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Sport in Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital of Aussie sport and a true sporting city. Much is centred around the MCG complex which has the Rod Laver and Margaret Court tennis arenas too. The G as it is known has superb statues of Australia’s sporting heroes and a museum which I intend to visit at a dull point [...]

December 28, 2017 // 1 Comment

The third day

It’s getting better and better for England but we are entitled to ask why it took the 4th Test for Stuart Broad, Alistair Cook and Joe Root to rediscover their mojos. Maybe I am still curmudgeonly. I was delighted to be there at 4-46 when Cook made his double century. Again I will assume our [...]

December 28, 2017 // 0 Comments

THE TANNER REPORT/Cardiff 2 Fulham 4

Last season Fulham beat Newcastle home and away, Huddersfield too, with an aggregate of 9-1 and even the most fanatical Brighton is gobstruck that their team won all 6 points. We have maintained the excellent record against the top teams by winning at Bramall Lane against Sheffield United and over [...]

December 27, 2017 // 0 Comments

Second day

This was a far better day for England and cricket as play ebbed to and fro, England in the ascendancy with Stuart Broad, Alistair Cook and Joe Root all reviving their reputations though of course it’s now meaningless. Again I will assume readers have read reports and followed the events [...]

December 27, 2017 // 0 Comments

The first day

I picked up a copy of the Australian at breakfast and read an excellent article by Gideon Haig on the 1977 centenary Test of the Ashes. The Aussies won that one though Derek Randall put up a decent fight with 174. He reprised the event well. At the celebration dinner were Don Bradman, Harold [...]

December 26, 2017 // 0 Comments

Xmas Lunch

Our readers probably don’t want to hear this but it’s 25 degrees Centigrade here with not a cloud in the sky. The Xmas buffet was in the function room on the 8th floor and the first opportunity to meet the rest of the group. Over the next fortnight we will be going to the cricket, New [...]

December 25, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Dreams of Bethany Mellmoth/ William Boyd

I always read a William Boyd novel after publication – I am not alone as he is one of our most popular writers. Yet he is hard to classify. You could say he is a humorous author, which he is, but he writes espionage too. One of my favourites Any Human Heart is an account of a rich life, [...]

December 25, 2017 // 0 Comments

Melbourne

Yesterday proved a long day of travel. The party – after visiting two wineries – went to Blenheim airport, then a short flight to Wellington and from there a four hour flight to Melbourne with a two hour time difference. Bob’s visa application was messed up and at the check-in a [...]

December 24, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report ; Fulham 2 Barnsley 1

Watching this with a Fulham pal abroad on Fulham tv was something of a first for me. It was commentated by Gentleman Jin McGullion and his co-analyst Jamie Reid, who are both unremittingly partisan. The transmission went down about 6 times, crucially in the last minutes, but generally the picture [...]

December 23, 2017 // 0 Comments

The wines of Marlborough

New Zealand is something of a freebooters paradise when it comes to wine growing. This is because they do not have the controls of many wine growing countries. In France there is the AC (appellation controlee) and in Italy the DC, the same thing which basically constricts the type of wine you can [...]

December 22, 2017 // 0 Comments

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