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The treading of a dangerous line

One of the downsides of being a senior citizen – besides straightforward “invisibility” as far as other generations are concerned – is that often one can see “the bleedin’ obvious” when others cannot and yet nobody will believe or take any notice of you when you point out this benefit [...]

August 31, 2021 // 0 Comments

My sporting weekend

There is always someone worse off and in a relatively unproductive betting weekend that person was Austrian golfer Bernd Wiesberger. He was one stroke ahead in the European Masters at Crans Switzerland when he hit the water on the 18th and 20 years old Dane Rasmus Hojgaard in the clubhouse at -13 [...]

August 30, 2021 // 0 Comments

Bulletin 3: surviving life with a driving disqualification

Here is the third dispatch on my disqualification from driving because of “speeding” offences – specifically the one I committed in January whose 3 penalty points took me up to the 12 in total which inevitably meant that a disqualification had to be considered by the presiding court. Regular [...]

August 29, 2021 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 3 Stoke 0

Fulham maintained their fine start with a fifth successive win in all competitions over well-placed Stoke. Alex Mitrovic was back to form making one for Bobby Decordova-Reid and  scoring another – though he missed a penalty in extra time. After this excellent start comparisons have been made [...]

August 29, 2021 // 0 Comments

Thoughts on the Test and Lord Ted

When Mark Wood was added to a lengthening injured list of speedsters – Jofra Archer, Olly Stone, Chris Woakes and – with Ben Stokes declaring himself burned out – I feared for the England pace attack but first Ollie Robinson and now Craig Overton have stepped up to the plate. Both [...]

August 28, 2021 // 0 Comments

My friend Ted

I was privileged to know Ted Dexter well these past few years so my tribute to him is more personal than some. In his obituaries you will read that he was swashbuckling, debonair, a man about town but distant and aloof. I never found him the latter and, although the obituaries spoke of distance and [...]

August 27, 2021 // 0 Comments

Lord Dismiss Us

It’s an interesting discussion which actually took place on Radio 4’s A Good Read on reaction to re-reading an old favourite. With this in mind, I recently read for the third time Lord Dismiss Us by Michael Campbell. The novel, which I suspect is strongly biographical, is set in [...]

August 26, 2021 // 0 Comments

Sussex Sharks in T20 blast final

Last night Sussex Sharks beat Yorkshire Vikings by 5 wickets to reach the T20 final at Edgbaston on September 15th. Whilst I watched it I was not converted to the format. Brought up on classic stroke players like Lord Ted Dexter, Tom Graveney – and before them Peter May – I do not [...]

August 25, 2021 // 0 Comments

Going going gone

For Xmas Alice Mansfield gave me an art board game called Going Going Gone in which you have to build up an art collection. This is chiefly done by acquiring in auction art works from various periods namely renaissance, baroque, impressionism, modernism, surrealism, pop, installation, contemporary [...]

August 24, 2021 // 0 Comments

Not much difference so far

Eight days ago, in reporting to readers of this organ that I was about to begin a driving ban for having amassed a cumulative 12 points for minor speeding offences upon the roads of Britain, I concluded my piece by stating that I proposed to offer occasional reflections upon the ban as I endured [...]

August 24, 2021 // 0 Comments

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