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A la Colthard: Gilbey’s (Eton)

I know and like Windsor. With the River Thames flowing through the town, the castle looking down on it and the scenic Thames Valley, Daffers has spent many a good time there. My hotel of choice is the Sir Christopher Wren beautifully positoned on Eton Bridge. It comprises a main building with [...]

March 25, 2015 // 0 Comments

Sponsor’s dinner Brighton

Last night as the sponsor of goalkeeping coach Antii Niemi I was invited to the sponsor’s dinner. The idea is you sit at the table with your charge and are photoed with him. The only problem – but it’s quite a significant one – is that he was not there. The reason for this [...]

March 24, 2015 // 0 Comments

Birthday party

Yesterday I gave a birthday lunch for myself and 12 guests at the Hotel Du Vin Brighton. 13 is an unlucky number so one guest an actress bought her along her teddy to make it 14. Hosting any party involves stress: will the guests arrive on time, will  they get on, will the food and wine be [...]

March 23, 2015 // 0 Comments

The Voice

I was speaking to Daphne Colthard the other day on how critics tend to avoid the lowbrow. She said she went to Jimmy’s an all-you-can-eat-buffet of Chinese, Japanese ,Mexican and Italian dishes for under £10 but as a freelancer it was unlikely that any magazine or paper would be  interested [...]

March 22, 2015 // 0 Comments

The Tanner report: Sean Davis

Yesterday at a Fulham gathering I had the privilege of meeting Sean Davis. The word legend is over used but appropriate for Sean. He played 155 games for Fulham but the crucial feature of these was that they were in all 4 divisions, a rare feat.  The one we recall the best took place almost 15 [...]

March 21, 2015 // 1 Comment

Roma 0 Fiorentina 3

Fiorentina won convincingly in the Olimpico to go through to the quarter finals of the Europa League. We are advancing on all fronts as we beat Roma there in the Coppa and defend a 2-0 lead over Juventus  in the return leg in Florence on April 7th and should reach the final. All this is impressive [...]

March 20, 2015 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard: the River Cafe

The River Cafe was founded by Ruth Rogers and Rose Gray in 1987 and is still going strong. Off the top of my head I cannot think of  any restaurant that has lasted so long under the same ownership. More surprisingly is that it has done so with an unpromising location in Rainville Road, SW6 between [...]

March 19, 2015 // 0 Comments

Champions League: you’re having an laugh.

My title above is a frequent chant of derision directed at teams in the premier seeking their place at the Euro top table. Arsenal have been dining there for 20 years albeit only tasting the final course once. They went out last night and if Manchester City do so too tonight then there is no [...]

March 18, 2015 // 0 Comments

All sweetness and light

A friend of mine’s daughter Katy runs a website called All Sweetness and Light  http://www.all-sweetness-and-life.com which broadly covers online dating.  Katy is a witty, sassy woman with a no holds barred, outrageous attitude to sex . It makes for fun reading but on a deeper level does [...]

March 17, 2015 // 0 Comments

Sporting memorabilia

I never much like receiving the red card from the postman of non-delivery of signed-for items. It involves a journey to the sorting office for bad news. So yesterday when I queued up in the cold I was less than happy. Little did I know. Readers will know that many of our sports Rusters love sports [...]

March 16, 2015 // 0 Comments

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