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Last night I was divided at 9.00 pm between the Sky Arts series The Directors  and Mark  Kermode’s Secrets of Cinema. I decided to record the first and watch the latter. I admire Mark Kermode but find his personality too obtrusive. He was examining the genre of Super Heroes which does not hold [...]

March 20, 2020 // 0 Comments

A HISTORY OF BOXING/DVD

Imagine my surprise when – of all places in my dustbin area – I saw lying around this 2 part DVD produced by Marks and Spencer entitled  A History of Boxing. I had posted on boxing very recently but this enabled me to see footage of the golden age of heavyweight boxing from Joe Louis [...]

March 18, 2020 // 0 Comments

The Splendid and the Vile/ Erik Larson

This an engaging and well-researched account by an American author and journalist of the Blitz. My initial reaction on reading the reviews was “Do I need this?” Over the last year I had read Andrew Roberts’ biography of Churchill, Appeasing Hitler, Nicholas Shakespeare’s Six Minutes [...]

March 17, 2020 // 0 Comments

The Directors/Sky Arts

This excellent series has continued with Peter Weir and John Schlesinger. The Rosen test of a great director is the legacy of at least 4 memorable films. I found Peter Weir’s breakthrough film Picnic on Hanging Rock slow paced. Gallipoli was more for Australians and New Zealanders. Witness is [...]

March 16, 2020 // 0 Comments

What shall we do?

The debate is no longer TV versus attendance but what either party will do in at least 6 weeks barren of sports? The question was considered at a football lunch I attended yesterday. One wag commented “”Think of the positive, Liverpool may never get the title!” It’s possible if the [...]

March 14, 2020 // 0 Comments

Leopoldstadt

Whilst a new play by 82 year old Tom Stoppard is a significant theatrical event, your correspondent cannot be numbered amongst his greatest fans. For me he is more of a wordsmith than a playwright and too clever by half. He has a talent for comic writing but I have always felt unfulfilled by his [...]

March 13, 2020 // 0 Comments

Cheltenham

The prominence in the sporting calendar of the horse racing meet at Cheltenham is difficult to explain. The weather is invariably bitter, it’s not that easy to access or egress and the iconic Grand National is less than 2 months away. Even the laddishness of male bonding and the notion of Ladies [...]

March 12, 2020 // 0 Comments

No mobile angst

Given the travails of my colleague with his new phone I was rather fearful of my trip to Vodafone to upgrade my iPhone. My now old mobile was clearly on its last legs – prone to seizures – and the bottom part of the screen did not activate at all. I was an unusual customer because of my [...]

March 11, 2020 // 0 Comments

My sporting weekend

When you hit a winning streak – as I did after Plumpton Races and on Adam Scott – you think it will last forever … and the same applies to a losing one. So it was a great relief that Tyrell Hatton and Marc Leishman as runners up in the Bay Hill Arnold Palmer invitational did the [...]

March 9, 2020 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Bristol City 1 Fulham 1

It was probably a fair reflection that the points were shared but both Bristol City and Fulham could have done with the three. The goal that Fulham conceded was typical of many as the ball should have been cleared. Fulham showed heart and intent especially Tom Cairney who had a magnificent game. He [...]

March 8, 2020 // 0 Comments

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