Casper’s last stand
Tributes to the late Billy Casper have been strangely silent on the subject of his heroic 106 on the first day of the 2005 Masters, a record that was made to last. Not content to compile the worst ever major … Continue reading
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Not so sure about snowsure
“Any chance you can supply a picture?” Cue small earthquake in south west Oxfordshire. The filing system is comprehensively rummaged, turned upside down and shaken. Could have sworn I saw it the other day …. but where? As usual the … Continue reading
French men are obsessed by wardrobes
Last week my daughter had to choose an article from The Times to analyse. She flicked through the newspaper on the way to school, reading out the headlines. Rejecting ebola, American race riots and Labour’s plans to squeeze the private … Continue reading
On needles and haystacks
My first reaction to the needle in the haystack art event story was, why is he doing it in France? How many Parisian art-watchers will be au fait with English idiom? If Tate Modern showed a man stirring butter into … Continue reading
It’s better to travel, hopefully …
I have never joined the crush for the Harrods sale but I know what it feels like, because I have just booked the travel arrangements for our skiing at half term and the experience leaves me needing a holiday. Long … Continue reading
Skiing by night – a darkmotif
It is a small detail, rarely omitted from the story. The brothers Branger, Tobias and Johann, ski pioneers in Davos c1890, conducted their experiments under cover of darkness in order to avoid the mockery of their fellow Davonians. The Brangers’ … Continue reading
Prize quiz
Inspired by the tour operator Le Ski’s ingenious self-promotional database-enhancing infographic prize quiz, I am moved to offer an Alpine/blog related quiz to celebrate the start of the 2014/15 winter season, whenever that may be. Desperate times … etc Answers … Continue reading
The Michael Buerk hotel
Believe in better …. Every little helps …. Welcome to wonderful … Pursuit of more … Invented for life …. In modern marketing …. three-word slogans …. seem to be ….. where it’s at. Coming up with these catchphrases must … Continue reading
St Moritz in winter: too good to be true?
Winter sports is a competitive business, and rivalry has been a powerful spur to its development. In the early days of alpinism the arch rivals were Chamonix and Zermatt. “The Matterhorn after all is not so fine a thing as … Continue reading
dream suite
My dreams were so vivid and peculiar, I feel the need to write them down. There were three of them and I can’t remember in what order they came, or if I moved back and forth between them. We were … Continue reading