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Manchester United 2 Brighton 0

Curiously this match postponed from December because of covid was not televised. BT Sport was committed to the Champions League whilst Sky was showing the Championship match between Cardiff and Coventry. Manchester Utd/ Brighton was on Radio 5 Extra, commentated by Connor MacNamara with Mark [...]

February 16, 2022 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard/the Boutique Hotel

If  there has been one development in the hotel industry that has irritated me it’s been the rise of the boutique hotel. As often as not these are designed in a small space but disguise the size with a modern makeover and a few gimmicks. Last weekend I had to attend a 65th birthday celebration [...]

February 15, 2022 // 0 Comments

Saracens 19 Harlequins 10

In appalling conditions of high wind, sleeting rain and cold Harlequins slipped to their third consecutive defeat. It would be wrong to blame this on their England absentees for two reasons. Quins were let down by their established  players like Andre Esterhuizen who has lost his dynamism and [...]

February 14, 2022 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Hull 0 Fulham 1

This was another grounded-out win which kept Fulham on top of the Championship and 11 points clear of third place Blackburn. The only goal separating the sides was scored by Alex Mitrovic, a glancing header from a cross from right back Neco Williams – a loan signing from Liverpool – who [...]

February 13, 2022 // 0 Comments

Winter Olympics (non-watch) continued:-

Here follows a short digest of the latest “stories of potential interest” from the pathetic apology for a Winter Olympic Games taking place in Beijing:- TEAM USA SEXUAL MISCONDUCT AND RACISM ALLEGATIONS According to multiple media reports I have seen overnight a lady named Callan [...]

February 13, 2022 // 0 Comments

Ruler of the Queen’s Navy/HMS Pinafore

The other day I was sitting next to a fellow over dinner who turned out to be a professional tribunal chairperson adjudicating on military cases. He spent a good deal of time in Plymouth on naval cases. For this he had earned the honorary title of Rear Admiral. This made me think of the humorous [...]

February 12, 2022 // 0 Comments

The sporting equivalent of “When did you last stop beating your wife?”

For an organ, and indeed a sports editor, that have adopted an avowed position that all world sports administrations are corrupt (and indeed, the more powerful they are, the greater the likelihood that they are absolutely corrupt – not least the Olympics), it may seem to some Rusters somewhat [...]

February 12, 2022 // 0 Comments

My art week

Monday evening on BBC 4 is excellent for the arts. Waldemar Janusczak concluded his series on The Impressionists with Georges Seurat, an enigmatic artist specialising in dot painting, who died only 32. Claude Monet in his final years painted the lilies in his pond at Giverny which are to be found [...]

February 11, 2022 // 0 Comments

What goes around, comes around

My recent post upon the way the apparent unhealthy path down which world sport is headed [The parlous state of world sport – National Rust 9th February] – containing the statement that I had taken a deliberate decision to avoid any viewing of the Winter Olympics currently taking place in [...]

February 11, 2022 // 0 Comments

English cricket – the winners & losers

After the report into the Ashes debacle the winners and losers have emerged. The clearest winner is skipper Joe Root. There seems no viable alternative. He is by some distance our most effective batter and is popular in the group. So he stays with if anything his position strengthened. His weakness [...]

February 10, 2022 // 0 Comments

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