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You know what they say about the best laid plans of mice and men? Well sometimes it comes true. After yesterday’s opener in what I had intended might be a gritty, blow by blow, series of reports from the front line by a gentleman of a certain vintage – plainly one a little beyond the [...]

July 16, 2016 // 0 Comments

First day of test

The first day of Lords is a special occasion, so much so that it tends – as it did yesterday – to overshadow the cricket. The old ground looked fabulous with only the Warner incomplete with no roof. It’s such a pleasing and successful fusion of old, the red brick Victorian [...]

July 15, 2016 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard

BRASSERIE MALMAISON Brighton Marina is not well served by restaurants almost all are chains – purveying  fast food. The Seattle hotel has been taken over and re-branded by the Malmaison Group.  I went there with Editor of the Rust and our Web designer. You take a lift up from street to the [...]

July 14, 2016 // 0 Comments

Who will win the Open?

My guru Jeremy Chapman fancied Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson, Branden Grace, Chris Wood and Kyung Tae. Provided the weather stays clement DJ has the game most suited on a course where Americans have traditionally done well. Mickelson won two years ago and Lefty can never be written off. Branden [...]

July 13, 2016 // 0 Comments

World at War: the history lesson

At schools a history essay often set is whether history repeats itself. I always considered no, as we might learn from our mistakes, but now I’m not that sure. I have been revisiting the series World  at War. Made in 1973, produced by Jeremy Isaacs and narrated by Laurence Oliivier, it was [...]

July 12, 2016 // 0 Comments

Sussex v Pakistan

I have attended the last two days of Sussex v Pakistan. Sussex Sharks lost their T20 game at Glamorgan last Thursday night and the team did not return till the early hours of Friday. So we fielded a scratch side against the tourists. I had not heard of any of the three bowlers  and one Jefra [...]

July 10, 2016 // 0 Comments

War in Val d’Orcia/Iris Origo

A contemporary chronicle or journal is of considerable historical value as a primary source but has its disadvantages too in terms of authenticity and good writing. Iris Origo, an English born aristocratic wife of a landowner in Tuscany, has written an account of her times (1943-44) which were [...]

July 9, 2016 // 0 Comments

Cav superstar

If Mark Cavendish was a Frenchman he would be hailed as a national sports hero and demi-God. His 29th win in the Tour De France elevates him above Bernard Hinault and second only to the legendary Eddy Merckx in the all time Tour standings. This is quite some record but I doubt if it will make him [...]

July 8, 2016 // 0 Comments

Fed win and Castle controversy

John Pargiter asked my advice on betting pre-Wimbledon. I fancied Maron Cilic to win his section where Roger Federer was the highest seed. The Croatian bases his power game on his coach’s Goren Ivanosevic. I felt it was powerful enough to blow away 35 year old 7-time champion Fed. And so it [...]

July 7, 2016 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard/64 Degrees

Yesterday in Brighton centre, amongst a myriad of young European adolescent schoolchildren not intimidated by Brexit and some enjoying the first rites of sexual encounter, I came across a forlorn, pitiable feature. It was none other than our very own Bob Tickler. He has suffered in the last [...]

July 6, 2016 // 0 Comments

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