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My golfing weekend

The Genesis at the Riviera  Course Los Angeles was won by the young Chilean Joaquin Niemann by two strokes from Collin Morikawa. Niemann, like the Mexican Abraham Ancer, reflects the youthful upsurge in Central and South American golf. He impressively hung onto his lead for 4 days. I was on Victor [...]

February 21, 2022 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 1 Huddersfield 2

Is there cause for concern after Fulham’s third defeat at home? I read a post in one of the more incisive Fulham websites [www.hammy.com] that in 1982-83 season we had a 6 point lead over Leicester at this stage of the season but it was the Foxes who gained promotion. Huddersfield came to the [...]

February 20, 2022 // 0 Comments

The Godfather (Part Three)

Yesterday, as Storm Eunice made going out so dangerous, I stayed in and – seeking a film to watch – chanced upon The Godfather Part Three. It’s reckoned to be the weakest of the trilogy. Whereas the original Godfather spawned a litany of mafia films and series – notably [...]

February 19, 2022 // 0 Comments

Thoughts on the Champions League

The most significant aspect of the round of 16 of the Champions League partially played out this week was the dominance of the English teams – Manchester City winning 5-0 at Sporting Lisbon and Liverpool 2-0 at Inter. Barcelona, after 17 consecutive seasons in the Champions League, played [...]

February 18, 2022 // 0 Comments

Art & Crime/Stefan Koldehoff and Tobias Timm

Art & Crime is an account of looters, forgers, and fraudsters in the art world by two German journalists. They concentrate on Germany, though a small player in the art market. In 2018 the global art market was valued at $67 billion of which Germany only represented 1%. The book begins with the [...]

February 17, 2022 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Hull 0 Fulham 1

This was another grounded-out win which kept Fulham on top of the Championship and 11 points clear of third place Blackburn. The only goal separating the sides was scored by Alex Mitrovic, a glancing header from a cross from right back Neco Williams – a loan signing from Liverpool – who [...]

February 13, 2022 // 0 Comments

Winter Olympics (non-watch) continued:-

Here follows a short digest of the latest “stories of potential interest” from the pathetic apology for a Winter Olympic Games taking place in Beijing:- TEAM USA SEXUAL MISCONDUCT AND RACISM ALLEGATIONS According to multiple media reports I have seen overnight a lady named Callan [...]

February 13, 2022 // 0 Comments

Ruler of the Queen’s Navy/HMS Pinafore

The other day I was sitting next to a fellow over dinner who turned out to be a professional tribunal chairperson adjudicating on military cases. He spent a good deal of time in Plymouth on naval cases. For this he had earned the honorary title of Rear Admiral. This made me think of the humorous [...]

February 12, 2022 // 0 Comments

The sporting equivalent of “When did you last stop beating your wife?”

For an organ, and indeed a sports editor, that have adopted an avowed position that all world sports administrations are corrupt (and indeed, the more powerful they are, the greater the likelihood that they are absolutely corrupt – not least the Olympics), it may seem to some Rusters somewhat [...]

February 12, 2022 // 0 Comments

My art week

Monday evening on BBC 4 is excellent for the arts. Waldemar Janusczak concluded his series on The Impressionists with Georges Seurat, an enigmatic artist specialising in dot painting, who died only 32. Claude Monet in his final years painted the lilies in his pond at Giverny which are to be found [...]

February 11, 2022 // 0 Comments

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