Kevin Ruck PhD

Good to see works by British Pop artists, Richard Hamilton and Eduardo Paolozzi in the Pop Forever Tom Wesselman exhibition in the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris.

With @academyann.bsky.social

#Popart #contemporaryart
#Art

Crimson sky above River Thames.

Sunrise over low hanging mist above the Thames this morning.

#Nofilter #Thames #Mist #Sunrise

Bottle of Pinot Noir alongside a glass of wine.

Friday night wine is a Prophet's Rock 2022 Pinot Noir from central Otago in New Zealand.

17 months on French Oak.

A classic new world Pinot Noir. Strawberry aromas with well-balanced tannins and acidity.

#FridayWine #PinotNoir

Negroni cocktail in a glass.

Negroni Medici at Casa Ciabattini restaurant in Florence.

With chocolate flakes on ice.

5 minute walk from Velona's Jungle, a fab apartment for a long weekend with @academyann

Bottle of Pedro Ximenez wine with Christmas Pudding.

Christmas pudding and vanilla ice cream with a drizzle of Pedro Ximenez.

Yummy!

From the wonderful Bodegas Toro Alba.
Don PX 1964.

Top of lighthouse next to a coastal path in Cornwall.

Getting blown along the coastal path by Trevose Lighthouse today. With @academyann.bsky.social

St. Breward.

Champagne glasses against a landscape picture of a corn field.

Bottle of sparkling wine

Fizz reception at St. Reward.

Picture is by Henry Isreal.

English sparkling wine is Breaky Bottom, Sussex. Seyval Blanc grape. Cuvee Jack Pike. 2015.

#EnglishWine
#SparklingWine

Annual cycling stats

All the rides for 2024 are now done.

3162 miles.
225 hours.

Love a target! 3,000 miles was 500 up from 2023.

Same again for 2025?

#ThamesPathCycling

Sea scape

Hove seafront this morning for a Boxing Day walk.

Happy Christmas!

Another crazy and "entertaining" game at the Lane.

Bottle of Gavi wine

Saturday evening wine is a classic Italian Gavi di Gavi offering pear, citrus and mineral flavours.

#ItalianWine

Winter solstice walk. From Blackheath to the O2 via Greenwich Park.

With @academyann.bsky.social

#WinterSolstice

Tasting notes...

Picture of two dancers wearing Mexican masks

Picked this Derek Boshier piece up a while back, so good to finally get it framed.

"Two people dancing in Mexican masks".
Dated 1983.

Boshier was an English artist who designed the Clash "Give 'Em Enough Rope" album cover and also worked with David Bowie.

#PopArt #DerekBoshier #TheClash

#Essexwines are very good!

Wine bottle and wine glass

Friday evening wine.

An English Pinot Noir Rosé from Crouch Valley in Essex.

"The Heretics" is a project to champion wine from England.

Paired nicely with a paella.

#EnglishWine
#Wine

Tis a really nice Chablis!

Bottle of Chablis wine.

Saturday wine.

A Julien Brocard Grand Cru Chablis.

From a case that @academyann.bsky.social and I picked up from our Burgundy trip in 2023.

#Wine
#Chablis

Thames Path

Brisk walk along the Thames Path to catch a bit of blue sky.

With @academyann.bsky.social

#ThamesPath
#BlueSkyInLondonInNovember

Wine bottle.

Friday evening wine.

Ten year old Pegasus Bay Riesling from Waipaira Valley in New Zealand.

Classic Riesling aromas with some lovely orange zest notes.

#FridayEvening
#WineTasting #Riesling
#NewZealand

Road bike by the River Thames

Quiet on the Path this morning.

#ThamesPath #cycling

Clash lyric for today:

"In these days the beat is militant,
Must be a clash, there's no alternative".

From "Kingston Advice" by Joe Strummer and Mick Jones.

Written in 1980.

Arguably more resonant today than ever.

#TheClash #lyrics

Weekend wine.

Orvieto Classico Superiore Luigi e Giovanna, Barberani 2021.

From Tuscany. Grechetto grape.

12% alcohol.

#ItalianWine

Tottenham Hotspur stadium.

Great light show at the Lane before the game.

And great start, going 2-0 up.

Then it all, predictably, unravelled!

Bottle of red wine

A treat to taste this rare Los Angeles Wine Company Bob Munda Ranch Lone Wolf 2019 red wine at Noble Rot Soho today.

Mission grape. Punchy tannins.
Black cherries, blackberry and funky spice.

Yummy!

With @academyann.bsky.social & @simoncavendish.bsky.social

#redwine

YouTube video by theclashVEVO The Clash - This is Radio Clash (Official Video)

Clash lyric for today:

"This is not free Europe,
Nor an armed force network,
This is Radio Clash using audio ammunition,
This is Radio Clash, can we get that world to listen?"

From "This is Radio Ckash". By Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon and Topper Headon.

youtu.be/krl-2hgFrJU?...

Ange Postecoglou's wife told him off for something he did after Tottenham defeat The Tottenham Hotspur boss has been going into further detail about his altercation with the fans after the defeat at Bournemouth

Have to respect Ange for going over to fans after the Bournemouth result.

He's explained it by saying:

"It’s on me but also whatever you’ve got to direct, direct it at me. And I’m listening. I’m listening, I’m looking, I’m understanding"

www.football.london/tottenham-ho...