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The proof is in the alcohol

The other day I opened up a bottle from my cellar of Barberesco – Piero  Busso was the winemaker and it was called Gallina. I saw that is was 14.5% alcohol and two glasses of it gave me a headache for the following day. I did a kindness for a friend on the Rust and he wanted to thank me with [...]

March 10, 2021 // 0 Comments

My sporting weekend

Bryson DeChambeau won the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill, fighting off the challenge of Lee Westwood. Lee Westwood’s resurgence of form makes European Ryder Cup captain Pod Harrington’s job easier as he has only 3 discretionary picks. DeChambeau’s driving did not destroy the course [...]

March 9, 2021 // 0 Comments

The Harry and Meghan interview

Against my better judgment I did watch the interview. My TV-watching on a Monday stops normally with the end of University Challenge at 9.00 pm. Then I prepare for bed. I watched the interview as I wanted to make up my own mind even though  the key points had already been revealed. One thing [...]

March 9, 2021 // 1 Comment

The Tanner Report: Liverpool 0 Fulham 1

No doubt about it this victory will long be remembered as one of the great ones. It was as decisive as it was necessary. We are still in the relegation zone but we have momentum, self-belief and a mean defence. There were so many heroes  in a white shirt but I’m going to start with a man in a [...]

March 8, 2021 // 0 Comments

A “Road to Damascus” moment?

Yesterday (Sunday), probably mentally unbalanced by the effects of prolonged lockdown, I gritted my teeth and built my day around BT Sport’s ‘live’ coverage of the Premiership rugby match between Harlequins and Northampton Saints at the Stoop [commencing at 2.00pm, kick-off 3.00pm]. Having [...]

March 8, 2021 // 0 Comments

Thoughts on the Fourth Test

No doubt the papers will castigate England for this comprehensive defeat. My mind goes back to 2017 in Mumbai and watching the bedraggled Barmy Army making their way along the coastal pavement after India and Ravi Ashwin had spun us out. I had expected another 4-0 defeat in this series. India have [...]

March 7, 2021 // 0 Comments

Brighton 1 Leicester City 2

Once again  Brighton delivered a fine performance only to lose. In the first half in which Adam Lallana was supreme and might have had a hat-trick they only had his well-taken goal to show for their supremacy. In the second half Leicester played much better to run out winners. As with the Crystal [...]

March 7, 2021 // 0 Comments

Into the future, come what may

The second section of The Times yesterday featured a lengthy piece asking how much the Covid-19 pandemic – specifically the effect of the lockdowns – has aged us before then going on to provide tips as to how we might ‘recover’ some of the lost ground. In my own case I have to admit [...]

March 7, 2021 // 0 Comments

Deutschland 89

It was good to have the third series of Deutschland back on our screens. We are now in 1989 with the Wall about to fall in East Germany where the action is set. There is a new travel law lifting restrictions on foreign travel. Martin Rauch (Jonas Nay) is tasked by the Security Service (HVA) to do [...]

March 6, 2021 // 0 Comments

The dilemmas of uncertain times

The other day it occurred to me that in these uncertain and troubled times one of the few advantages of being an oldie is that one doesn’t have to worry about how to obtain a decent job and make one’s way in the world. For good or ill, whether by now one has become a multi-millionaire basking [...]

March 6, 2021 // 0 Comments

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