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Arundel: part two

It was kind of the sports editor to let me post on two consecutive days but it’s not that often that a game involving Surrey makes the headlines without any reference to Kevin Pietersen. Thankfully Rory Burns and Moises Henriques are going to be alright although the latter has had to have his [...]

June 16, 2015 // 0 Comments

Events, dear boy,events

Harold Macmillan famously observed that he could cope with political decisions but that it was the events that were much harder. En route to and at Arundel there were two events which required immediate judgment and both came out of the blue. The first happened on the train at Hove station. A young [...]

June 15, 2015 // 0 Comments

The Third Man

When Ned  Sherrin  presented Loose Ends it was groundbreaking for the the rather twee radio 4. One part of the programme was devoted to “the authentication of tall tales”. Such authentication would make a programme in itself for the cinema as so many such tales have grown. One of the [...]

June 14, 2015 // 0 Comments

Sharks are toothless

Sussex form continues to worry. There is a lack of spine and spirit. Skipper Ed Joyce has complained  that the county side has lost all four pacemen but this does not explain  the batting failures not least of Joyce himself. Last night the Sharks lost to Essex Eagles. They could only set a target [...]

June 13, 2015 // 0 Comments

Sir Roger Bannister

Two related events recently took place. The first was the passing of my uncle Paul, the second the decision of Sir Roger Bannister to auction the shoes in which he broke every record and ran the first mile under 4 minutes. My uncle Paul was  at Exeter College Oxford, with Roger Bannister in May [...]

June 12, 2015 // 0 Comments

Celebrating Barry McGuigan and Irish featherweights

Yesterday I had to pick up a prescription from a pharmacy in Hove. The chief pharmacist is a friendly Irishman called Paddy. He is a short fellow and I was surprised to learn was once the All Ireland featherweight  champion.  Conversation turned to Barry McGuigan ( “The Clones [...]

June 11, 2015 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard: Hakassan

There is a humourous passage in a David Lodge novel where English literary professors compete for the most famous book they have never read and one boasts he has never read a word of Jane Austen. At a Rust reunion the sports guys were talking of the great events they have never attended. This made [...]

June 10, 2015 // 0 Comments

Gypsy

Sometimes – and it does not happen often – you see a musical that blows your mind and Gypsy is such. It does not have one memorable song whilst some great musicals like Oliver, My Fair  Lady or South Pacific have many, so what makes this such a success? I would say two factors: a [...]

June 9, 2015 // 0 Comments

Swedes triumphant

Both the Nordea Masters and  the Memorial were won by Swedes, Alex Noren by 4 shots and David Lingmerth after a 3 hole play off with Justin Rose. Aside from Henrik Stensen, Sweden does not have too many household names in golf but  have a whole raft of players like Farrh, Blixt and Magnus [...]

June 8, 2015 // 0 Comments

The Champions League Final

The Champions League final can often produce a bore where the result is all. The auguries were not good when a well organised side like Juventus play a more expressive team like Barcelona. I was even more apprehensive when Phil Neville, a mediocre analyist, predicted an exciting game. For once Phil [...]

June 7, 2015 // 0 Comments

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