A rare sighting of Chris Bray, Chris Swallow Henry de Lord, on court together A brace of late changes allowed me the possibility of witnessing a rare, possibly unique, competitive bout between The Lord s Chrises Bray and Swallow. Firstly, a most unfortunate accident on court for Robert Shenkman at Hampton Court Palace the Continue reading "David Cull Trophy Semi-Finals: Chris Bray v Chris Swallow,…
Janie and I like a bit of live music. And we like going to Lord s. And we like cricket. The Hundred might have been designed just for us. OK, perhaps not our first choice of music and our first choice of cricket format, but you cannot have everything. We always enjoy these afternoons and evenings. Continue reading "Tinie Tempah Live At Lord s Preceded By And Followed By Some Cricket, 23 July 2026"
Héloïse Werner by Birdwatcher 42, CC BY-SA 4.0 A second visit to The Wig in one week this will be our last of the season. While we planned two visits in quick succession, I hadn t realised, when we booked these concerts, that we would be seeing Karim Sulayman twice in one week: Janie and Continue reading "Héloïse Werner, Wigmore Hall, 17 July 2026"
Janie and I had never been to Wormsley before. I was especially keen to spend a chunk of the Knight-Stokes Cup Southern Semi-Finals day there, as I am a keen advocate for and supporter of state schools cricket, not least through my role as a Trustee of the (soon to be concluded) London Cricket Trust. Continue reading "Two Contrasting Visits To Wormsley For Cricket: Buckinghamshire v Middlesex 2…
We both thoroughly enjoyed this concert, despite it coming at the end of a remarkably busy day looking at paint, shelving, cricket and tennis. I had a slight sense of foreboding, recalling that our previous sighting of Sean Shibe at the Wig was in similarly tired circumstances, with some ear-drum splitting electric guitar thrown in Continue reading "Broken Branches, Sean Shibe, Karim Sulayman,…
This was one of those days. Janie and I blocked out the day to do research for our planned house refurb, and to visit Lord s. We wanted to take a look at some women s cricket two matches against a visiting squad from the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) and a Real Tennis Women s Day that Continue reading "Paint, Women s Cricket Real Tennis At Lord s, Furniture, Footwear 14 July 2026"
This was the first ever women s test match at Lord s. Until very recently, women s test matches tended to be staged at small grounds as they did not expect to attract crowds. My previous visit to a women s test match, with Janie, in 2003, was to all intents and purposes a crowd-free affair: Times change, thank Continue reading "The Women s Test Match At Lord s: Days One Three, 10 12 July 2026"
Victoria Luiza Barros Nauhany Vitoria Leme Da Silva of Brazil, having just defeated Maria Valentina Pop Anita Tu We had a super day at Wimbledon again this year. Again a quarter finals day, again our base court was Court One. The weather was blisteringly hot. But we braved the relentless sunshine for quite Continue reading "A Quarter-Final Day On Court One At Wimbledon, 8 July 2026"
Thus, it ended 28 June 2026: Bangladesh Women v South Africa Women, Australia Women v India Women We plugged for an elevated view on the day of the Lord s double-header. Janie s favourite pavilion spot for relaxed viewing is the sun deck at the top. There was plenty of space for us up there, despite Continue reading "Two Sundays At Lord s For The ICC Women s World Cup, Including Five Different…
Janie and I had enjoyed our time at Eastbourne so much in 2024 …we decided to book the same three days of Eastbourne tennis for 2026: Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Tuesday Evening On the Tuesday evening, we met up with Linda Wrobel (formerly Linda Phillips) and her friend Yasmin for dinner. Yasmin was a very Continue reading "A Few Days In Eastbourne, Mostly For Tennis, 23 to 27 June 2026"