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Brighton 4 Leeds 0

This Brighton side and performance were unrecognisable from the first half of the season in which we were unbeaten but only ever won by a margin of one goal and over December and January went 8 games without a win. Playing two goal-scoring wingers in Knockaert and Murphy and with Hemed recovering [...]

March 1, 2016 // 0 Comments

Churchill’s Secret

ITV rolled out its mega Sunday Drama Churchill’s Secret last night but I cannot say I gave it the victory sign. A programme about a stroke sufferer albeit Winston Churchill is always going to struggle so it was starting at a disadvantage. As something of an aficionado of Churchill, I could [...]

February 29, 2016 // 0 Comments

Final Day

We commenced with a tour of  the Vatican Gardens. This had to be conducted by a Vatican guide, a friendly Italian blonde woman with much cosmetic surgery. It was raining heavily and the group looked rather disconsolate. The garden tour took far too long which made the final part ending in the St [...]

February 28, 2016 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard: Day Three

The meal at the Mirabelle restaurant of the Hotel Splendie Royale was sensational. It countered my theory of beware the restaurant with panoramic views. Our table was situated by a terrace that overlooked the Borghese Gardesns. Stefano was an exquisite host. Why does he have to be gay!!!? I had the [...]

February 27, 2016 // 0 Comments

Day Two

Yesterday I joined the group as a lecturer alongside Martin Gayford. I had one eye on time in view of Tottenham v Fioretina. Signor Roberto as I call Bob Tickler told me to watch out for a silver  haired bouffant type who fancied himself as an Michelangelo expert. “Stef, he warned [...]

February 26, 2016 // 0 Comments

Day One

From a commercial point of view it seems to me that the new owner of the Sir Christopher Wren hotel has a difficult decision. An old main building needs expensive refurbishment which you would do out of season but with less revenues from bookings or events. Still it was convenient for Heathrow and [...]

February 25, 2016 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard: all aboard

  The National Rust travelling quartet of Bob Tickler, Alice Mansfield, Nancy Bright Thompson and myself are Rome bound for a short tour of Michelangelo’s works in the Eternal City in which our very own Stefano is one of the lecturers. Because of an early flight from Heathrow today we [...]

February 24, 2016 // 0 Comments

The Night Manager

In the Rust we have been praise-worthy of seventies drama and critical of the contemporary especially by comparison to Nordic  Noir. However I can only laud BBC’s latest effort for Sunday The Night Manager as an espionage thriller. It is based on a John Le Carre novel but adapted to the [...]

February 23, 2016 // 0 Comments

The Camelford Arms

Shamefully I have never reviewed any Brighton pubs which offer good value at reasonable prices. Yesterday I had Sunday lunch at the Camelford Arms in Camelford Street in the fashionable Kemp Town area. I must immediately declare a personal interest here as the owners Alistair and Tony are good [...]

February 22, 2016 // 0 Comments

Going to the dogs

Last night I hosted a party at Hove Greyhound stadium with the primary aim of watching Guinness Run run as this is a target of the National Rust Sussex syndicate. Ivan, Nancy Bright Thompson and Bryony joined me. Dog nights provide an enjoyable fusion of a meal, socialising and sports-watching as [...]

February 21, 2016 // 0 Comments

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