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The Tanner Report

The decision to sack Magath and replace him with Kit Symoms as temporary manager must have been received with 100% approval. However whether it restores our fortunes is open to question. Kit is an extremely likeable bloke, I have done his windows for years and he is a pleasant a footballer as [...]

September 19, 2014 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report

One of the interesting aspects of Fulham’s meltdown (1 point in 7 games) is how the club deals with it. I still get offers of match day hospitality etc. There seems to ba parallel universe in which 2 relegations in 2 seasons are not part of the stratosphere. Traditionally the program was the [...]

September 18, 2014 // 0 Comments

A visit to the Rolls Royce factory

Yesterday I was invited to a guided tour of Rolls Royce. Rolls Royce is owned by BMW who acquired the name when Volkswagen bought the company as well as Bentley. After a dispute BMW were allowed to manufacture and built a plant on the Goodwood Estate in Sussex. On visiting it, I was immediately [...]

September 17, 2014 // 0 Comments

Edward Seago

Edward Seago was a popular artist, led an interesting life and knew well circus performers as well as the Royal Family but sadly the biography by Jean Goodman does him little justice. It is billed as as a wider canvas drawing on the writings of his brother John a humane trapper of animals in Kenya. [...]

September 16, 2014 // 0 Comments

Football update

ALAN TANNER With Fulham lying bottom below Blackpool, a team that going into the season had only 6 registered players, the description shambles is the one most fans apply. I would like to know the answer to these questions: 1) Why did Shahid Khan buy the club? 2) Why, when he knew so little about [...]

September 15, 2014 // 0 Comments

Guys and Dolls/ Chichester Festival Theatre

This was a traditional interpretation of the 1950 musical but all the better for that. It took no liberties with costume or characterisation but exploited the basic qualities of an enduring and much loved musical. It has the requisite of 3 great songs, a strong plot line and an interesting litany [...]

September 14, 2014 // 0 Comments

Brave new audio world

Yesterday I had a Sonos audio system installed. I am very much a Luddite but I started with a simple brief: a system that worked in every room. I have a friend who has moved to Poole who has such a system so I followed his advice. Box after box arrived in advance of the installation on Thursday and [...]

September 13, 2014 // 0 Comments

Daytona/Theatre Royal Brighton and on tour

It’s not everybody – not even Robert Tickler- who gets prime billing on the Rust two days running and, folks, I will be reviewing Guys and Dolls at the Chichester Festival Theatre on Saturday for Sunday. Daytona is a play written by actor Oliver Cotton. Set in Brooklyn in 1985, the [...]

September 12, 2014 // 0 Comments

The Dorfman Theatre

Last night I was invited to the opening night of the Dorfman Theatre, formerly the Cottosloe. This consummated the sponsorship of Lloyd Dorfman and the company he founded Travelex with the National Theatre. Travelex tickets at £10 have been available since 2003. The Dorfman Theatre was the [...]

September 11, 2014 // 0 Comments

Jacques Emile Blanche

One of the interesting aspects of my work is to advise friends and clients on paintings. One friend buys through a well known gallery. It’s generally thought that this is an expensive way of building a collection. However it does have certain advantages in provenance and quality. You would be [...]

September 10, 2014 // 0 Comments

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ITV COVERAGE OF CHELTENHAM

March 14, 2026 // 0 Comments

I am in the camp of watching on tv rather than attending for the 3 Cs: cost , convenience and comfort. With the cost of travelling and attending Cheltenham and last [...]
Max Schmelling/ The Good German

March 4, 2026 // 0 Comments

In the unlikely event that I would be asked to nominate a Great Life on Matthew Parris ‘ show my choice would be the Black Uhlan Max Schmelling. In the 1930s thee [...]
The Tanner Report : Fulham 2 spurs 1

March 3, 2026 // 0 Comments

Prior to Fulham ‘s comfortable win over Spurs (2-1) I watched the big match Revisited featuring Chelsea 1 Arsenal 2 i guess in the early 70s It would be foolish to [...]
The Six Nations

February 24, 2026 // 0 Comments

The Six Nations continues to throw up surprises. England could not bounce back against Ireland , a resurgent Wales gave Scotland à close game with the Millennium Stadium [...]
Brentford 0 Brighton 2

February 23, 2026 // 0 Comments

The heat is off Fabian Hürzeler with Brighton ‘s 1st win in 13 games. Club owner Tony Bloom was not at the G Tech stadium due to a long planned family engagement but had [...]