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Longines watch

On the occasion of our silver wedding anniversary my wife Megan presented me with a Longines watch. It has always been my favourite luxury watch marque. My late father had three. He had a cunning ruse of using his own watchmaker to service them but, when we came to have one valued, the assessor [...]

March 22, 2022 // 0 Comments

Six Nations: nation by nation

France Worthy Grand Slam winners. France won all 5 games and only looked vulnerable in the second  half against Wales. France combined a powerful pack with typical Gallic flair behind it. Will be World Cup favourites on their own patch.   Ireland  Runner-up was about right. They lost the key [...]

March 20, 2022 // 0 Comments

Basquiat, conceptual and abstract expressionism

In the last few courses we have studied Jean Michel Basquiat, conceptual art, essentially political slogans,  and abstract expressionism. For me the key point about all these is whether the artist understands the grammar of drawing, colour, form and composition. I draw a comparison with Fernand [...]

March 18, 2022 // 0 Comments

Where diversity and reality meet …

Both contributors to this organ and its followers know that the Rust’s mission statement is built around its stance of providing a “window upon the world” from the point of view of those of us who have passed beyond “the first flush of youth” yet retain possess an independence of mind and [...]

March 15, 2022 // 0 Comments

The Ipcress File/Episode 2

My review comment on the first episode to the effect that the shadow of Michael Caine fell over the production was generally followed by the newspaper critics on Monday, but over the weekend the younger TV critics like Ben Rifkind in the Saturday Times and Deborah Ross in the Mail on Sunday praised [...]

March 14, 2022 // 0 Comments

The ironies of football success and fan devotion

Some of the most notable aspects of President Putin’s decision that Russia should invade Ukraine in furtherance of some ludicrous geo-political scheme to “restore” its supposed previous position in the scheme of things can be filed under the heading of “Unintended Consequences”. I won’t [...]

March 12, 2022 // 0 Comments

A visit to the Courtauld

Yesterday I made my second visit to the refurbished Courtauld Gallery at a cost of £57m as part of our art course. We started on the first floor – the Medieval period and early Renaissance . I’m not that moved by medieval art but our excellent tutor did explain its significance and [...]

March 11, 2022 // 0 Comments

The Players Championship

The Players Championship at Sawgrass is known as the fifth Major. It has a larger prize money ($20 million) than some of the Majors. The Sawgrass course, designed by Pete Dye, has the signature 17th hole – a par three to an island green. Although Ricky Fowler has never won a Major he has won [...]

March 10, 2022 // 0 Comments

The Ipcress File/ITV

Michael Caine’s first starring role was as an effete officer Granville Broomhead in Zulu but after that he played a series of leading cockney roles – Alfie, The Italian Job , The Ipcress File – which launched his successful career. With young northern film actors like Albert [...]

March 7, 2022 // 0 Comments

Noble Rot

This was my third visit to Noble Rot, this time a celebration with an old friend as our respective birthdays are a month part and last Friday was a midway point. This friend alerted me to Noble Rot whose venue at 2 Greek Street I visited many times in its previous incarnation as the Gay Hussar. [...]

March 5, 2022 // 0 Comments

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