It was quite a drizzly day, a very weird day. His stint follows regular presenter Piers Morgan quitting the show in March amid a furious row with bosses over his comments on Meghan Markles Oprah interview. She was a glacial, beautiful presence in plays from Shaw to Pinter and she illuminated Upstairs, Downstairs on television in the early 1970s. She says: "I'm very family orientated and was taught from an early age to respect money. He had already declared sometime previously that he had a problem and needed to stop. As he once exultantly explained a definition he had read: "A dim, flightless bird ridiculously easy to catch.". Other starring roles soon followed: Elizabeth Fanshawe in Frankenstein: The True Story (1973) on television, widely considered to be one of the best Frankenstein films; the title role in 10 50-minute episodes of Anna Karenina, a 1977 BBC television epic co-starring Eric Porter as Karenin and Stuart Wilson as Vronsky; and Liz Rodenhurst in A Bit of a Do (1989) adapted from the Yorkshire novels of David Nobbs, with David Jason and Gwen Taylor. It makes you think.. And so The Booby and a supporter will watch the slow and sonorous slide behind the curtains and the ashes will find their way to the furlong pole at Ally Pally where in John's youth the starter would solemnly intone: "Triers at the front, non-triers at the back.". The loyalty and effort of our members make the Racing Forum the friendliest and most informative horse racing community. She has bought herself a "bolthole" in Shepton Mallet and hopes to have another by the end of the year. I said yes, thats why I take them! Perhaps there is a touch of the roseate in my recollection of him, but excuse that please. I told them that Norton's Coin would win at Cheltenham in March - and I knew the race, it was in was a handicap called Mildmay of Fleet Chase and I remember sitting in the offices of Sporting Life the day the declaration closed for the race and I rang Cyril Griffiths out of the blue, having never spoken to him in my life, and I asked if everything was alright with Norton's Coin and he said Oh, it was market day this morning so I missed declaring him for the Mildmay & Fleet, so hes running in the Gold Cup!So I slammed the phone down and I cant repeat the rude word are used! Down was a member of the Bath Club, York Club, Toronto Club, Mount Royal Club, and Ranchmen's Club. But it doesn't bother her.". Think Alice Plunkett and Tanya Stevenson yes they wanted to throttle him some days, but they knew he was some man to have at your shoulder in the trench when the foe were closing on you across no man's land. Dawn Runs Gold Cup win was exceptional and we have had some astonishing touches over the years. Different days, as they will all be now without the old cuss. "Dad stopped riding in 2002, so I don't remember him in action, though the videos of his Champion Hurdle and Grand National got watched endlessly. Alastair Down, Self: Channel 4 Racing. When that happens we can assume weve got to the right place, but I think were a long, long way from there now. Brilliant writer and orator of reviews at his best. I dont think Johnsons popular. He first burst over my horizon in March 1981 when I walked in tremulously on my initial day at the Sporting Life. Disappointingly, especially for those awaiting the second coming, into the Festivals ever expanding file marked beaten at odds-on, we drop the horse with the high hopes, the big engine and the grace of a drunken two-day-old fawn. Plus the early days of press rooms on racecourses and the colourful characters that worked therein then getting into broadcasting with Channel Four Racing. Horse Racing: THE GREAT ESCAPE; Timmy Murphy talks to Alastair Down about his struggle with alcoholism, his time in prison and the strength of mind and character that has seen him make such a success of his second chance both in the saddle and out of it. Nikki Frost was on the front line during Bryony's illness, spending two months by her side in hospital trying to hold it together while undergoing the scarcely describable ordeal of watching her daughter fighting to survive before her very eyes. She was delirious and hallucinating. But as a result of my surfing days it's covered in big stickers for Sex Wax, which has nothing to do with sex by the way it's stuff you put on your surfboard. People without a sense of humour need not, Moderators:Rowan, johne5knuckle, jennywales, V sad to hear of Alastair Down's battle with Alcoholism after spending 28 days in US booze clinic, but what a true man to write such an open piece about this his illness in his columnin the RP, i personally would like to wish this truly gifted racing journalist and presenter the very best of luck in the battle ahead and to say that takes a real man to own up to their demons and lets hope he comes back better than ever. Broadcasting colleagues have spoken in support of Alastair Stewart after he stepped down from ITV News, apparently in the wake of a Twitter race row. It is likely the Taunton stewards were powerless to resist the happy force of nature that is hurricane Bryony. Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. The family travelled around Nicola had a younger sister, Angela and it was in what is now known as Saint Maur International School, a Catholic establishment in Yokohama, Japan, that a seven-year-old Nicola stood on a desktop and declared she was going to be an actor. Now it is absolutely for everybody and its much better for it. Colonel Sir Alastair Frederick Down OBE MC TD (23 July 1914 22 October 2004) was a Scottish army officer, accountant, and oilman. In my considered opinion, cynically carbuncled as it has become by many heavy blows over the years, the bloody horse just cant jump. When Alastair had his breakdown in 1986 and I was told that he was in a police cell in Scotland, it was almost a relief to understand that there was actually something wrong with him, not me.. I think both [Fiona and I] found it much, much harder to deal with Calums drinking than mine., For any other parent going through the same situation Campbell says: Listen, its really, really hard not to be judgmental but I think you should try not to be. I'd taken a teddy bear in with me a very old one with beans in his bottom, which had gone very saggy. There is no atmosphere like it, you are there in this great democracy of people. I do still say to my psychiatrist when I see him: Do you want me to be on these pills forever? And hell say: Well, its not my choice, its your choice. "I could see ten hedges instead of one, the grass was a funny colour and I was talking absolute rubbish. "I love going round with Clifford at the end of the day when he's turning out the lights. Then I thought betting was very easy; You just back the white one - its so very simple, I dont know why everybody else doesnt do that! And I was hooked from then - not on just the betting though; I used to sit on the arm of dads armchair - and dads are heroes to their sons and he was a man of infinite charm and kindness - he loved racing and in turn, I loved it in his wake I guess. The fact Im going wild swimming in the Isle of Skye rather than rant obsessively about Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings although I can do that and there may be something in that. But it was only partial. In 1969 and 1970 he served as the president of the BP Oil Corporation, the company's American subsidiary, and negotiated its merger with Standard Oil of Ohio. [1] He retired as Burmah's chairman in 1983.[2]. He has also performed and/or recorded with Alan . According to the NHS, some of the most common symptoms of a fractured hip include: pain. And you can tell they mean it. Then out of the blue the stewards called me in.". "There were always loads of ponies about but I bought my first one for 800 when I was eight." It was the Queen Mothers fault; she came into the paddock and everyone started applauding so it went 3 feet up in the air and landed smack on its arse! What would you say was your best fairytale? The only problem is that it was a hands-and-heels race. Nicola Mary Pagett (Scott), actor, born 15 June 1945; died 3 March 2021. Interview: ALASTAIR DOWN In this four-part interview the five times HWPA Racing Writer Of The Year and Channel 4 presenter talks about his life in racing, his early days on Fleet Street, working on course, TV presenting, his love of Cheltenham and in particular the Festival. Aged four, I asked at the meet if I could go off with the field and they said 'if she can keep up with us she can come'. ?2019) at All Saints Church in Crowborough, Sussex. It was founded in 1965 as part of a government initiative to expand access to higher education. Campbell believes the Prime Minister has little time when it comes to mental health. Award-winning racing writer and broadcaster Alastair Down talks about the early days of his life falling in the love with the game. Alastair Frederick Down, businessman, born July 23 1914; died October 22 2004, After a career with BP, he rescued Burmah Oil in the 1970s, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. As Basil Fawlty once said: "Enjoy your meal!". And that was from coming off the pills in a tapered way. Her book suggested a recovery of sorts. I reacted very badly to tramadol and other drugs intended to wean me away from it. Interview: ALASTAIR DOWNIn this four-part interview the five times HWPA Racing Writer Of The Year and Channel 4 presenter talks about his life in racing, his early days on Fleet Street, working on course, TV presenting, his love of Cheltenham and in particular the Festival. There would be no me if there wasn't a we," she adds. Working for The Sporting Life and Old Fleet Street, interviewing Jeffrey Bernard for a job at The Weekender at the Coach and Horses. Eventually after ma-in-law's 80th entreaty he said he would be there in a minute. The poster quoted can hardly complain about literary style and comprehensibility. Which renowned racing journalist was spotted well before the first on Tuesday in the Quevega bar at Cheltenham, pint in hand, unsteady on his feet and rather the worse for wear when he was supposed to be at work? Ive also seen the rise of Willie Mullins, who I have known for donkeys years and when I met him first, he was just an amateur with the idea that he might train a bit and look where he is now! But of course after the Gold Cup, I was watching it with a friend of mine and he said Alistair, you dont want to watch this and of course Cyril and Nortons Coin had won it! I think the Government would be wrong to stand in the way [of licensing psychdelic treatments] if the trials prove successful.. He is best known for his tenure from 1975 to 1983 as chairman of Burmah Oil, which he rescued from near-bankruptcy. Greene's guest appearances include those with Eric Burdon, Walter Trout, Coco Montoya, Savoy Brown, John Nmeth and Debbie Davies. Her television work had not dried up, exactly, but was more sporadic outside of the series with Jason. On one occasion after a long day at the races, John had repaired to bed after his "tosh" bath to you and I in order to watch his beloved Newcastle on the box. "When it got to my lungs I was basically rotting. He won the Pertemps three times aged 11, 12, 13 (i think) and he was an absolute legend - partly because of his silly name and partly because he was locally trained and wanted ground like Passchendaele. Ive grown to trust him, so Ill probably take them. So far! Mum and Dad weren't going to spend the whole day legging me up endlessly, so on him I stayed. The old fire burns again when the discussion returns to Boris Johnson and the Government. Not a bit of it. I had the unquenchable privilege of being raised by parents who simply never made distinction between Jew or gentile, black or white. "Now Fat Al, I am two glasses ahead of you but I am sure you will catch up.". Please god may it be true. The great sort out of information happens on Sunday, which is spent entirely on the telephone. I thought I was John Paul Getty - or the modern day Bill Gates! He was loaded with both. You find yourself doing stupid things as well! "That's why they got me a mobile aged six, so they could find me. Interesting comments but I still rate Alastairs journalistic skills and thought he was excellent on the RP chat the other night.Nobody uses War analogies to describe Horses racing round a field quite like Mr Down himself. Ruby will watch six horses in a race and will know exactly what the workings are and he will know their position and pace - the position is crucial at Cheltenham, if you lose it that is it because you won't get back in and if you make a mistake, making ground and choosing when to do it, is extremely difficult. Alistar is an alternative form of Alistair, the Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Alasdair, ultimately from Ancient Greek , meaning "Defender . Mulching and Watering God knows what he was doing but when you watch the videos it's bloody funny.". Bye-bye clip-clop, hello hip-hop. Carol Routlege is not someone, like me, you can imagine sitting on a beach with a load of hippies getting stoned. That struck me as a sign of progress. Frost and Nicholls with Black Corton after their Grade 1 Kauto Star Novices' Chase victory at Kempton on Boxing Day. I turn to him for everything and he has looked after me perfectly. They were very good about it.". So, it is you, you and yours which you are concentrating on. When she won her first 10,000 race she bought Mum a new Aga. You only thing you can do as a parent is to do your level best to make them understand that you are there for them, whatever happens. Details of his life were hard to garner and it was always my feeling that he was forced to rise above something of an unhappy childhood. V sad to hear of Alastair Down's battle with Alcoholism after spending 28 days in US booze clinic, but what a true man to write such an open piece about this his illness in his columnin the RP, i personally would like to wish this truly gifted racing journalist and presenter the very best of luck in the battle ahead and to say that takes a real "'Where the hell did that come from?" And why The Booby? There were no tears at that moment, but I write these sparse words through a hopeless mist. It was agony when I was surfing because my body couldn't process the saltwater I was swallowing. The plays territory of power games in a sexually ambiguous, dream-like atmosphere was one she inhabited as of right. Often, even in deepest Devon, it is customary to inherit a little something from your granny but Bryony has already bequeathed a gift in the other direction. It was right on the winning line in a stand that no longer exists and I was offered it; it was a box for 12 with the dining room out of the back - I think we got about 42 people into the box! She was wonderful, too, as a seductive Countess in Jean Anouilhs The Rehearsal, translated by Jeremy Sams, at the Almeida and then the Garrick in 1990; and offered what Michael Billington described as a highly intelligent study in devouring sensual rage in David Hares The Rules of the Game, adapted from Pirandello and directed by Jonathan Kent, also at the Almeida, in 1992. We had reached that stage. A gamble that went astray at Leicester Races. So I went back to hospital and they said I must have pulled a muscle and I told them that the pain had to be more than that. He is best known for his tenure from 1975 to 1983 as chairman of Burmah Oil, which he rescued from near-bankruptcy. But honestly, if Id have said then and and been the first person to tell Jeremy I think you should go for the leadership and I think youll get it, I mean nobody thought that was possible. Not as often as I did to Ed, he chuckles. Fat Al Down is a pretentious dullard who never uses one word where a whole essay (and one where banging on about Arkle is obligatory) would do. I'd like to live in a place where they cordon off swans Cheltenham Festival 2023: British trainers eager to end Irish dominance, The Most Successful Jockeys at the Cheltenham Festival, 6 Ways Free Horse Betting Tools Can Help You Win, Grand National contenders await weights announcement. "Now she wants a wooden floor in the kitchen," she laughs. Down joined the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company in 1938 in London and was posted to Mandatory Palestine. Additionally, modern pennies are only 2.5% copper, so older pennies should be used instead for better results. Alastair Frederick Down was born in Kirkcaldy, Fife on 23 July 1914 to Frederick Edward Down (18721956), an officer in the Indian Police, and Margaret Isobel Hutchison (18841962). He would return in his bowler hat on a Friday night and I would go and get the racing paper on my bike on Saturday morning. In his final months, Alastair struggled with severe mental illness; despite the very best efforts of his family and friends, he succumbed to his illness and chose not to go on. He has tales to tell on owning legs in horses and opinions on several aspects of horse racing. In this final part Alastair talks about his writing, advice from John McCririck, improving your vocabulary, his friends in the game, his love of the foot soldiers in the industry. Alastair Howells (26) is now in the clear, after receiving a specialist procedure to remove the lymph nodes from his abdomen after fears the cancer had spread from his testes. If youre really really in crisis, have a bit of luck, and know the system, you might get decent treatment. She has fizz, frankness and a fine facility with the spoken word, although she confesses disarmingly that spolling is not her string point. So, I suppose from the age of five, when I had my first bet on the Grand National (there was a grey horse; almost white, called Nicolaus Silver) and I put two old pennies on it and then 20 minutes later I had half a crown. ]The great Lester PigottThe incomparable ArkleI think its your round (cont page 94). I messed up the start at Fakenham on a favourite and when I rang him on the way home he said 'there was no point in effing talking to you this morning as you weren't effing listening'. Alas no more. Upon graduation he took articles in accountancy, and qualified in Edinburgh in 1938. From 1922 to 1927 he attended Edinburgh Academy, and from 1927 to 1932 attended Marlborough College. Im afraid I neither know nor do I care! Then at 15 she fell off and the sky fell in. AboutPressCopyrightContact. That's why I'm going to kill you last.". She got her conditional licence in the summer with Paul Nicholls and says: "That was rock'n'roll time. I dont get the sense that Johnson sees this as a priority at all. "My skin felt like it was crawling with ants and spiders and it played havoc with my emotional state. Before you get started, you'll need to decide what type of vegetables you want to grow. not being able to lift, move or rotate (turn) your leg. Nicola Pagett played Masha, rather than Irina, in Chekhovs The Seagull at Greenwich theatre in 1974; and the Saint Maur school attended by Nicola was in Yokohama, rather than Tokyo as an earlier version indicated. Mac, deep into the 90th minute, told her where to go. Well, to them of course, this week approaches for months and I know so many of the combatants well these days. So where now for the disgraced Dunguib? Does he talk to Keir Starmer much? She was perfect as Ophelia, Regina the maid and the lovelorn Masha, trapped in a romantic triangle. Nothing in the form book gave Boyneside a ghost of a chance but he made his ground steadily and jumped into the lead at the last and set off up the hill, hard ridden, head down and battling. There is some cruelty in its beauty, its a very hard place and I have seen desperate tragedies to horse and human there and you know that those risks are being run on your behalf. Hes very good at his job but excess will hurt both his performance and obviously his health. But rise he did, not least because he forged an alliance of steel with a woman who was very much the making of him. Unfortunately the disasters are always more interesting than the winners in a sense, because everyone's had winners. The conclusion was that I'd bruised the membrane around my kidney. It's all about repaying that faith and I know I can. In 1942 he was appointed a Member and in 1944 an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, and in 1945 was appointed a Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau. She will, as nothing fazes her. Campbell praises her for doing so and believes it will be a test case to see how far Parliament and parliamentary authorities have come concerning mental health. Down left British Petroleum in 1975 and was appointed chairman of Burmah Oil, which he rescued from the verge of bankruptcy. Ranvir Singh, political editor of ITV's Good . And she starred with Peter Davison as Sonia Drysdale in Aint Misbehavin (1994), a comedy series of marital mishaps and alleged adultery written by Roy Clarke. His piece on JT McNamara was superb and adopted exactly the right tone, keeping that distinctive written voice locked away so the reader could focus on the quotes from JT and his family. Now they are back and being used in several trials that could change the way clinical depression is treated. And the signs are very, very encouraging. Of how many can that be said? They love having her force and vitality about the place and the girls in Nicholls' office describe her as "fantastic". Nicola Pagett in Harold Pinters Party Time at the Almeida theatre in 1991. "'I don't know, it just came into my head,' was what I said.". Er, no, he laughs. The debate is in a much better place, but services are a mixed picture. The footballer turned respected pundit and businessman talks to Alastair Campbell about self-belief, sport and politics By Alastair Campbell Alastair Campbell Meets Eddie Jones Eddie Jones is. But it was done vast ego aside because he cared above all for you and I. With the side effects of some of them you can feel very numb, your mind isnt quite there, youre not functioning properly, but the one Im on now just seems to work. This article was amended on 5 and 29 March 2021. "My father, who's no longer with us, insisted on seeing if she was a match for his kidney so he could donate one to her but it wasn't possible. What support do they get? Some days were better than others. You only realize how good both he and Mac were when you see the viewing figs go down faster than a Thai brass! What fuelled your love of racing do you think? Hes popular with a minority who like him and like his style, but there is a majority there to defeat him which is split every which way.. I'm finding it hard to believe we're in heaven. It got into her lungs and she couldn't breathe. On recent evidence though, it seems he has very little to offer. One of them said I had fulfilled their lifetime ambition as he went into his local pub in Shipston on Stour that night which was full of people from Cheltenham and he bought everyone in the pub a drink because he had backed it at 250/1! Occasionally we had a disagreement, not least because I could be an ill-tempered little thing. ", This article is available free as a sample. Amongst the people there, was a vast gentleman from Samoa - who went on to make millions and millions of pounds in the computer industry in America. There are few mysteries as complex as other people's marriages, but should you require a textbook definition of devotion look no further than Mr and Mrs John McCririck. Hadden got there first as the handicapper has clobbered Dad with a few more pounds round the hips mind you, he has put on a couple of pounds as his diet used to be just an apple a day.". She is simply uplifting and everything a 22-year-old should be with the world at her feet. Humour and humanity sums it up very well. The opposition parties get that this is a really, really dangerous Government, and a dangerous time for the country, but whether then theyre prepared to take the necessary steps to come together to beat them where they cant beat them on their own is a debate theyve surely got to have. We are a passionate community of over 55,000 horse racing fans, commentators and industry professionals. Sponsored, of course, by Specsavers. Then he asks me if I remember the last time I came off them, which is a few years ago, and he digs out the notes to remind me and shows me that I had a massive, massive, massive crash. - a day in the life of Constitution Hill, Eight things the new ministers need to know about the gambling review, The Big Punting Survey: revealing racing's 'Radio 4 problem', The Big Punting Survey: one in six have already been hit with affordability checks, 'At the prices I'll have to take him on' - Pricewise guru Tom Segal answers your Cheltenham questions, Community, Environment and Corporate Responsibility. Gardening is a great way to spend time outdoors and get in touch with nature. Having tried various anti-depressants in the past, he has settled on sertraline and feels quite lucky that it works better than other medications. I think all you can do is be there for them whatever the circumstances, but its really, really hard. Nicola Pagett, second left, with Michael Jayston, David Jason, Gwen Taylor and David Yelland in the television drama A Bit of a Do, 1989. There is nowhere else like Cheltenham for that level of competition and excitement; you can fancy a horse all year and think it will win a race there and it may run the race of its life and still end up sixth! You learn a lot just watching them. "I can take pain now because it's nothing compared with what I felt then. It's all about experience. Many a time I had to sell ponies before they had reached their full potential. After divorcing Graham in 1997, she lived alone in East Sheen, south-west London with a couple of Persian cats keeping her suitably feline company stoically dealing with her illness, making a domestic agenda of cooking and gardening, and going for power walks whenever she could. "The other day I said to him 'my family gave me the tools and you've taught me about the work to use them on'. I love the atmosphere, I love the anticipation, I love the excitement and I love the test. When I came round Dad was leaning over me but I thought I was still in bed and was asking him not to send me off to school. He gets right to the heart of it. "I wouldn't be talking to you if it wasn't for Paul and Clifford Baker, who is simply class. - Free Online Library Walking into The Ivy for lunch and seeing this be-fezzed loon ensconced on a wide banquette, chosen as he found a chair mildly restrictive after a course or four. . Cheltenham has been made easier over the years and many, many more ways than it has been publicised - but rightly so, and we are still making innovations, like after last years four miler - which was a bit like the refute from Moscow but without Napoleon. Sad really. Campbell recently paid a visit to meet Dr Carol Routledge, the chief medical and scientific officer at Small Pharma, a pioneering British company using DMT, a hallucinogenic and psychedelic drug that occurs naturally in many plants and animals, which experts hope can tackle the root causes of depression. Alastair Frederick Down was born in Kirkcaldy, Fife on 23 July 1914 to Frederick Edward Down (1872-1956), an officer in the Indian Police, and Margaret Isobel Hutchison (1884-1962). He ended the war as a full colonel. 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