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Rugby World Cup: Quarter Final preview

WALES v ARGENTINA Wales are as overrated as much as Argentina are understated, but I still take the Principality to win narrowly. In Rees-Zammit they have one of the most lethal wings around but Beffelli of Argentina runs  him close. IRELAND v NEW ZEALAND The tie of the round, if not the [...]

October 14, 2023 // 0 Comments

Recent TV: The Reckoning & das Boot

The Reckoning is a hard watch but a necessary one. It shows how a TV personality Jimmy Savile was able to get away with virtually anything because of his contacts within the Police, the BBC and the charities he supported. Steve Coogan plays Jimmy Savile superbly, but authenticity is added by [...]

October 13, 2023 // 0 Comments

London parks

One of the joys of my new membership of the Reform Club situated at 104 Pall Mall is an early morning walk in nearby St James Park. No city I have ever visited matches central London for its 5 parks: Regents Park, Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park, Green Park and St James. If you took an overhead photo [...]

October 12, 2023 // 0 Comments

Do Brighton Dezerb it?

No – the title of my post is not intended to criticise Roberto de Zerbi – nor even Brighton, currently sixth in the table – but the Press reaction. The penny dropped with the football press that Brighton are over-achieving and a number of glowing reports appeared. No soon had [...]

October 11, 2023 // 0 Comments

England 18 Samoa 17 (Rugby World Cup)

As befits my standing as a sports editor I am inherently interested in most games and sports and regard the “thrill” of watching them in their various elite forms as one of the greatest joys that human beings can experience, not least because of the special atmosphere that great stadia filled [...]

October 8, 2023 // 0 Comments

Modern life – who needs it?

It will not surprise regular readers of The Rust that one issue our editorial team seeks to avoid is waxing too often – or too lyrical – about the complications of modern life and/or simultaneously bemoaning “How much more ordered, settled, logical and just generally better” Life [...]

October 7, 2023 // 0 Comments

Marseilles 2 Brighton 2/Europa League

Brighton achieved their first-ever point in European competition last night against Marseilles with a draw in their febrile but impressive Stade Velodrome, a spirited performance after going two down. Brighton’s form has been impacted by the Europa League, sometimes involving 3 matches a week [...]

October 6, 2023 // 0 Comments

Desert Star – Michael Connolly

Desert Star is the latest Michael Connolly novel in the Harry Bosch series. Harry Bosch was in previous novels a left-field Los Angeles police detective.  Now retired, aged 70, he joins the unsolved crime unit run by current detective Renee Ballard. They investigate two crimes. One is the murder [...]

October 4, 2023 // 0 Comments

Harlequins assessed

On Sunday, whilst most of us were glued to the TV to see the Ryder Cup unfurl, Harlequins were beating their North London rivals Saracens 36-29 in the Premiership Rugby Cup. It was a pleasing victory but one must bear in mind the absentees on World Cup duty. There were some grounds for optimism for [...]

October 3, 2023 // 0 Comments

Team Europe 16 1/2 – USA 11 1/2

I am sure I was not alone on Sunday afternoon in fearing USA would overhaul Team Europe as simply whilst there was litttle to choose between the best on either side. The Americans had greater depth. If a European rookie like Ludwig Aberg was paired against a serial major winner like Brooks Koepka [...]

October 2, 2023 // 0 Comments

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