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A la Colthard/ Riddle & Finns and The Salt Room

My readers know how much store I put on greeting. Thus when I had made a reservation for 2 at midday at Riddle & Finns on the beach I did not expect to stand in a long queue outside the restaurant in burning heat with diners who had not reserved. The staff were still arriving and the restaurant [...]

August 8, 2020 // 0 Comments

The new normal – I don’t like it

I am an organised sort of fellow who prides himself on his punctuality. For me punctuality is achieved by discipline and calculation. I work out when I need to leave my home, the journey time and the scheduling of any tasks en route. In the “new normal” it’s impossible to gauge these [...]

August 7, 2020 // 0 Comments

The play-off final/A Brentford view

One aspect of modern football coverage I don’t care for is the use of we by analysts in reference to the team they support. Reporting and analysis should always be objective. I try to be impartial but I make no secret that I’m a Brentford fan and in the build-up to the final there was much [...]

August 6, 2020 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 2 Brentford 1

Any report must start and end with Scott Parker whose game management was superb. He confused Brentford pre-match by keeping alive the possibility of playing Alex Mitrovic. His post-match interview indicated that he could play at most for 10 minutes. He set up Fulham to nullify the vaunted [...]

August 5, 2020 // 0 Comments

My sporting weekend

Sam Horsfield won the European Tour event the second leg of the British swing at the Forest of Arden. When he was interviewed I was surprised to hear a distinct American twang. He had earned his trade on the U.S. College circuit. Time was when a young aspiring British golfer had a different career [...]

August 4, 2020 // 0 Comments

Sussex Sport

Both Brighton HAFC and Sussex CCC are in a period of transition. I can see some old faces departing and the younger ones taking their place. Brighton avoided relegation but gave us a few scares on the way. Expectedly, we were well beaten by Manchester United, Manchester City and Liverpool but [...]

August 3, 2020 // 0 Comments

Our Man in Havana/1959

The Carol Reed/Graham Greene partnership is one of the most successful in cinema and here they combined on the latter’s novel. I had read the novel some time ago but never seen the film until I downloaded it last week. Carol Reed is one of the quartet of great English film directors alongside [...]

August 2, 2020 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard/ The Ram Inn Ferle

We often hear the words  “the new normal” and “return to normality” and I  wonder how both will affect restaurant life. Restaurants are social and business hubs but increasing restraints to comply with government Covid regulations will affect this. Ollie and I were confined and then [...]

August 1, 2020 // 0 Comments

The Tanner report: Fulham 1 Cardiff 2

It was squeaky bum time as Fulham held onto the 2 goal lead they took to the Cottage to reach the play-off final against neighbours Brentford next Tuesday. I had to go back to a game against Lincoln in 1982 which was decisive for promotion from the old third division to recall being so nervous. The [...]

July 31, 2020 // 0 Comments

The Riviera/A History in Pictures (Part Two)

Whilst I enjoyed the second part of this programme broadcast yesterday it was with certain  reservations. The main problem was that, by being a travel history of the Riviera from the end of the nineteenth century to the present day and a review of the artists that painted there, the scope was too [...]

July 31, 2020 // 0 Comments

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