The psychological, sociological, political, economic, cultural, sporting event of the week has to be the departure of Jose Murinho by mutual agreement, ho, ho, from Chelsea. Chelsea is owned Lock Stock and two barrels by a former penniless Russian who is said to be have been brought up as a child being told that he was worthless. This disability is said to now explain why after a less than brilliant start to the Premiership and an unconvincing first night out in the Champions League he has allowed or asked Jose to depart, one of the most effective managers in the British game ever alongside Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger and as charismatic as Brian clough and Terry Venables With another league winner and former England boss now installed at Man City and Sam Alladyce having a reasonable start at Newcastle the only logical place for Jose in British Football, should he be interested, is with Chelsea and Arsenal's great rivals Tottenham Hotspur.
The psychological significance is why would Roman Abramovitch let his man go, or want his man to go? The sociological, cultural and sporting question is what impact will this have on British Football and which in turn is part of the British way of life? Will this signal the beginning of the end of the foreign take over of our game and will this mark the resurgence, or the further demise of English football which has become inseparable from the Englishman's feelings of self worth? Will Abramovitch take his bat home. I think not he needs an open UK door as much as we need him to spend his billions here. Political and economic considerations will rule at the end of every day. I wrote this before the statement on behalf of the Prime Minister saying what an important impact Mr Murinho had on British Football.
The Sunday Times Culture has 80 pages and contains one informative and thought provoking review by Simon Jenkins of The Triumph of the Political Class by Peter Osborn (Simon and Schuster). According to Jenkins Blair has destroyed the constitution and therefore British way of life by "ousting the old establishment," shackling Parliament, the civil services, the Judiciary and even the press to its ways. Apparently the books focuses on individuals who are in and those who are out, and if so then it obviously fails to deal with the real issues such as was the old establishment any good and ha the new one done better. I am not sure it is possible for anyone to make a valid judgement unless they were privy to what when on in both eras and outs forward a structure for measurement and judgement which everyone or at least the majority will subsequently agree is valid. I suppose the main point is if you were part of the old establishment and out you are unhappy and will vent your spleen and part of the new you will be getting on with and keeping mum.
A book which I would like to read is the Life in Letters of Graham Green by Richard Green (Little and Brown) and reviewed by Ian Thompson. I have Brighton Rock, DVD of film, The End of the Affair seen the film, The Quiet American, seen the film, The Confidential Agent, A burnt Out case, Stamboul Train, Our Man in Havana seen the film,, the Comedians, seen the film, A gun for sale, The Ministry of Fear seen film and the Heart of the Matter. He also wrote The Third man, have the DVD and Fallen Idol seen the film. The review mentions that Green and his family were unhappy with the work of his official biographer because in the 2000 pages of his three volume detailed how the life mirrored the writing rather than concentrate on a literary chronicle and appreciation. This makes me what to read the biographies and avoid the literary criticism.
I also enjoyed the review of Charlotte Church's second book. You remember the girl with the amazing angelic voice who sold millions of albums at Christmas and who then reinvented herself as a foul mouthed smoking and drinking dater of yobs but who is now settling down football wives style. That is my abbreviated version of the review which saves buying the book.
There was not much else where I said I must listen to that, go to that except for Atonement and Evening are new films to see. I did read the headline piece about George Clooney who is a film familiar, but I did not know anything about, or that he made his name in ER which notched 44 million viewers for new episodes and 35 million for re runs compared with the blockbuster of American Idol's 22 million today. He is man with nostalgia for the past giving away at Christmas to his friends 100 DVD of his best film likes for the period 1964-1976. However I ought to have known the only thing which interested me is that he is nephew of Rosemary Clooney who I once adored.
I also read a piece on Annie Lennox in the Main on Sunday magazine 108 pages as she has released a new album of personally written songs Songs of mass destruction. I was not surprised to learn she has sold 80 million albums with Eurhythmics, I have two and whose music partner is a local lad, or that she has only produced four albums since her heyday 20 years ago. Much of hat time she has been recovering from grief, parental death, stillborn child and broken second marriage. An album to buy. This also reminds that the price has come down a little for a USB turntable which also allows a tape player to also connect so that records and tapes can be converted to CD and touched up via a computer programme.
Amy Winehouse collected two awards last night and for one she sent the manager of her local pub which would have gone down a treat with the media and has, and apparently she could barely stagger through her live performance having partied hard beforehand, perhaps to be able to face the general media waiting for her to fall
I watched this afternoon a subtitled version of The Happy Breed so my mother could also view from time to time. This 1939 play by Noel Coward traces the fortunes of an ordinary and respectable South London English family from just after World War 1 to just before World War 2 and was designed to remind everyone the important values which had enable the nation to survive both the World War and the challenges of day to day life afterwards. David Lean produced the 1944 film as his first venture with Robert Newton in a serious lead role, although I always see him as Long John Silver in Treasure Island. Celia Johnson who epitomised the normal wife who puts everything into rearing her children her way, only to face the reality of their individualism and mortality., Stanley Holloway, Get to the church Time My Fair Lady plays the good army friend neighbour whose son, John Mills, plays one his many upright salt of the earth young men who fought in World war 2. Sir Lawrence Olivier did his bit with the narration as well as the producer. I guess most young cinema goers will find this film as hard going as the plays of William Shakespeare and prefer Vinnie Jones in The Riddle
I will mention the Sunday Times Fashion Magazine which has 158 pages and full page or double page adverts from Louis Vuitton, De Beers, Versace, Jimmy Choo, Belstaff, Chloe, DKNY, Dolce and Gabbana, Dior, Boss, House of Fraser, Dagenham’s, Nivea, Tiffany, Rachel's Organic, Clarks, Selfridges, Raymond Weil, Pringle, Samsonite, Tony and Guy at Boots, Gap, Joseph, Harvey Nicholls, Aquascutum, Burberry, Lacoste,M & S, Diesel, Hermes, Russell Bromley, Mulberry, Ralph Lauren, Bottega Venets, Tommy Hilgiger, Sportmax Shanghai Tang, etc in case I missed some out.
In sport it has been a mixed weekend, week, with our Cricket team losing regularly in the 20/20, but is several good games and as Paul Collingwood has said about 10% off the competitive pace. His days may be numbered for along with Ian Botham and Freddie Flintoff he has been caught partying too hard, and in Cricket we have still cling to the notion that this a game to be played by Gentlemen, as we do by our military officers, and why Blair was successful until he started to get ahead of the team, and why Gordon Brown is now feared because he is not a partying man on or off the field, and worse still he is a serious politician, in the same ilk as Margaret Thatcher, so it is no wonder he invited her to tea at number 10 and values her advice whereas the poor lad who presently runs the conservatives tried to get Thatcher to invite him to tea so it would not look as if he needed her approval. In Collingwood's case he is not only a Northerner but horror of horrors he went along to a lap dancing club for a drink. Footballers of course do this all the time because it is where their fans will also be, but it is not cricket is it, and of course we continue to be 10% off the pace of being a winner. The same applies of course to Rugby Union where we will prefer to live on the glory of the Boys Own great last winning kick of Johnny Wilkinson rather than be there at the top year upon year as are the Aussie's, set up another xxxx sport! The 38.0 defeat by South Africa in Paris says it all and will take decades to recover from.
I am afraid British sport remains at the crossroads as we have yet to grasp the implications of developing a winning culture. That is why I hope Abramovitch will decide to stay and not set his sights on Real Madrid. Hopefully. It is also why I have some sympathy for Alonso's approach to do everything possible to prevent Lewis Hamilton stealing his Formula 1 crown, having had to live for so long under the Ferrari shadow. The name of the game is winning in Formula 1 and being second gets you nowhere as a driver or as a manufacturer, hence Ferrari's decision to launch the successful attempt to scuttle McLaren's winning tally of constructor's points, despite it was one of their employees who set developments in motion, a point well made by Martin Brundle in the Sunday Times and as an F 1 driver himself he should know the reality of the game. My worry is whether Lewis can cope with driving a car which may prove to be second to Ferrari over a season, and if his loyalty to McClaren will outweigh his natural drive to be a winner? The solution here is for McClaren to recruit the best talent to produce the best car year on year, that is if we want a British driving number 1 of a British Constructor? Do we want it enough? Locally we have the Irish take over of Sunderland proving that they want success badly, and my money is on them rather than on Big Sam at Newcastle where the performance at Derby was scandalous and reinforces my good sense decision. Sam you nearly had your best team, with Mr Viduka and Mt Barton, and now with Mr Owen having a Hernia which keeps him out of league football yet again but back in time for the next round of Euro matches, I would not be surprised. Sir Bobby Robson does a piece in the Mail on Sunday on his belief that Michael will achieve more goals for his country than any player before him, which is great except where does this leave Newcastle? Durham's chances of winning the County Championship are still good after the progress of matches today.
The Vicious Circle made 50 years ago is a John Mills Tour de Force based on a Francis Durbridge book which kept my attention at the hospital this afternoon. Two films by John Mills in two days. The plot when briefly stated does not suggest a taught credible suspense drama in which Mills a high class Harley Street type doctor who is effectively framed by, well I will leave this bit out, except to remind of what one experienced Member of Parliament said to a new recruit who commented on the enemy on the opposite benches. No came the stern rebuke, they are your political opponents, and your enemies sit all around you. Only last five minutes destroyed the good work achieved before and the final moments were silly. Stalwarts Lionel Jeffries, Mervyn John and Roland Culver put in their usual good performances and once more reminded of my childhood going to cinema three to four time a week.
The psychological significance is why would Roman Abramovitch let his man go, or want his man to go? The sociological, cultural and sporting question is what impact will this have on British Football and which in turn is part of the British way of life? Will this signal the beginning of the end of the foreign take over of our game and will this mark the resurgence, or the further demise of English football which has become inseparable from the Englishman's feelings of self worth? Will Abramovitch take his bat home. I think not he needs an open UK door as much as we need him to spend his billions here. Political and economic considerations will rule at the end of every day. I wrote this before the statement on behalf of the Prime Minister saying what an important impact Mr Murinho had on British Football.
The Sunday Times Culture has 80 pages and contains one informative and thought provoking review by Simon Jenkins of The Triumph of the Political Class by Peter Osborn (Simon and Schuster). According to Jenkins Blair has destroyed the constitution and therefore British way of life by "ousting the old establishment," shackling Parliament, the civil services, the Judiciary and even the press to its ways. Apparently the books focuses on individuals who are in and those who are out, and if so then it obviously fails to deal with the real issues such as was the old establishment any good and ha the new one done better. I am not sure it is possible for anyone to make a valid judgement unless they were privy to what when on in both eras and outs forward a structure for measurement and judgement which everyone or at least the majority will subsequently agree is valid. I suppose the main point is if you were part of the old establishment and out you are unhappy and will vent your spleen and part of the new you will be getting on with and keeping mum.
A book which I would like to read is the Life in Letters of Graham Green by Richard Green (Little and Brown) and reviewed by Ian Thompson. I have Brighton Rock, DVD of film, The End of the Affair seen the film, The Quiet American, seen the film, The Confidential Agent, A burnt Out case, Stamboul Train, Our Man in Havana seen the film,, the Comedians, seen the film, A gun for sale, The Ministry of Fear seen film and the Heart of the Matter. He also wrote The Third man, have the DVD and Fallen Idol seen the film. The review mentions that Green and his family were unhappy with the work of his official biographer because in the 2000 pages of his three volume detailed how the life mirrored the writing rather than concentrate on a literary chronicle and appreciation. This makes me what to read the biographies and avoid the literary criticism.
I also enjoyed the review of Charlotte Church's second book. You remember the girl with the amazing angelic voice who sold millions of albums at Christmas and who then reinvented herself as a foul mouthed smoking and drinking dater of yobs but who is now settling down football wives style. That is my abbreviated version of the review which saves buying the book.
There was not much else where I said I must listen to that, go to that except for Atonement and Evening are new films to see. I did read the headline piece about George Clooney who is a film familiar, but I did not know anything about, or that he made his name in ER which notched 44 million viewers for new episodes and 35 million for re runs compared with the blockbuster of American Idol's 22 million today. He is man with nostalgia for the past giving away at Christmas to his friends 100 DVD of his best film likes for the period 1964-1976. However I ought to have known the only thing which interested me is that he is nephew of Rosemary Clooney who I once adored.
I also read a piece on Annie Lennox in the Main on Sunday magazine 108 pages as she has released a new album of personally written songs Songs of mass destruction. I was not surprised to learn she has sold 80 million albums with Eurhythmics, I have two and whose music partner is a local lad, or that she has only produced four albums since her heyday 20 years ago. Much of hat time she has been recovering from grief, parental death, stillborn child and broken second marriage. An album to buy. This also reminds that the price has come down a little for a USB turntable which also allows a tape player to also connect so that records and tapes can be converted to CD and touched up via a computer programme.
Amy Winehouse collected two awards last night and for one she sent the manager of her local pub which would have gone down a treat with the media and has, and apparently she could barely stagger through her live performance having partied hard beforehand, perhaps to be able to face the general media waiting for her to fall
I watched this afternoon a subtitled version of The Happy Breed so my mother could also view from time to time. This 1939 play by Noel Coward traces the fortunes of an ordinary and respectable South London English family from just after World War 1 to just before World War 2 and was designed to remind everyone the important values which had enable the nation to survive both the World War and the challenges of day to day life afterwards. David Lean produced the 1944 film as his first venture with Robert Newton in a serious lead role, although I always see him as Long John Silver in Treasure Island. Celia Johnson who epitomised the normal wife who puts everything into rearing her children her way, only to face the reality of their individualism and mortality., Stanley Holloway, Get to the church Time My Fair Lady plays the good army friend neighbour whose son, John Mills, plays one his many upright salt of the earth young men who fought in World war 2. Sir Lawrence Olivier did his bit with the narration as well as the producer. I guess most young cinema goers will find this film as hard going as the plays of William Shakespeare and prefer Vinnie Jones in The Riddle
I will mention the Sunday Times Fashion Magazine which has 158 pages and full page or double page adverts from Louis Vuitton, De Beers, Versace, Jimmy Choo, Belstaff, Chloe, DKNY, Dolce and Gabbana, Dior, Boss, House of Fraser, Dagenham’s, Nivea, Tiffany, Rachel's Organic, Clarks, Selfridges, Raymond Weil, Pringle, Samsonite, Tony and Guy at Boots, Gap, Joseph, Harvey Nicholls, Aquascutum, Burberry, Lacoste,M & S, Diesel, Hermes, Russell Bromley, Mulberry, Ralph Lauren, Bottega Venets, Tommy Hilgiger, Sportmax Shanghai Tang, etc in case I missed some out.
In sport it has been a mixed weekend, week, with our Cricket team losing regularly in the 20/20, but is several good games and as Paul Collingwood has said about 10% off the competitive pace. His days may be numbered for along with Ian Botham and Freddie Flintoff he has been caught partying too hard, and in Cricket we have still cling to the notion that this a game to be played by Gentlemen, as we do by our military officers, and why Blair was successful until he started to get ahead of the team, and why Gordon Brown is now feared because he is not a partying man on or off the field, and worse still he is a serious politician, in the same ilk as Margaret Thatcher, so it is no wonder he invited her to tea at number 10 and values her advice whereas the poor lad who presently runs the conservatives tried to get Thatcher to invite him to tea so it would not look as if he needed her approval. In Collingwood's case he is not only a Northerner but horror of horrors he went along to a lap dancing club for a drink. Footballers of course do this all the time because it is where their fans will also be, but it is not cricket is it, and of course we continue to be 10% off the pace of being a winner. The same applies of course to Rugby Union where we will prefer to live on the glory of the Boys Own great last winning kick of Johnny Wilkinson rather than be there at the top year upon year as are the Aussie's, set up another xxxx sport! The 38.0 defeat by South Africa in Paris says it all and will take decades to recover from.
I am afraid British sport remains at the crossroads as we have yet to grasp the implications of developing a winning culture. That is why I hope Abramovitch will decide to stay and not set his sights on Real Madrid. Hopefully. It is also why I have some sympathy for Alonso's approach to do everything possible to prevent Lewis Hamilton stealing his Formula 1 crown, having had to live for so long under the Ferrari shadow. The name of the game is winning in Formula 1 and being second gets you nowhere as a driver or as a manufacturer, hence Ferrari's decision to launch the successful attempt to scuttle McLaren's winning tally of constructor's points, despite it was one of their employees who set developments in motion, a point well made by Martin Brundle in the Sunday Times and as an F 1 driver himself he should know the reality of the game. My worry is whether Lewis can cope with driving a car which may prove to be second to Ferrari over a season, and if his loyalty to McClaren will outweigh his natural drive to be a winner? The solution here is for McClaren to recruit the best talent to produce the best car year on year, that is if we want a British driving number 1 of a British Constructor? Do we want it enough? Locally we have the Irish take over of Sunderland proving that they want success badly, and my money is on them rather than on Big Sam at Newcastle where the performance at Derby was scandalous and reinforces my good sense decision. Sam you nearly had your best team, with Mr Viduka and Mt Barton, and now with Mr Owen having a Hernia which keeps him out of league football yet again but back in time for the next round of Euro matches, I would not be surprised. Sir Bobby Robson does a piece in the Mail on Sunday on his belief that Michael will achieve more goals for his country than any player before him, which is great except where does this leave Newcastle? Durham's chances of winning the County Championship are still good after the progress of matches today.
The Vicious Circle made 50 years ago is a John Mills Tour de Force based on a Francis Durbridge book which kept my attention at the hospital this afternoon. Two films by John Mills in two days. The plot when briefly stated does not suggest a taught credible suspense drama in which Mills a high class Harley Street type doctor who is effectively framed by, well I will leave this bit out, except to remind of what one experienced Member of Parliament said to a new recruit who commented on the enemy on the opposite benches. No came the stern rebuke, they are your political opponents, and your enemies sit all around you. Only last five minutes destroyed the good work achieved before and the final moments were silly. Stalwarts Lionel Jeffries, Mervyn John and Roland Culver put in their usual good performances and once more reminded of my childhood going to cinema three to four time a week.
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