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The first test at Lords

When it’s cricket at Lords I am definitely in the attendance camp. As I travelled to Lords I wondered about the benefit of a debenture which guarantees your seat but which I do not use fully. This doubt was dispelled by the warmth of the greeting in our area where all the staff try so hard to [...]

July 7, 2017 // 0 Comments

Sussex v Leicestershire at Arundel

Yesterday I returned to Arundel with a friend. Nancy rightly praised the proximity of beautiful countryside to the coast in Sussex and Arundel with its castle dominating is as fine example as any. Some 1,500 were there to see Sussex play lowly Leicestershire in a game we have to win to rein in [...]

July 6, 2017 // 0 Comments

Cruising – part two

Readers may be interested in the process – or lack of it – by which copy finishes up on the National Rust. Any or all of us can contribute and the editor decides what makes it. You might have thought this this would engender a competitiveness but on the contrary we are a collegiate lot. [...]

July 5, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Devil’s Dyke

Sussex where I live is blessed with picturesque countryside right up to the coast. Yesterday my brother visited and I decided we would go to Devil’s Dyke, a popular beauty spot not 5 minutes drive from the sea front at Hove. It gives its name to a story that the Devil himself tried to flood [...]

July 4, 2017 // 0 Comments

The sporting weekend

One of the few ethical issues that trouble those that wager on sport is betting against your own team. On one hand there are those that say why not, winning can be a consolation for defeat on the pitch, whilst others view it as heresy. It is undoubtedly true that having a financial interest in the [...]

July 3, 2017 // 0 Comments

A long sporting day

In the old days before I wrote for the Rust and participated in the Great Debate (attendance v tv) it was a gimme that if I had a ticket – by no means easy to obtain – I would invariably go to the event. In those pre-SKY days there was virtually no live football, cricket and the BBC had [...]

July 2, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report/John Fraser

The name John Fraser would not mean much unless you were a Fulham supporter over 50. John, a right back, was a journeyman pro who played some 65 games for Fulham but one who happened to be the arguably the greatest day in the club’s history the 1975 Cup Final v West Ham. Yesterday I met John [...]

July 1, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Eyes Have It

Yesterday I visited my eye consultant as a follow up after a minor procedure to remove a membrane. The whole procedure conducted by a laser a few weeks ago lasted only a few moments and was painless. I reflected on the developments of eye surgery in my lifetime. My grandfather had a detached retina [...]

June 30, 2017 // 0 Comments

Ariadne auf Naxos / Glyndebourne

This innovative production with significant changes of location and period from the original Richard Strauss Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s comedy does not entirely work but fine singing, stage sets and orchestration saved it from disaster. In brief, the first story is a troupe of Commedia del arte [...]

June 29, 2017 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard / The Jetty, Brighton Harbour Hotel

Too many restaurant critics confine their review to openings. A restaurant then is on its best behaviour and it may take a bit of time to bed in. Also regular diners tend to have their favourites and are not normally so adventurous as to try a new one. Add to this, the PR company of a new [...]

June 28, 2017 // 0 Comments

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