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A la Colthard: Hotel du Vin Brighton

Popularity is in my opinion a good measure of anything so the first thing to report on the restaurant at the Hotel Du Vin Brighton was that every table was taken and I can see why. On Sundays they offer a 4 course brunch for £24. It’s not really a brunch in the American sense of dishes [...]

December 8, 2014 // 0 Comments

Steeplechasing v flat

With the Albion away at Derby it was an opportunity on a cold but clear Sussex day to watch the steeplechasing on channel 4. I have always preferred that to the flat: the jumps provide an extra dimension; the bravery of the riders in one of the most dangerous particapating sports is something to [...]

December 7, 2014 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report

I don’t much like football on Friday nights and nor do Fulham. Aside from a crushing defeat of Manchester City some 16 seasons ago when a German striker Dirk Lehmann who looked like a porn star bagged a brace I cannot recall a decent performance. I remember an all time low when Hayes dumped [...]

December 6, 2014 // 0 Comments

Love Me or Leave Me

Yesterday I was at home all day and unusually neither my missus Gail nor our kids found me jobs round the house or for the grandchildren. So I sat down in my favourite armchair to see what the film channels had on offer. I was not disappointed as Film on Four scheduled Love me or Leave Me, The [...]

December 5, 2014 // 0 Comments

Supporting your team

Yesterday I had a meal with a Spurs supporter and his wife. He never misses a game at home and enjoys traveling away, especially in Europe. I said to him that Spurs is a team that had its best days some 55 years ago but is still rooted in their past. His wife added that throughout their marriage [...]

December 4, 2014 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard : 64 Degrees Pimlico

The first thing I noticed about the new 64 Degrees in Cambridge St Pimlico was that there was no one there. There was just one other diner. It’s a much larger restaurant than the one in the Lanes in Brighton so have the owners over extended themselves? My guest who lives in the same street [...]

December 3, 2014 // 0 Comments

ebooks v physical books

There was an interesting interview with James Daunt in the Financial Times on Saturday. Slowly he is turning around Waterstone which was in dire straits. This is important as Daunts, which he founded, and Waterstone which has a high street presence are vital for the selling and survival of physical [...]

December 1, 2014 // 0 Comments

Brighton 1 Fulham 2

So the honours went to Alan Tanner who I have to say behaved most graciously and thought a draw would be a fairer result. The generous comments made about their former club by Alan Mullery, David Stockdale and Aaron Hughes in the programme epitomised the good spirit in which the game was played. I [...]

November 30, 2014 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Brighton v Fulham

The two fixtures I was most looking forward to, Brentford and Brighton have come in successive weeks. Ivan Conway will be reporting on the game but I have been allowed to do the preview. With our old boys, Aaron Hughes, David Stockdale and Darren Bent in the Brighton side, it’s very much a [...]

November 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

Sir Nicky Winton

There are not many people that have heard that of Sir Nicholas Winton which is what he would have wanted. Yet this man saved 664 lives directly and 15000 indirectly and never told a soul: not even his wife or the people he saved. A successful stockbroker he took 2 weeks off in 1938 to organise the [...]

November 28, 2014 // 0 Comments

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