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The silly season continues here …

As another Rust year draws to a close and we contemplate what 2022 might bring, it occurred to me that – as is not unusual in the gap between Christmas and New Year – there is a remarkable lack of worthy media news stories doing the rounds. As proof of my proposition, here are two [...]

December 31, 2021 // 0 Comments

Chelsea 1 Brighton 1

The mantra under Chris Hughton was ‘Stay in the game’ and, though Brighton play better football under his successor Graham Potter, that very much was the theme of our resilient draw at Stamford Bridge. This was achieved with four key players not starting: Leandro Trossard, Lewis Dunk, Shane [...]

December 30, 2021 // 0 Comments

English cricket – the inquest begins (again)

The records have it that the first-ever international cricket match – between the United States of America and Canada, no less – took place at the grounds of the St George’s Cricket Club in New York in 1844. A English professional cricket touring team mounted the first-ever [...]

December 30, 2021 // 0 Comments

Big Game 13 (looking back)

Today I am taking up my esteemed sports editor Mr Hollingworth’s general invitation issued to Rust contributors who might like to post upon the subject of England Premiership club Harlequins’ Big Game 13 which took place last Monday (27th December) at RFU Twickenham. The ‘Big Game’ concept [...]

December 29, 2021 // 0 Comments

The sporting day

My day starts in the early hours with the Test Match commentary. The written press is one day behind and if England did not have such a disastrous final hour – losing 4 wickets – their doom and gloom would have looked foolish. Jimmy Andersen has come in for lot of flak – [...]

December 28, 2021 // 0 Comments

Brighton 2 Brentford 0

Brighton achieved their first win since September after completing the double over Brentford. In the absence of central defenders Lewis Dunk, Shane Duffy and Joel Veltman, Adam Webster and Dan Burn took the central berths in a flat back-four flanked by exciting attacking full backs Qadir Lamptey [...]

December 27, 2021 // 0 Comments

Days Without End/Sebastian Barry

It was Roy Hodgson, the former England manager, who was the recommender of Sebastian Barry. I had really enjoyed The Secret Scripture – the story of a woman who was unfairly locked up in a mental asylum. Apparently in catholic Southern Ireland this was not a difficult process and made by a [...]

December 26, 2021 // 0 Comments

The Flying Prince (book review)

As someone who has penned the odd item intended for public consumption myself, not just my membership of the mythical “writers’ union” makes me generally wary of offering criticism of the efforts of my fellow authors and/or scribes. And so it is today with a degree of humility and trepidation [...]

December 26, 2021 // 0 Comments

Late Mozart and The Rest is History

One of my favourite presenters is Donald Macleod who on Radio 3 at midday presents The Great Composers.    Occasionally it will be a composer of whom I have not heard but, as often as not, I have. Last week he covered the late period of Mozart’s life. For me, Mozart is the greatest of them all [...]

December 25, 2021 // 0 Comments

Another fine Christ(mess) …

It could be these strange post-modern Covid times, but for some reason I spent most of yesterday scarcely able to believe that it was either Christmas Eve or indeed a Friday. The first task on my agenda was to accompany The Boss on our major food & drink shop for the weekend. Given widespread [...]

December 25, 2021 // 0 Comments

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