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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

The Tanner Report: Fulham 3 Millwall 0

Millwall, with their raucous fans and often uncompromising style on the pitch, are never easy opponents but Fulham beat them without reaching top gear. Alex Mitrovic scored his 29th and 30th goals of the season and Ivan Toney of Brentford’s record of 31 Championship goals is firmly within his [...]

February 9, 2022 // 0 Comments

The parlous state of world sport

Increasingly – it occurs to me – the modern world’s obsession with “wokedom” generally (encompassing gender equality, the whole range of transgender issues, politics in sport including the “cancellation” of non-PC speakers and alleged “rooting out” of any historical figure who [...]

February 9, 2022 // 0 Comments

7 Days in Venice/Gianmaria Dona dalle Rose

I have now finished Gianmaria Dona’s guide to Venice. Although it is just 133 pages this is something of a feat as it is written in Italian – an English translation is in course of being published. Gianmaria is well-qualified to write such a guide as he is Venetian and his family one of [...]

February 8, 2022 // 0 Comments

Scotland hold on for a famous victory

Writing as a Scot now residing in the English home counties, yesterday’s 20-17 rugby union victory over England at Murrayfield comfortably qualified as a welcome not to say exhilarating opening to the annual Six Nations campaign. Statistically, it is very rare that a team losing its opening game [...]

February 6, 2022 // 0 Comments

Sir Edward Elgar

I would lay a penny to the Pargiter tenner that if anyone had to cite the quintessential English composer it would be Edward Elgar. He composed five versions of Pomp and Circumstance and Land of Hope and Glory – written at a low point in the Boer War – is the most stirring of anthems. [...]

February 5, 2022 // 0 Comments

Casting to type – an interesting aspect of modern sensitivities

In these modern times of saturation-coverage of fashionable issues such as  “levelling up”, diversity, equality, transgender rights versus those who argue these affect “women born as women” (if I’m even allowed to use that phrase) – just “wokedom” [...]

February 5, 2022 // 0 Comments

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