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Morris Keston

I was saddened to learn recently of the passing of Morris Keston, Spurs fan supreme. He is mentioned in not all together flattering terms in one of the best books written on football The Glory Game by Hunter Davies, a fly-on-the-dressing-room-wall account of the Spurs’ season of 1971/2. He is [...]

September 20, 2019 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard/English’s

I am convinced that readers would rather read a list of restaurant reviewers’ favourites possibly by category – e.g. price, type of cuisine – than of the latest opening. Amongst my perennial favourites is English’s Why so? It’s traditional, reliable and – over the past 6 [...]

September 19, 2019 // 0 Comments

Reviewing England this summer

Winning the World Cup and Ben Stokes’s innings has rather papered over the cracks of some seismic faults in English Test cricket notably: Joe Root The policy has been to choose your best player as captain but in the case of Ian Botham and Freddie Flintoff this did not succeed. This is because the [...]

September 18, 2019 // 0 Comments

Modern consumer practice

Yesterday I had 3 consumer issues ( a word I hate) which are worthy of being shared with the readership. The first is cancelling a payment after a free trial or test period. A few months ago I did a cull of theses payments but this is by no means easy as they are neither direct debits nor standing [...]

September 17, 2019 // 0 Comments

Fiorentina 0 Juventus 0

Like OGC Nice we have a new billionaire owner one Rocco Commisso who made his fortune (7 billion Euros estimate) in American media and TV. He is not of Florence but wanted to acquire a Serie A team. When you have a rich owner you cannot just complete in the market but also offer sufficient solid [...]

September 15, 2019 // 0 Comments

Brighton 1 Burnley 1

The jury is not so much out but close to a decision on Graham Potter. No one could understand the dropping of Shane Duffy, player of the year last season, and whilst our play is more attractive on the eye it has not corrected disastrous home form – 8 games without a win. We dominated against [...]

September 15, 2019 // 0 Comments

Goodwood Revival

Yesterday I was invited to Goodwood Revival. Speaking to one Ruster staffer who lives locally to Goodwood and a friend who resides in Petworth who had both attended the event, they stressed how everyone there and the organisers really entered into the spirit by dressing up and attention to period [...]

September 14, 2019 // 0 Comments

The Rescue Man/ Anthony Quinn

Some writers once they create a popular character drive him/her through a series of novels: the late Philip Kerr was a case in point with Bernie Gunther. Others like William Boyd or David Mitchell will surprise the reader with totally different novel every time. Anthony Quinn is of this school. He [...]

September 13, 2019 // 0 Comments

The journey home

A few years ago when I had to go Vienna Polly, my p/a, suggested a budget airline as British Airways offered poor value in Club Europe. Even though I no longer rate BA and would have experienced the aftermath of their strike, I find a budget airline – crammed, cramped and full of screaming [...]

September 12, 2019 // 0 Comments

Final day

Yesterday was our final day and it rained throughout. September is a popular time to travel but we experienced first le Mistral then a deluge. The highlight of the day was a dinner party given by Mireille. She is a superb cook. One guest was a vegan so the entree and all she could eat was a salad. [...]

September 11, 2019 // 0 Comments

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