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A storm in a tea cup?

Today a brief comment upon the current media furore arising in advance of the forthcoming Channel Four programme alleged to feature taped conversations between Diana, Princess of Wales, and her voice coach Peter Settelen. As I awoke overnight I happened to catch a phone-in section of the Stephen [...]

July 31, 2017 // 0 Comments

What’s a chap got to do?

Arguably, there’s a certain in-built irony even in the themes that statistically most concern Rust contributors upon a regular basis. The Conservative and Unionist Party (or ‘Tories’) basically appeals to those – generally the older generations – who, under the guise of pretending to [...]

July 30, 2017 // 0 Comments

The art of staying relevant

On a personal level I am an agnostic on the issue of the British monarchy. On the face of it in the modern age monarchy as a principle seems a monumental anachronism but – as these things go – I’m prepared to accept that the British version, most probably by nothing more than a combination of [...]

July 24, 2017 // 0 Comments

A blockbuster arrives

The reviews for the movie Dunkirk which is released in Britain this Friday (21st July) – written, co-produced and directed by Christopher Nolan – are currently cascading across the newspaper pages, television and radio outlets and all across social media presumably to the delight of all [...]

July 19, 2017 // 0 Comments

What comes around

It so happens that, via a chance meeting a couple of years ago in a quite different context, this September I shall be setting off with an informal group of WW1 enthusiasts to tour a section of the battlefields of Verdun. Our plan is that, on the way back to the Eurotunnel terminal at Calais, we [...]

July 11, 2017 // 0 Comments

Southwold: an Earthly Paradise

For many years my second husband Laurie and I had a second home in Southwold. He is an a illustrator and taught in evening classes in Roehampton College. There a Polish student with blue eyes, glossy hair and full young breasts, none of which I possess, seduced him and our marriage broke up. We [...]

June 18, 2017 // 0 Comments

Something turns up

Just occasionally one learns of some archaeological dig in an unlikely location that turns up something really exciting and may broaden the world’s understanding of the progress of human civilisation to the modern era. Here’s one that I spotted on the website of The Guardian today [...]

April 23, 2017 // 0 Comments

Coming to terms with the past

My first father-in-law had an abiding hatred of the Japanese borne of his WW2 experiences. It was perhaps understandable. He has signed up at its outset, got shipped out to bolster the defence of Singapore about a fortnight before the British surrender and spent the rest of the War as a Japanese [...]

March 25, 2017 // 0 Comments

Another overnight blank

Here’s a true story. My regular night-time schedule consists of going to bed about 9.00pm, partly because I’m an early to bed and early to rise sort of guy. It’s also partly because I normally sleep for between four and five hours and get up again somewhere between midnight and 2.00am to [...]

March 4, 2017 // 0 Comments

Who dares sometimes wins

Despite my general antipathy towards technology over time I am pleased to report that I have mastered the rudiments of being able to record television programmes before they are aired – or alternatively go back and watch those I have missed via a ‘catch up’ facility –  on my cable TV [...]

February 15, 2017 // 0 Comments

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