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A commemoration in Paris

Yesterday I went to Paris for the stone setting of my uncle Albert buried in Montparnasse Cemetery. I took the Eurostar and was met by an old friend Monique. Unlike the UK this was a mixed religious cemetery and Uncle Albert was interred in a Jewish section. I noted near him a mausoleum for la [...]

May 11, 2016 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard/ La Petite Maison

I went to the La Petite Maison on Brooks Mews just behind Claridges with some trepidation after the three superb meals I enjoyed in the restaurant that bears its name in Nice. It does not appear under the same ownership but reference is made to it in the menu and the cuisine is certainly Nicois. [...]

May 10, 2016 // 0 Comments

Middlesbrough 1 Brighton1

So Brighton have to satisfy themselves with a play-off place with 89 points- enough for automatic promotion most seasons- the same as Boro but with a goal difference 2 less. No point doing ‘if only’ – over the season, Boro had a perfectly good goal disallowed in their penultimate [...]

May 8, 2016 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: To renew or not to renew

Yesterday I received the renewal forms for my season ticket. I was informed we had our “share of high and lows”. I can’t recall too many highs except for victories over QPR . As for lows, well we are one place outside the relegation zone and but for the goals of Dembele and [...]

May 7, 2016 // 0 Comments

Transatlantic – Colum McCann

Novels set in both Ireland and the USA like Brooklyn (now a film) are all the rage. Colm Toibin the author of Brooklyn leads the genre but Colum McCann runs him close. I very much enjoyed his Let the Great World Spin as did many as it became an international bestseller. Transatlantic had been lying [...]

May 6, 2016 // 0 Comments

Brighton 1 Derby 1

Automatic promotion is getting simpler: Brighton must win their final game at Middlesbrough. Going into the Derby game a win and a draw at Middlesbrough would have sufficed, but now only the victory. Nothing could be resolved yesterday though Burnley’s 0ne-nil win over QPR meant they had [...]

May 3, 2016 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report

Fulham with one game left are one place above the three relegation places. Once this would be a cause for celebration as Fulham the great escapologists of the sixties and of  season 2008-09 might evade relegation once again. Although we were mathematically safe after yet another inept performance, [...]

May 2, 2016 // 0 Comments

SUSSEX CCC LUNCH

Yesterday I  attended the inaugural lunch of the Sussex Cricket Foundation Appeal. I have attended many such lunches for over 30 years and the format of welcome/comic speech/q & a/ games/ raffle/auction has little changed. It has the advantage of raising money for the Appeal but the [...]

April 30, 2016 // 0 Comments

Sunset Boulevard

I had an interesting conversation with Neil Rosen on what constitutes a good musical. Most people would say a complete score of fine songs like My Fair Lady or Oliver or his favorite Gigi. I tend, as a theatre man, to concentrate on performance. I esteem Ron Moody as Fagin or Julie Andrews in Sound [...]

April 28, 2016 // 0 Comments

A tribute to George Cohen

Last night I attended a dinner at Craven Cottage as part of the appeal to raise money for the statue for George Cohen. The great and the the good – notably Roy Hodgson and Ray Lewington who guided Fulham to the Europa League final in 2010 – were present, though not George’s great [...]

April 27, 2016 // 0 Comments

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