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Jamaica Inn/Daphne du Maurier

oAfter reading non-fiction it was a pleasure to return to a Daphne du Maurier novel I had not read. Jamaica Inn showcases Daphne du Maurer’s ability as a writer: she can tell a good story and conveys a fine sense of location and atmosphere. The story’s heroine is 23 year old Mary Yellan [...]

September 9, 2024 // 0 Comments

England v Sri Lanka: bad light, bad decision

Fact: 44 overs were lost at the Oval yesterday because of bad light. Fact: ticket price for the Oval = £ 80. You might have thought that – with floodlights, a pink ball and a suspension of pace bowling – play could continue for the benefit of spectators but for those that make the [...]

September 7, 2024 // 0 Comments

Classic Movies/Sky Arts

This series, presented by Ian Nathan, has returned. No Dr Bonnie Greer, but instead a young American critic and film historian Christina Newland.  Neil Norman is also a regular but Steven Armstrong, the Sunday Times film critic, features only occasionally. The choice of movies is odd. The first [...]

September 6, 2024 // 0 Comments

Sharks reach finals day

Sussex Sharks made easy work of beating Lancashire Lightning to reach the final. Lancashire Lightning could not call upon Jos Buttler but still fielded T20 regulars Phil Salt and Liam Livingstone. When Ollie Robinson bowled Phil Salt (recently of the parish) first ball you felt this was Sussex [...]

September 5, 2024 // 0 Comments

Fulham programmes over the years

Over the past few weeks I have been clearing out my  garage. In one corner is my collection of Fulham programmes over my years of support, nearly 55 now. These were exactly the sort of stuff you amass in a garage: you don’t want to throw them out but you rarely read them. So I decided, before [...]

September 3, 2024 // 0 Comments

Sussex sport triumphant

It was hot by the coast and both cricket and football teams of Sussex enjoyed their moment in the sun. Brighton earned a creditable draw at the Emirates against Arsenal. New Head Coach Fabian Hürzeler is bedding in well and the Seagulls were active in the transfer marker. Sadly £30m signing Matt [...]

September 2, 2024 // 0 Comments

My sporting Saturday

Although there was no breakfast match , the Southern Hemisphere game between South Africa and New Zealand, which ended 31-27, was worth waiting for. I have already said the All Blacks are a work in progress under new Head Coach Scott Robertson – with no Brodie Retallack or Aaron Smith – [...]

September 1, 2024 // 0 Comments

A day at Arundel

Yesterday I attended a “friendly” cricket match at Arundel’s Castle Ground between Sir Tim Rice’s Invincibles XI and the Weekenders. I have put “friendly” in inverted commas as the Weekenders were taking the match seriously and competitively. I say this as I was in [...]

August 31, 2024 // 0 Comments

Joe Solomon and the Spirit of Mourant/Clem Seecharan

Port Mourant, a sugar plantation on the Corenyne Coast of Guyana, is a remarkable place as it has spawned 4 famous West Indian cricketers – Basil Butcher, Rohan Kanhai and Joe Solomon –  and later Alvin Kallicharan, a political leader Cheggi Jagan and the author Professor Clem [...]

August 30, 2024 // 0 Comments

Oliver!/Chichester Festival Theatre

Oliver! is an unusual basis for a musical as the story of Oliver Twist is heart-rendingly sad and grim till the ending. So much so that one friend of mine, though a lover of musicals, cannot bear to see it. The early scene in the workhouse and funeral parlour are so depressingly sad and young [...]

August 29, 2024 // 0 Comments

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