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English’s again

Not only is English’s my restaurant of choice but those I invite there inevitably wish to return. An old uni friend and his son – my Godson – were my visitors to it yesterday. My friend sensibly followed the rules and we ate outside on the terrace on a table they had prepared under a [...]

December 23, 2020 // 0 Comments

Robert Mitchum

Everyone has their favourite actor for whatever reason and mine is Robert Mitchum. Edward G Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, Spencer Tracy might well be considered better film actors so why Mitchum? In brief, his personality. This was revealed in the BBC 2 series Talking Pictures basically archival [...]

December 22, 2020 // 0 Comments

Golfing review of 2020

With only one Major cancelled, The Open at Royal St. George’s, I  must start by congratulating the US PGA and the European Tour in putting on such a full schedule. My golfer of the year was the evergreen Lee Westwood, some 27 years after he started on tour he won the race to Dubai and featured [...]

December 21, 2020 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Newcastle United 1 Fulham 1

Once again the refereeing was the talking point – not an entertaining match, not a rejuvenated Fulham. With the way things are going I fear for football as a spectator sport. We have for the first time political statements being made pre-match; VAR is totally spoiling the flow of the match; [...]

December 20, 2020 // 0 Comments

Colthard at the coal face

I was in contact with some of the sports boys on the Rust. Not that way !!! One said that often a fan can give you a more insightful view than a reporter. That remark resonated with me in my field of restaurant reviews. The celebrity chef has dominated restaurants but you rarely hear from an owner, [...]

December 19, 2020 // 0 Comments

Two views on Amazon

My late mother had a collection of home-spun sayings, one of which was that whenever I complained to her of a remark somebody made “Ask for sympathy when an intelligent person says something idiotic.” Her credo resonated and rested with me and I have always taken note of a remark from that [...]

December 18, 2020 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 0 Brighton 0

I like to predict the cliche that the media will use to describe this dreadful match and “After the Lord Mayor’s Show” springs to mind. It’s entirely Fulhamish (the old telegram address at Craven Cottage and used to describe Fulham’s unpredictability) to play so well against Liverpool and [...]

December 17, 2020 // 0 Comments

Fulham 0 Brighton 0

Brighton view: My first surprise is the 7 changes after a dismal performance against Leicester was that keeper Matty Ryan was one of them. He is one of our most consistent players and head coach Graham Potter’s explanation that it was for tactical reasons makes little sense. That Brighton’s two [...]

December 17, 2020 // 0 Comments

A virtual wine tasting

Last Sunday was something of a first: a virtual wine tasting. I invited about 12 people but with  declines and dropouts the final number was 6. The day before I spoke to the wine tutor and event organiser expressing a concern that the group might be unfamiliar with the technology which was not [...]

December 16, 2020 // 0 Comments

John le Carre

Although espionage is one of my favourite genres, I cannot list John le Carre’s novels amongst my favourites as the smoke and mirrors often left me confused. I preferred the dramatisations and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy remains one of the best productions I have seen on television. I can however [...]

December 15, 2020 // 0 Comments

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