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Brighton 6 Wolves 0

The remarkable thing about this thrashing of Wolves is that it was achieved in the absence of arguably Brighton’s three best players – Mitoma, Caicedo and Mac Alister – and young tyro forward Evan Ferguson was injured. That is the strength of Brighton; the ability to adapt. These [...]

April 30, 2023 // 0 Comments

The state of rugby union in England

On  this organ we have covered on numerous occasions developments in the administration and running of the sport of rugby union around the world, most often with reference to the English Premiership and the competitions in which the top tier professional clubs play their rugby at home and abroad. [...]

April 29, 2023 // 0 Comments

The end of the journey

Yesterday I travelled back from Nice on Easyjet. It made me think how much air travel has changed in my lifetime. When I first took a plane in the 1960s there were no budget airlines and the choice was Air France or British European Airways. There was a first class and standard. Nice only had one [...]

April 29, 2023 // 0 Comments

Nice stay assessed

We are leaving on Friday and generally speaking it’s gone well. Inevitably there are hiccoughs. The boiler in the flat packed up this week, depriving of us of hot water for 24 hours until the grumpy concierge repaired it; the weather improved this week but the crowds mounting the staircase to the [...]

April 27, 2023 // 0 Comments

OGC Nice 1 Basel 2 (1/4 final Europa Conference)

Two events foreshadowed Nice’s elimination from the Europa Conference. The first was ‘L’Affaire Galtier’. Galtier was a successful manager of Lille, recruited when Jacques Rivieère was President of Nice. Jim Radcliffe of Ineos then acquired Nice and PSG poached Galtier. It is alleged [...]

April 21, 2023 // 0 Comments

Legends not Maketh Managers

There is a large sign at Stamford Bridge – ‘Welcome back Super Frank‘ – notwithstanding he has lost his first five games and was sacked from Chelsea. Lampard had early success at Derby largely because, through his Chelsea connections, he could get on loan youngsters like Mason [...]

April 20, 2023 // 0 Comments

The Heath /Hunter Davies

The Heath is a vade mecum by writer and journalist Hunter Davies of a year in the life of Hampstead Heath (2019-2020). The author, born in Cumbria, has lived most of his life in Hampstead and is therefore well-qualified to give this well written, enthusiastic and informative account. He covers the [...]

April 19, 2023 // 0 Comments

Cleaners of the world unite.

There is no doubt about it –  there is a universal cleaners’ mentality. Here in this flat the partner of the concierge cleans once a week. Yesterday she did so. After she left, there was much we could not find as cleaners tend to put stuff away in places they know, but not the user. [...]

April 18, 2023 // 0 Comments

French railways assessed

Yesterday I made a short journey from Nice to Cannes on French railways known as SNCF. It was not a customer friendly experience. So much so that I found myself praising Southern Fail. I arrived at Nice station in good time and my intention was to buy a ticket over the counter as I believed I was [...]

April 17, 2023 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard/Boccaccio and la Colombe d’Or

The past few days I have visited two of my favourite restaurants: Boccacio in the centre of Nice (rue Masséna) and la Colombe d’or in St. Paul de Vence, a 30 minute drive outside Nice. I walked straight past Boccacio because – as I remembered it – it never had an open air street [...]

April 14, 2023 // 0 Comments

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