Never up, never in
One of the skilful columnist’s tricks is to make us feel better about ourselves. We warm to him, and will read him again. There is enough in life and golf to depress us, without having the newspaper add to our … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Bernard Darwin
More on golf and cycling
Serendipity? An idle moment in Wantage, and upon what should I chance but Darwin On The Green, keenly – I am tempted to say insultingly – priced at £3.50. This is an anthology of essays brought together by HJ Weaver … Continue reading
Golf and cycling
In idle moments I have often googled golf and bicycle (or cycling). Almost nothing comes up, apart from a virtual debate about whether cycling is the new golf, the motion being that Masters of the Universe now do their … Continue reading
Bernard Darwin’s Introductions
I have recently been sent a book, Introductions by Bernard Darwin, edited by Dick Verinder, an antiquarian golf enthusiast and publisher in Texas. Darwin is revered by golf readers as the first great golf writer, and half a century after … Continue reading