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The Dambusters /Channel 5

Last week Dan  Snow presented a three-part series on the World War Two raid on the dams that protected the Ruhr Valley the industrial heartland of Germany. Snow like his father Peter on election night with his swingometer is given to somewhat histrionic hand gestures. He is not a calm presenter [...]

December 5, 2020 // 0 Comments

The Nuremberg Trial

The 75th anniversary of The Nuremberg Trial was celebrated with a three part programme on Channel 5 in the week. It relied more on footage of the trial  than a narrator. Philippe Sands, a human rights barrister who wrote an excellent book on one of the main jurists present Eli Lauterpacht called [...]

December 4, 2020 // 0 Comments

A day in London

I was rather fearful of how I would find London as on my last visit pre-lockdown 2 it was deserted. There were more signs of life and getting around by taxi was a process marred by roadworks everywhere. The purpose of my visit was genuinely business: dropping off papers at my accountant, a visit to [...]

December 3, 2020 // 0 Comments

The Undoing

Last Monday was the final episode of The Undoing and the big reveal was that Jonathan Fraser (Hugh Grant) stoves in Elves after all. I though Grace (Nicole Kidman)’s father Donald Sutherland’s Franklin was the murderer and dare I say it my ending would have been better. It goes like [...]

December 2, 2020 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Leicester City 1 Fulham 2

This was a win we – the team, owner, fans and above all Scott Parker – needed and entirely Fulhamish (the old Craven Cottage telegram address). We were at the start of a cycle of Leicester away, Manchester City and Liverpool at home that could easily yield no points and see the whites [...]

December 1, 2020 // 0 Comments

Leopard Creek

If you asked me to name my favourite golf course it would not be the great American ones like Augusta, Pebble Beach nor Sawgrass, nor the Scottish links St Andrews, Carnoustie, Troon nor Muirfield, nor Royal St. George’s,  nor Birkdale, but Leopard Creek in South Africa. Why? It has something [...]

November 30, 2020 // 0 Comments

Brighton 1 Liverpool 1

The furore over VAR has reached such a fever pitch that it is now the main discussion point  of a match. That Brighton deserved a draw and held arguably the best team in the world is secondary to the intervention of VAR. Managers and players seek any excuse for a below par performance which [...]

November 29, 2020 // 0 Comments

Newlands nostalgia

Watching England’s victory in the T20 yesterday brought back memories of my five trips to the Cape. I first went in 1995, the tour  Mike Atherton captained. It’s remembered for his stoic effort at Joburg’s Wanderers in the second Test when he stood up to a peppering from AA Donald and a [...]

November 28, 2020 // 0 Comments

Annie Hall 1977

The Diane Keaton/Woody Allen season continues at the Rosen Multiplex with Annie Hall.  I was particularly interested to see if it was now dated. It had not due to the humour of the lines and the vivacious Diana Keaton. After this film Woody Allen became more and more self-absorbed, showing his [...]

November 27, 2020 // 0 Comments

Champions League

We are now in the home strait of the Champions League qualifiers  with two more rounds in December and most of the usual suspects will proceed to the round of 16. England and Spain should have four representatives, respectively Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool  and Chelsea and [...]

November 26, 2020 // 0 Comments

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