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A la Colthard/Malmaison Brighton

I have already visited the new Malmaison in Brighton Marina for breakfast when a refurb was in course so I thought I would go back with a French girlfriend in the event businesss. They acquired the hotel, formerly the Seattle, for £36m and spent another £3m on the refurb. It bore the familiar [...]

March 13, 2017 // 0 Comments

Newcastle 1 Fulham 3

One of the advantages of being a blogger – to the writer if not the reader – is the lack of accountability. In my last post I predicted Fulham would not make the play-offs. After this victory and the defeats suffered by Sheffield Wednesday and Reading a play-off place is more than a [...]

March 12, 2017 // 0 Comments

Brighton 3 Derby 0

After the reversals at home to Newcastle and away at Nottingham Forest there were fears of the Albion choking but wins at Rotherham and last night over Derby dispelled them. The Seagulls were on cruise control and easily overcame Derby with a 3-0 win. One of the strengths of this side is the [...]

March 11, 2017 // 0 Comments

America after the Fall and Edward Hopper

American art and British too has frequently divided into a battle between figurative and abstract art in the twentieth century. On one hand you have the artists like Jackson Pollock and Jasper Johns associated with modern expressionist abstract and in the other corner of the canvas Andrew Wyeth and [...]

March 10, 2017 // 0 Comments

Putting Barca/PSG In perspective

The superlatives will certainly fly after Barcelona’s comeback in a sport dominated by hype and little feel for its history but for me – for a match to acquire the greatest tag – you need more of a contest. I think of the three greatest games I was privileged to witness when only [...]

March 9, 2017 // 0 Comments

Pargie’s sporting weekend

Once again Jeremy Chapman in the Racing and Football Outlook came up trumps by predicting Dustin Johnson as winner and tipping young Jon Rahm who ran him close finishing third. He did not quite fare so well in South Africa where none of his picks featured, the Tshwane Open was won by Dean [...]

March 7, 2017 // 0 Comments

Denis Compton, Bill Edrich and the glorious summer of 1947

Last week I successfully bid at the auction of Henry Blofeld’s collection for a signed photo of Denis Compton and Bill Edrich as the two tossed up prior to Compton’s testimonial match at Highbury Stadium in August 1949. I felt an affinity with Denis Compton for various reasons and over [...]

March 6, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report : Fulham 3 Preston 1

Fulham’s comfortable and complete victory over in-form Preston, only one place below us, keep us in the play-off race. The three teams above us -Sheffield Wednesday, Reading and Leeds – all won so there is still a gap in points to overcome. It was a good week for Fulham with Stefan [...]

March 5, 2017 // 0 Comments

SKY GOLF COMMENTATORS

Rust contributors like to work up a fair old head of steam on female sporting broadcasters, the view of some being that they are there not because of any indigenous talent but because they are women. To take a contrarian view I would like today to champion the cause of Henni Zuel, the youngest ever [...]

March 4, 2017 // 0 Comments

A La Colthard/ The Urchin Hove

I am not the biggest fan of gastro-pubs. As often or not, the seats are uncomfortable, the prices not far short of a decent restaurant and the cooking and service are not always reliable. I had , however, heard good things about the Urchin, a sea food pub in Hove with 100 craft beers as it was [...]

March 3, 2017 // 0 Comments

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