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Like many a Ruster I was fast asleep by the time the Super Bowl began. I heard that the 51st Super Bowl was the greatest ever and the first to be determined in over time so I followed late in the afternoon yesterday the highlights of the fourth quarter when the New England Patriots mounted a [...]

February 7, 2017 // 0 Comments

Pargie’s sporting weekend

When I first started following golf it was America that dominated with Arnie Palmer and Jack Nicklaus followed by another generation of major winners, Lee Trevino, Johnny Miller, Tom Weiskopf. The Southern Hemisphere provided Roberto de Vincenzo, Peter Thomson, Kel Nagle and Bob Charles but only [...]

February 6, 2017 // 0 Comments

60th birthday at an iconic venue

Last night I attended the 60th birthday of an old friend held at the Clissold Arms Fortis Green, East Finchley. Not just another local. Ray and Dave Davies of the Kinks lived opposite and the first and last musical sessions of the Kinks in 1960 an 1996 were played there. The room where we ate our [...]

February 5, 2017 // 0 Comments

On longevity of sportsmen

There has been an interesting discussion on the Rust these past weeks on how you can measure the greatness of a sportsman by the length of time he/she achieves in their sport. However the converse to this is the sportsman whose best days are behind him but does not realise this. The best example of [...]

February 4, 2017 // 0 Comments

Huddersfield 3 Brighton 1

There is a memorable episode of The Likely Lads when Bob does his best to avoid knowing the result of a match he has recorded. I felt much the same yesterday as I had arranged a dinner with a young executive Melissa whom I mentor at Sussex CCC. I passed a taxi rank near to my home and one of the [...]

February 3, 2017 // 0 Comments

Broadening the mind?

The cliche goes that travel broadens the mind. I have found it does but in surprising ways. One of the consequences of my 6 week trip to the Far East was my perception of my own country. I was educated to the belief that the British Empire was a civilising force amongst primitive natives, that it [...]

February 2, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report- gilded youth

When Mohammed al Fayed appointed Alistair Mackintosh as CEO one of the latter’s main briefs was to develop the Academy. The priority reflects the nous and vision of our Chairman. At the time Academies were moving out of fashion. The modern manager tends to stay for 2 years so he is not that [...]

February 1, 2017 // 0 Comments

Trading Futures/ Jim Powell

When it comes to writing about angst and misery some feel that women do this best. I disagree. Novelists like Edward St Aubyn and now Jim Powell can “do” self- recrimination, pathos, self-absorption, fragmentation of the character with humour and sensitivity. Jim Powell has an [...]

January 31, 2017 // 0 Comments

Pargie’s sporting Sunday

It began at 7-30 with a serendipitous moment. I switched onto Sky Sports for the coverage of the Federer/Nadal final. In long haul television I prefer to avoid the build up, too much flannel, and I can only take the Ray Winstone betting advert so many times. However the station was profiling Tom [...]

January 30, 2017 // 0 Comments

Mark’s Club, 28-50 and Chez Bruce

A good friend of mine, when it his turn to take me out for a six monthly lunch, favours the exclusive restaurant clubs of Mayfair. The service is first rate, the food is always reliable and one can talk discreetly. Yesterday he invited me to Mark’s Club which was founded by Mark Birley, the [...]

January 28, 2017 // 0 Comments

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