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Savouring Munich

I decided to orientate myself with a walk around the Old City after breakfast. The epicentre of it is Marienplatz where the town hall a vast Gothic edifice called Rathaus (Rat is German for advice) dominates one whole side. Sadly the square is a construction site. Most of the streets are [...]

March 14, 2018 // 0 Comments

Munich

Before leaving for Munich yesterday for a four day trip I was indebted to my colleagues on the Rust for their input. Henry Elkins recommended  a short but highly informative history of Germany by Neil McGregor , Melanie Gay Munich by Robert Harris and I was interested to learn from Neil  Rosen [...]

March 13, 2018 // 0 Comments

My Sporting Weekend

I cannot remember the  last time England produced two golf winners on the same day. Matt Wallace won the Indian Open after a play-off with Andrew “Beef “Johnston and Paul Casey only his second PGA victory at the PGA. However the big story, especially with the Masters 3 weeks away, was [...]

March 12, 2018 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Preston 1 Fulham 2

Fulham extended their winning run of 16 points out of 18 – all against teams in the top ten – with another win but this was the most hard-fought and least-deserved of them all. Still, we have to credit a defence that stuck to their job – Dennis Odoi replacing the injured Tomas [...]

March 11, 2018 // 0 Comments

Rendezvous Russian Tea Rooms/ Paul Willetts

In  a recent post I referred to Mers el Kebir as an understated event in Winston Churchill’s Premiership and today in reviewing the above I shall be referring to another equally important but uncovered one. Archibald ‘Jock’ Ramsay MP This book is a true and gripping account of [...]

March 11, 2018 // 0 Comments

Hell of a journey

Yesterday I had a re-arranged dinner with my godson and his mother in Wimbledon. Our first planned dinner fell right in the middle of the blizzards that brought the country to a stand still when you were advised not to make your journey unless strictly necessary. We rescheduled for last night and I [...]

March 10, 2018 // 0 Comments

al la Colthard/Pascere

It’s tough for a new aspiring restaurant to impose itself in Brighton. The units are either too small or, in the case of the Marina too big and thus incurring large rents and service charges eating into profit margins. Obviously the converse applies if it’s too small: you don’t [...]

March 9, 2018 // 0 Comments

Brighton 2 Arsenal 1

The  BBC computer predicts that 37 points will be enough to survive and if so Brighton only need one more win. Yesterday in an enthralling match the spirit of the Seagulls over-powered a directionless Arsenal team full of skilful individuals but no esprit de corps. This was epitomised by the [...]

March 5, 2018 // 0 Comments

My new coffee machine

As a coffee drinking enthusiast I recently recently took the plunge and bought a smart new coffee making machine. I did undertake research mainly on-line but it was hard to discern by price or review which was the best. The one I eventually chose a Smeg was in the medium price range and [...]

March 3, 2018 // 0 Comments

and the Academy Award goes to….Paul Gambaccini

I am often critical of “film reviewers” who showboat their egos or supposed wit -the two Rosses, Jonathan and Deborah, are the worst examples – but do not understand the grammar of cinema. I would exclude Paul Gambaccini who presents a show on radio 4 on Saturday mornings around [...]

March 2, 2018 // 0 Comments

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