Of balls and punts and rucking
Speaking about his play, Jackie the Jumper, the late Welsh writer and dramatist Gwyn Thomas, said: "I wanted a play that would paint the full face of sensuality, rebellion and revivalism. In South Wales these three phenomena have played second fiddle only to the Rugby Union which is a distillation of all three." Rarely has a truth been so eloquently expressed. After a weekend of fascinating games, including a narrow 27-20 win for Wales against Tonga and an impressive 25-6 victory for England over South Africa, the Rugby World Cup is beginning to gather pace. Ireland vs. Australia is coming up. Should be a cracker. Meanwhile, over at ruckyou.com, self-styled "rugby tragics" are blogging the championship in style.
Diarist of the day: Andy Warhol, 20 October 1985"It's the fortieth anniversary of the UN and I think Mrs Marcos is in town. It's getting so scary in the Philippines. Some papers say the Marcoses are buying up everything in the US, but that could not be true, the papers can lie. Our government must want them out, though. Like the US must have wanted the Shah to fall. But let's see, did we want to lose Vietnam? No, but after everything that's in the papers this week, I guess the Kennedys were just too busy having an affair with Marilyn to worry about Vietnam."
