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The Dead Can Wait/Robert Ryan

The espionage thriller has changed in genre over the years. We first had the public school adventurer of John Buchan and Bulldog Drummond, then the more complex novels of Graham Greene and Eric Ambler, more cosmopolitan and tinged by faith; by the fifties the glamorous sexy James Bond seemed part [...]

April 25, 2015 // 0 Comments

A frustrating day

It’s very tough for us oldies who have gone from total ignorance to Word for Windows overnight. Like many I suspect I use 10% of the capacity and potential of my mobile, iPad and laptop all Apple-made projects. My logic is that at least there would be a synchronised system between the three. [...]

April 24, 2015 // 0 Comments

Sussex win again

It was a good day yesterday for Sussex sport. Millwall’s defeat at Blackburn meant the Seagulls are all but safe. Sussex won their second game in succession when we beat Worcestershire by 61 runs. Worcestershire needed 200 runs to win but wickets soon began to tumble. Ajmal Shahzad, recruited [...]

April 23, 2015 // 0 Comments

A sad anniversary

Today is the second anniversary of my father’s passing. At a party given by Nancy Bright Thompson I met a close friend of Polly, Grania. She is a councillor for Samaritans and told me that a common call is from a bereaved who feels he/she is out of time and does not feel able to raise the [...]

April 22, 2015 // 0 Comments

He’s made a big mistake

Right – that does it! It’s war! Yesterday I went up to the health club again in the mid-afternoon. I looked at my ‘watch’-type thing that tells me not only the time, but also how many steps I’ve taken and calories I’ve burned off each day and it said “1613” (i.e. 4.13pm) as I [...]

April 22, 2015 // 0 Comments

Sussex start well then stall

I have spent the last two days at Hove watching Sussex play Worcestershire. Our season started well with a win over Hampshire. On Sunday Matt Machan, essentially a one day player, was called up with injuries to Chris Nash and Mike Yardy. He clearly decided to make his mark, reaching 50 in 27 balls [...]

April 21, 2015 // 0 Comments

The weekend golf

Both the PGA RBC Heritage at Hilton Head tourney and the European Shenzchen International Genzon, China, went to play-offs won by Jim Furyk and Kirakach Aphibarnrat respectively in exciting contests. There was also some impressive forecasting by Steve Palmer who advised Aphibarnrat, Peter Uhlein [...]

April 20, 2015 // 0 Comments

Confronting cataracts

Yesterday I saw a leading ophthalmologist for a final review prior to two cataract operations. Over the past couple of years I have seen a man in London of some eminence but as I have moved to the coast there are clearly practical benefits in having the procedure done locally. I was trying to sort [...]

April 19, 2015 // 0 Comments

An evening with Ken Howard

Personality in artists is highly important. They have to get on with their dealer, models, galleries and museums, and in the case of Ken Howard clientele, a selection of whom he invited to his studio in the week. Ken’s studio home is just off the Boltons and once belonged to Irish [...]

April 18, 2015 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report

Yesterday I received my renewal package for my season ticket. The theme- spin would be a better word – was that Fulham is a “club like no other”: one of the attributes of this is is ‘resolve’. It’s a quality our defence might envy but does not possess; they have [...]

April 17, 2015 // 2 Comments

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