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Female sports issues (continued)

Sometimes it’s best to stand back and let superior/professional journalists have the floor … At the risk that it may only be a matter of a few hours before The Guardian website “cuts off” access to articles on its website, here’s an excellent piece by Tanya Aldred on [...]

June 23, 2021 // 0 Comments

Female sport issues

When it comes to picking the greatest all-round sportswoman in history – a definition that for present purposes requires excellence in at least two different sporting disciplines – there are a select few who come immediately to mind. Perhaps the lady most frequently cited is the legendary [...]

June 22, 2021 // 0 Comments

The World Test: is it worth it?

The World Test Final had another day ( the fourth day) rained off yesterday and – although there is a reserve day and better weather forecast today at the Ageas Bowl – a draw seems likeliest and the question needs to be raised whether it is worthwhile in what is already a congested [...]

June 22, 2021 // 0 Comments

The US Open

I was delighted that Jon Rahm won his first Major and become the first Spaniard to do so for many reasons, not least as I backed him. He should have won the Memorial last week as he was six strokes clear before being tested positive for Covid prior to the final round but the bookies showed they [...]

June 21, 2021 // 0 Comments

EURO THOUGHTS

Here are my random thoughts on the Euros to date: Apart from Holland v Ukraine and last night’s match between Germany and Portugal I have found few games engaging. Some – like Spain 0 Sweden 0 – were a total bore. I have also been less than impressed by the coverage. I would have [...]

June 20, 2021 // 0 Comments

Rumpole and the barrow boy

There are many reasons why I enjoy Rumpole (Talking Pictures channel, every Wednesday at 8.0pm). The programme is so well constructed with chambers life, the trial and the Rumpole marriage all possessing the same leitmotiv. In last week’s episode Rumpole and the Barrow Boy the common thread was [...]

June 19, 2021 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard / The Ram Inn Firle

I have reviewed the Ram at Firle favourably before and after a pleasant lunch yesterday continue to do so. We have a regular conflab there with the Rust web designer and another colleague. This now has become more of a social with our web designer initially informing us that he has passed certain [...]

June 17, 2021 // 0 Comments

Fitness (new campaign) update 2

Now officially over a week into my latest fitness campaign, which has the vague goals of helping me lose up to a stone (14 pounds) in weight and revisiting the general “well-being” feeling that attends being fit, I am still stuck in the inevitable early “hard yards” phase. The first [...]

June 17, 2021 // 0 Comments

Fake or Fortune BBC4 – (Mondays 8 pm)

For all its irritations I was pleased to watch another series of Fake or Fortune.   Philip Mould, the cool art dealer, has been upgraded to joint presenter alongside Fiona Bruce and the courteous Dr Bendor Grosvenor is back as art expert and historian. This week they considered the authenticity [...]

June 16, 2021 // 0 Comments

Whatever you do is probably wrong …

Yesterday for me was something of a novelty as I had nothing in my engagement diary. I spent it tidying up my flat, putting on a load of washing, doing a food shop at a local supermarket and then – in the afternoon – taking some exercise (but not quite as much as I had intended). My relatively [...]

June 16, 2021 // 0 Comments

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