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Bob and his bedding

I do not suppose that the laundering of my bedding is of intensive interest to our 2 million readers and our other contributors must be holding back their copy for this post to be published. Nonetheless there is a life story of sorts here. When I moved down here, I engaged various trades and [...]

February 3, 2018 // 0 Comments

Tasting Barolo and Barbaresco

Last night I attended a tasting of Barolo and Barbaresco, two of Italy’s premium and most expensive red wines cultivated in South Piedmont with the Nebbiolo grape. We tasted 7 of the wines and the cheapest was £24. Be careful in particular if you see cheap Barolo in the wine section of a [...]

February 2, 2018 // 0 Comments

Modern medicine

Yesterday en route to my doctor I listened to a Radio 4 programme on medicine. It made the point that the modern doctor does not carry a Gladstone bag nor wear a white surgical coat as all the information he/she needs is on his smart phone and the image has changed. It’s precisely because of [...]

February 1, 2018 // 0 Comments

Churchill ( again)

Yesterday when I did the morning supermarket shop and was looking for the over-priced ink cartridges for my printer, I passed the DVDs displayed which only reminded me how disconnected I am from modern cinema. However I saw a DVD of Churchill – starring Brian Cox and Miranda Richardson [...]

January 31, 2018 // 0 Comments

The Darkest Hour

I came to this film late and was determined neither to be influenced by the favourable reviews nor the more negative critique of this  organ and several friends. The one scene that the latter did not like was that of Churchill on a tube. I liked the scene and would say it was pivotal to the film. [...]

January 30, 2018 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Barnsley 1 Fulham 3

Fulham are now in the play-off positions but we seasoned Cottage watchers whose glass is half empty still have concerns. True we have on our last 3 games but victory against Middlesbrough was undeserved and in the other two – versus Ipswich and Barnsley – Fulham were trailing until a [...]

January 29, 2018 // 0 Comments

Arthur Davidson/betting tribute

I would like to add my own happorth – or should it be tenner to the passing of dear Arthur. What you won’t read in the obits is that he loved a flutter on the golf. His greatest punt was backing Webb Simpson at 66-1. In our regular calls he would say he backed the winner but it was usually [...]

January 28, 2018 // 0 Comments

Arthur Davidson

I was so saddened to learn last night of the passing of my great friend Arthur Davidson aged 89. He made a substantial mark in two fields. He was Labour MP for Accrington from 1966-83, losing the seat by 21 votes and was the leading libel  lawyer of his generation. I was particularly sad as I [...]

January 28, 2018 // 0 Comments

The Lone Piper

Yesterday I attended the funeral of a lady who died aged 100, the scion of a family I know over 4 generations. There are many similarities with my own family, not least an excellent sense of humour which extends not just to droll witticisms but making random events and personalities amusing. On [...]

January 27, 2018 // 0 Comments

A visit to the Ridgeview winery

Yesterday evening in the company of Algy Belville I visited the Ridgeview wine estate in Ditchling not far from Burgess Hill, East Sussex. It was founded in 1995 by Mike Roberts and produces premium sparkling wines by method champenoise although of course – as it’s outside the region [...]

January 26, 2018 // 0 Comments

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