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The ‘art’ of keeping a diary

Way back in 1989 – I just looked this date up on the internet – I bought an excellent anthology of diary entries entitled Each Returning Day: The Pleasure of Diaries, edited by a gent named Ronald Blythe. I no longer have my copy, but I remember it fondly partly because at the time I was in the [...]

October 9, 2017 // 0 Comments

Sporting behaviour and team discipline – on or off the pitch

When it comes to sport – one of the main interests of columnists on this website – the Rust has a number of recurring subjects, issues and themes. Currently there’s plenty happening on the world stage – no surprise there – but today I’ve decided to post some personal reflections [...]

October 3, 2017 // 0 Comments

It’s coming to us all

Yesterday I went to see my father’s GP – as it were, behind his back – but in fact by arrangement and taking with me a letter I’d drafted (signed by him) stating that he gave me authority to speak with doctors and similar about his confidential medical information as and where [...]

September 7, 2017 // 0 Comments

Peering into the future

It’s a funny old place, this 21st Century, politically-correct, equal opportunity driven, gender neutral or fluid (whichever it is, I’m getting confused these days) world we live in. The latest retailer to fall foul of the do-gooders – or is it ‘game changers’? – is John Lewis, [...]

September 5, 2017 // 0 Comments

Going out in the rain

I don’t know if anyone else noticed, but yesterday chez moi was the occasion of a sudden break in the weather. Gone was the scorching heat and sunshine of the Bank Holiday Weekend, replaced by a distinctly colder temperature and steady rain which, after a slow start, persisted for most of the [...]

August 31, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Amorist – review

Let nobody declare that there are places where Rust contributors fear to tread. At a social gathering a week or so ago a group of us gathered to discuss ‘the way forward’ and the proposition was aired – exactly from which source and/or whom remains lost in the mists of time – that, whatever [...]

August 30, 2017 // 0 Comments

RIP, Horace

Let me tell you a story. I am currently in residence on the south coast of the UK with my father. It has become our practice while staying here to feed the birds on the terrace and on the lawn beyond, only because it means that we benefit from having a small aviary-worth of little (and not so [...]

August 24, 2017 // 0 Comments

It all works out in the end

My daily grind includes internet-surfing around the websites of broadsheet UK newspapers both to get a ‘heads up’ on what’s happening in the world and to see if I can come across any new item worthy of using as the subject of a blog. Thus any astute readers or saddo regular followers can [...]

August 21, 2017 // 0 Comments

Pride weekend

Last weekend some 300,000 people visited Brighton for pride weekend. The fact that ‘gay’ has been dropped is significant as the 48 hours of Bacchanalian revelry has little to do with gay celebration and more an annual party that is beneficial for restaurants, bars and letting agencies. [...]

August 8, 2017 // 0 Comments

On fatherhood and advice

From time to time I reflect upon life generally and the fact that human beings continue to learn new things throughout their existence. As a parent this inevitably includes a constantly-evolving relationship with one’s offspring. I’ve blogged before about feeling humbled (in a good way) upon [...]

July 26, 2017 // 0 Comments

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