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Sanctum on the Green

The Sanctum on the Green at Cookham Dean is on old favourite of mine. It’s situated in the delightful village of Cookham Dean, not far from Cookham by the Thames where Stanley Spencer painted much of his best work and there is gallery to exhibit and honour this. The Sanctum is a modern [...]

October 9, 2014 // 0 Comments

Gone Girl

 Those who have seen Gone Girl would have either read the book or not. I suspect the latter category would have enjoyed it more. I read Gilllian Lynne’s clever work early on before it became a best seller and was impressed. An unreliable narrator failed writer Nick Dunne recounts his story [...]

October 8, 2014 // 0 Comments

A new regime

Yesterday I attended at a weight loss and fitness centre. I finally took on board the strictures of numerous medicos that I must lose weight. It was a dreadful regime to which I was subjected of no alcohol at all for 14 days, tuna and salads and a snack comprising a piece of fruit and 5 [...]

October 7, 2014 // 0 Comments

Fiorentina file

Like Ivan’s Brighton, Fiorentina have had a problem scoring. This is hardly surprising as our two main strikers are injured: Gomez and  Rossi. I was critical that we did not buy another experienced striker but the owners were more intent on hanging onto Juan Cuadrado with Real Madrid and [...]

October 6, 2014 // 2 Comments

The first date

There has been some debate over whether a person invited on their first date should pay. A friend of mine’s son did the right thing of treating his first date to dinner and a show, setting him back £200. In the interval his date was busy texting and at the end of the evening left him high [...]

October 5, 2014 // 0 Comments

The Importance of being Earnest

The West End production of this famous Oscar Wilde play has come down to Brighton. The play is now 120 years old and the director gave it a new treatment. It was a play within a play as it was put on by the Bunbury players , an am-dram group. Thus there were those mistakes and flaws that arise in [...]

October 4, 2014 // 0 Comments

The old ways are the best

Call me old-fashioned if you will but, when it comes to shopping and services, I prefer the personal touch, I get quite a lot of flak as an outdated dinosaur but recent experience proves I am not such a silly old buffer. I wanted four tickets for the two World Cup rugby games at the Amex. This [...]

October 3, 2014 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report

“We’ve got our Fulham back!” sang the Hammersmith End and this was the happiest Cottage I have seen for over a year. Almost anyone replacing the hapless though supremely self-confident Magath would be an improvement but Kit  Symons as an ex-player and present coach doubly so. [...]

October 2, 2014 // 0 Comments

Brighton frustrating and frustrated

We are now unbeaten in our last 4 games, 3 in the Championship, but in the league we have both conceded and scored just the one goal in this sequence of draws. Last night against managerless Cardiff we started brightly and clearly under orders to be more direct in the final third. This did result [...]

October 1, 2014 // 0 Comments

Kick Racism Out reception

Last night I was invited to a reception hosted by Lord Ouseley to promote anti-racism in all its forms in football. There has been recent debate over the paucity  of black managers. The cause is a worthy one and few would question the fact that football is in much healthier state than 24 years [...]

September 30, 2014 // 0 Comments

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