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They will never pay so much again

My sympathies lie with the Liverpool fans who demonstrated last Saturday against the £77 highest ticket price. That most of the tickets had not risen and this is the price of a best seat was significantly lower than London Premier prices was not so much the issue as the reluctance of clubs awash [...]

February 10, 2016 // 0 Comments

The Modern Garden exhibition/Royal Academy

Whatever the subject matter or the content there is something unsatisfactory about a blockbuster exhibition. Firstly the crowds inhibit any true appreciation of a picture when as many as ten gather around it. Secondly there is the blatant commercialism that ensures you finish up in the museum shop. [...]

February 9, 2016 // 0 Comments

Couch potato

With my recent betting successes swelling the household budget I was able to negotiate with my missus a generous time in front of the telly on Sunday. I watched 2 golf tourneys, 2 Premier matches, some of Ireland v Wales and the Superbowl till sleep claimed me. If I was to ask you which sporting [...]

February 8, 2016 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 1 Derby 1

Although Fulham have yet to record a win in their first three games under new head coach Slavisa Jokatovic there are encouraging signs of improvement. Only 3 goals have been conceded by a defence that was the worst in the divsion and could be relied on to concede two a game. Getting the central [...]

February 7, 2016 // 0 Comments

Brighton 3 Brentford 0

The fellow who collects and delivers our laundry, a keen Albion supporter, correctly predicted the 2-1 score against Huddersfield so last Thursday I asked him what he thought the score might be v Brentford. He said he was going to be outlandish as the Seagulls score few goals and never won by more [...]

February 6, 2016 // 0 Comments

Reunion lunch

On the Rust we do not often write about the same event from different perspectives but I was at the lunch referred to by JS Bird in his post yesterday. I would like to share some anecdotes with you. Conversation turned to our fathers as two brothers present had a parent who had served in Fleet Air [...]

February 5, 2016 // 0 Comments

Transfer window

We asked our various football correspondents to comment on the transfer window: Rex Mitchell I  never enjoyed the last day of the window. Working on a national daily, I hated sucking up to agents, pulling favours from managers and hanging around the car parks of  cold, wet training centres for a [...]

February 4, 2016 // 0 Comments

Casablanca

One of the tenets of the arts section of the Rust is that if something is popular then that that does not follow it’s of poor quality.  Thus Melanie Gay advocates Daphne du Maurier as novelist, Alice Mansfield, the painters Ted Seago and Ken Howard, who are not esteemed by the critics but [...]

February 3, 2016 // 0 Comments

Dry January – does it work?

Like two million others I gave up alcohol for January. Well, not strictly so as I enjoyed a drink in South Africa and one on a friend ‘s birthday dinner on the 27th. Here is one personal view: Did it make me feel better?  No, I still slept badly waking 2/3 times in the night for a pee. Did I [...]

February 2, 2016 // 0 Comments

Spotlight

Readers will remember that I’m no fan of the American film industry since the original Star Wars. It’s too dominated by the creation of brand and sequels to avoid the $100m needed to market a new film; by a cartel of actors who demand a percentage of the box office for their [...]

February 1, 2016 // 0 Comments

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