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Going eyeball to eyeball

On Thursday evening I had a second  cataract operation. The first went so well in terms of tolerating the procedure and result of dramatically improved acuity that I felt relaxed to the point of blasé. This proved unwise as the procedure was more complex and painful. A cover is placed over both [...]

May 16, 2015 // 0 Comments

Fiorentina file

I had a very happy text from John Pargiter after the Juve win. He had backed them each way at 20-1 after the knock out stage on my advice. I could not bear  supporting a Juve win so I made no  bet myself. I do not think they will beat Barca in the final.  In the Champions League they abandoned [...]

May 14, 2015 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard : The Grand Eastbourne

There is one in Brighton and many in the capital cities of the world but for me there is only Grand by name, style, reputation and tradition: the Grand at Eastbourne.  In her time Daffers has been a naughty girl in many hotels but one which I would never contemplate a cheeky time is the Grand. [...]

May 14, 2015 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report

In all the years I have followed Fulham I have never renewed my season ticket with a heavier heart. Indeed even in the darkest days when we might have fallen out of the league altogether it would have been unthinkable not to renew. In those bleak days of the early 90s I was reassured that the board [...]

May 13, 2015 // 0 Comments

Sussex stutter

So far this season Sussex three games against Hampshire, Worcestershire and Durham could have gone either way. It was much the same against Middlesex at Hove yesterday. Sussex dominated the day dismissing Middlesex for 269. However we lost 3 wickets for 66 runs in the final hour and the game is [...]

May 11, 2015 // 0 Comments

Goldfinger

We were all exhausted by the election in the Rosen household so Gail deemed a night in with the kids obligatory. I was given the role of choosing a film for all. I was deliberating over the American screwball comedy It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World  when I saw Goldfinger was on ITV at 8 pm. [...]

May 10, 2015 // 0 Comments

Election betting meltdown

It was not just Labour in Scotland nor the Lib-Dems that suffered a meltdown, the betting analysts got it spectacularly wrong too. I revisited my Racing Post Election Special. It’s easier to refer to what Matthew Engel called correctly – Labour to hold Edinburgh South, Conservative [...]

May 9, 2015 // 1 Comment

Fiorentina file

A month or so ago I was contacted by John Pargiter. It sounds treacherous but I was more optimistic of Juventus’ chances in the Champions League than ours in the Europa League. He duly backed Juve each way at 20-1 which is looking good as they defend a 2-1 lead in Madrid next Wednesday. Last [...]

May 8, 2015 // 0 Comments

Elizabeth is Missing

One of the joys of fiction is when a novel embraces a well known topic or theme and enlightens the reader more than any article or report. Emma Healey’s first novel Elizabeth is Missing is such a case. It covers dementia, a subject every much in vogue but it made me aware of the condition in [...]

May 7, 2015 // 0 Comments

Day two

Firstly I would like publicly to thank Henry and his brother for all the fine work they put in to ensure we all enjoyed our trip. Their prep was first-rate. Secondly, and not for the first time, I disagree with Daffers. As Henry and bro took us from cemetery to cemetery I could only unconditionally [...]

May 6, 2015 // 0 Comments

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