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Ryder Cup: some tips

Let’s face it, most of you will have followed the Ryder Cup it so there is not much I can usefully add. We saw some breathtaking golf and one or two mesmerising contests but the Europeans held the upper hand after the first afternoon. So I thought I might share my strategy with you which [...]

September 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report

On the Rust we supporters are encouraged to be subjective about our team, let our hearts rule our head. My head says that new but temporary manager Kit Symons does not have the skill-set to achieve promotion but my heart so wants him to succeed. After the fiasco of Magath here is a nice guy steeped [...]

September 28, 2014 // 0 Comments

Another slice of Bob Dylan

As I have mentioned previously, there’s a certain irony to holding down a post as music correspondent when I’m of advanced years, set in my ways, effectively tone deaf, regard classical music as just a posh form of muzak (aka ‘elevator music’) that is played in supermarkets, public toilets [...]

September 27, 2014 // 0 Comments

Zulu

I first saw Zulu as a birthday treat in 1964 and it has remained one of my favourite films. The other afternoon, after subscribing to Netflicks and being disappointed by their American bias, I streamed Zulu as it would be five years since I last watched it. I was not disappointed. First and [...]

September 26, 2014 // 0 Comments

Ryder Cup preview

The paradox of the Ryder Cup is its main attraction, namely that golf -the ultimate one-to-one contest- becomes an absorbing match between two sides. It does not have the traditions of the Ashes as the old formula of USA v UK became too one-sided, though ironically not now, but in recent years it [...]

September 25, 2014 // 0 Comments

Making my blood boil

Readers may recall that I had a full medical. The report was sent by email but in such a secretive and inaccessible way I could not open it. Firstly, my password failed, then in seeking a replacement the site was unable to offer one. Finally, when I spoke to the incompetents after I was given a [...]

September 24, 2014 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report

When a manager leaves, inevitably stories emerge like cockroaches coming from the woodwork. They should be, not to mix up too many metaphors, treated with a large dose of salt. However Magath has not denied that he advised Brede Hangeland to treat an injury with alcohol soaked cheese. He ignored [...]

September 23, 2014 // 0 Comments

Wealth advice

Typically a wealth advisor charges one to one-and-a-half per cent of the sum you give him or her to manage. He will also be required to identify your risk profile. Most classify themselves as cautious investors which results in a safer though lower return of say 3%.  So if you give them [...]

September 22, 2014 // 0 Comments

At last!

Let’s not beat about the bush. In yesterday’s pulsating contest Harlequins survived a late comeback from Wasps and were outscored by three tries to two, but even a 26-23 victory is a win. As Churchill would have said, this was not even the end of the beginning – there were far too many Quins [...]

September 21, 2014 // 0 Comments

Popularity in the arts

In recent posts in the Rust,  popularity in the arts has been discussed in the context of Daphne du Maurier ‘s writing and Edward Seago. Popularity itself does not mean a writer or artist is second rate. Critics who often fail to make living from their art or writing are sometimes scathing [...]

September 20, 2014 // 0 Comments

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