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The Tanner Report: Fulham 3 Brighton 1

Stuck on the 74 bus 30 minutes before kick off – and walking down Finlay Street in driving rain – then overcoming the initial difficulties of entrance as my pass was refused, I did wonder why I did not watch the game on Amazon in the warm. I had invited a friend – and had another [...]

December 6, 2024 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard/Bocca di Lupo

The favourite Soho trattoria is something of an institution. Alice (Mansfield) told me that George Melly, best known as a jazz vocalist, used to meet fellow Surrealists at the Barcelona in Beak St; artists have long patronised the drinking clubs of Soho, notably the Colony Club – of which [...]

December 5, 2024 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Spurs 1 Fulham 1

It’s a case of “better late than never …”  as normally I post my copy within 24 hours of a match. At least the extra 24 hours has permitted me to watch the highlights of Fulham’s draw and read the press comments. Fulham came into this match on the back of a 4-1 defeat by [...]

December 3, 2024 // 0 Comments

The Van Morrison Alumni Band (Cadogan Hall Friday 29.11.2024)

Last Friday evening – after contacting a London-based couple we’ve known for a while to enquire whether they’d noticed this advertised concert and were informed they’d already bought tickets for it – the Memsahib and I attended an evening of Van Morrison’s music as performed by THE VAN [...]

December 1, 2024 // 0 Comments

Man Utd: can they come back?

Students of history will know that the surprising factor is not that empires decline but that they last for so long. It’s not different in sport. Manchester Utd took a long time – and tried numerous managers – before achieving success after Matt Busby. Liverpool dominated the [...]

November 29, 2024 // 0 Comments

A visit to Wiston Wine Estate

British wines are on the up. Camel Valley in Cornwall produces an award-winning and much-rated sparkling rosé, the Chapel Down Wine Estate of Kent sparklers are similarly highly-acclaimed, whilst  Sussex has a cornucopia of wineries stretching from West to East Sussex. One of the most famous is [...]

November 25, 2024 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report : Fulham 1 Wolves 4.

On Friday November 3rd 1978 Fulham played Blackburn Rovers. The season had started well under new coach Bobby Campbell. His signings Ray Evans, Richard Money, John Beck had fitted in well and young Tony Gale was emerging as a real talent. We took the lead but Blackburn rallied to win 2-1. The [...]

November 24, 2024 // 0 Comments

RECENT MODERN FICTION

The Proof of My Innocence (Jonathan Coe) I am a big Jonathan Coe fan and a new book of his is a great event. This differs from previous novels as it is a detective thriller about the murder of a left wing blogger Christopher Swann at a right wing conference hosted by Lord Wetherby.  Coe is a [...]

November 20, 2024 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard restaurant wrap-up

After visiting the Thyssen collection I suggested lunch at a restaurant El Rincon d’Esteban in a side street near our hotel and opposite the parliament The Cortes. In my experience politicians know their food though expect others to pay for it and apparently use El Rincon. We recced the [...]

November 18, 2024 // 0 Comments

Second day in Madrid: The Thyssen collection

Yesterday I went to visit the Thysenn collection which makes up a trio of fine museums with the Prado and Reina Sofia. The collection was amassed by the super rich industrialists the Thysssens – father and son. It was offered to London in the 1980s who suggested Canary Wharf whilst Madrid [...]

November 17, 2024 // 0 Comments

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