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A media/sporting oddity

With my apologies in advance for stepping gingerly into our esteemed sports editor’s domain, this morning I wanted to bring to Rusters’ notice an example of media coverage that – for those who might wish to consider such things – highlights some of the difficult and [...]

January 13, 2022 // 0 Comments

Venice

Monty Don has a new programme on Gardens of the Adriatic and a Venetian friend of mine – G – whom I met first in Tunisia nearly 40 years ago has written a walking guide to the city. So in this extraordinary time, where travel is so difficult, I was able to enjoy two different takes on [...]

January 10, 2022 // 0 Comments

Andy Warhol and Mark Rothko

In the week I saw two interesting documentaries on these two major figures of American twentieth century art; the first on Andy Warhol was on BBC 4, the second last night on PBS. In my view Andy Warhol was a genius at self-promotion and marketing, but not as a painter. Like Rothko, he came from an [...]

January 8, 2022 // 0 Comments

The Aftermath (2019)

I found the films over the festive period disappointing. There is a reason for this and that reason is Netflix. Netflix, whose annual subscription is less than the BBC licence fee, are broadcasting films shortly after their cinema general  release. So BBC and ITV are reduced to showing their stock [...]

January 6, 2022 // 0 Comments

Lowry and Dali/BBC 4

BBC 4 on a Monday has some excellent art programmes and yesterday there were two such: Fake or Fortune and another on Salvador Dali. On Fake or Fortune the son of a successful northern businessman was seeking to authenticate 3 Lowrys acquired by his father. His problem was, whilst they [...]

January 4, 2022 // 0 Comments

New Years Day Concert/ Vienna

My favourite ritual on New Years Day is the annual concert in Vienna. Tickets are gold dust- all the more this year as because of the pandemic the audience in the Golden Hall was limited to 1,000. The concert honoured Daniel Barenboim who was conducting the Vienna Philharmonic. He is 80 now and I [...]

January 2, 2022 // 0 Comments

Vienna Blood

In my normal way I’m reviewing Vienna Blood after seeing all three episodes of the second series. It is a psychological thriller set in Vienna around 1900 and is based on the Frank Tallis novels. The two central characters are police officer Oscar Rheinhardt (Jurgen Maurer) and a pupil of [...]

December 31, 2021 // 0 Comments

English cricket – the inquest begins (again)

The records have it that the first-ever international cricket match – between the United States of America and Canada, no less – took place at the grounds of the St George’s Cricket Club in New York in 1844. A English professional cricket touring team mounted the first-ever [...]

December 30, 2021 // 0 Comments

Klopptrap

I have always liked Jurgen Klopp. He gives the impression of being a first class manager without taking himself seriously. He has revived Liverpool and is a pathfinder of German managers and coaches at the highest Premier level such as Thomas Tuchel at Chelsea, Ralf Rangnick at Manchester United. [...]

December 29, 2021 // 0 Comments

Days Without End/Sebastian Barry

It was Roy Hodgson, the former England manager, who was the recommender of Sebastian Barry. I had really enjoyed The Secret Scripture – the story of a woman who was unfairly locked up in a mental asylum. Apparently in catholic Southern Ireland this was not a difficult process and made by a [...]

December 26, 2021 // 0 Comments

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