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Douglas Heath contacted me for advice on Nottingham restaurants as he is up there for the first two days of the test. I was only too happy to oblige and went one step further. As I have cousins who farm near Newark I said I would come to the City of Robin Hood (and lace) to accompany him. I chose [...]

August 6, 2015 // 0 Comments

Summer’s Crown: the Story of Cricket’s County Championship

A good friend of mine who moves in cricket circles – he chaired the Lords Taverners – recommended  Summer’s Crown to me knowing of my love for County cricket. It’s written by Stephen Chalke and would adorn any cricket library. It celebrates 125 years of county cricket with [...]

August 5, 2015 // 0 Comments

Sussex lose in the rain

Sussex lost by 3 runs last night in the Royal London Cup, the limited 50 over format which they were the first to dominate. Although the game went to the last ball most present did not think Sussex would overhaul the Middlesex total of 367. The key element in this innings was a first wicket stand [...]

August 4, 2015 // 0 Comments

Fake or fortune

Fake or Fortune is now in its fourth series and I find it compelling viewing. I do not often like televised arts programmes for much the same reason I do not care for Tudor histories, namely the presenter is less than an interface and more the subject. Fake or Fortune could not be guilty of this as [...]

August 3, 2015 // 0 Comments

Mack and Mabel

Though the critics were lukewarm on Mack and Mabel, Jane Shillingford, her teacher friend Keith and I enjoyed it hugely. Critics do not always get it right – Les Miserables had dreadful reviews and is still going strong and I think Mack and Mabel will be a great national success, following on [...]

August 2, 2015 // 0 Comments

Pride weekend

This weekend is Gay Pride at Brighton and some 20,000 visitors will descend on Brighton for it. Already the rainbow bunting is out in full for 48 hours of revelry and gay proclamation. It starts with a procession from Hove Lawns to Preston Park where there is a disco and will finish up in Kemptown [...]

August 1, 2015 // 0 Comments

Sussex lose again

The Royal London Cup has worn many guises since Sussex first the Gillette Cup just over 50 years as the first limited overs format. This year’s competition did not get off to the best of starts for the Sharks with the game rained off at Horsham and losses to Hamsphire at Southampton and to [...]

July 31, 2015 // 0 Comments

Ken Lo’s Memories of China

When I was a young tennis player, quite competent, in the school side, I had a game with Ken Lo, well into his seventies. I thought my fitness would tell but Ken, stationed on the base line, had me running hither and thither and won 6-0, 6-0. Ken was a polymath: a Cambridge graduate in English, a [...]

July 30, 2015 // 0 Comments

Cricket, not lovely cricket.

The project to have a competition of city-based T20 sides playing in a month’s window backed by SKY is of great concern to those like Ivan that follow the county game. It worries me as it is another example of cricket aping the worst of football. We have already seen a cricketing media like [...]

July 29, 2015 // 0 Comments

Day and Willett triumph

After missing a crucial putt to make the play offs at the Open and collapsing with vertigo at the U.S. Open, Jason triumphed at the Canadian Open. He is the same age as Ricky Fowler and Rory Mcilroy and has a beautiful, lofted swing but is still to win a major. I am sure that day is not a long way [...]

July 28, 2015 // 0 Comments

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