adapting classic books to film

A post on whether books or films are the best way to appreciate World War Two generated an interesting discussion which I would like to extend to classic literature. Over the so-called festive period I saw film adaptations of Jane Austen’s Emma and Charles Dickens Great Expectations. Emma starred [...]

December 29, 2022 // 0 Comments

Harlequins – a Tour d’Horizon

This is not my favourite time of the year – it reminds me of the lockdown with confusion as to what day it is as one blends inevitably into another. Add strikes and universal financial concerns and a war in Europe. Like many I take refuge in sport in general and Harlequins in particular. I am [...]

December 28, 2022 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Crystal Palace 0 Fulham 3

In season 2018-19, after Fulham were promoted to the Premier, we met Crystal Palace at home and were well beaten 2-0. It proved a wake-up call as we were eventually relegated and Palace – a middle of the table side at best then – beat us comfortably. Under Roy Hodgson they established [...]

December 27, 2022 // 0 Comments

George Cohen

The passing of George Cohen was certainly felt by all Fulham supporters and beyond. We only have 11 World Cup winners and of them – George – was the only one-club man, totting up 450+ games for the Cottagers between 1959 and 1968. Fulham, in terms of trophies, are not one of the most [...]

December 25, 2022 // 0 Comments

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