Michael White

Nov 16, 2023 | nymag.com | Michael White |Paul Liebrandt |Michel Richard |Einat Admony

Paul Liebrandt’s slow-roasted turkey in black-truffle butter, from our 2013 Holiday Food issue. Photo: Bobby Doherty/New York Magazine Appetizer:• Curry-Squash Bisque With Jumbo-Lump Crab Entrée• Slow-Roasted Turkey in Black-Truffle Butter• Black-Truffle-and-Bone-Marrow Bread Pudding• Potato-Celery-Root-Fontina Gratin• Brussels Sprouts With Creamy Bacon Dessert• Pumpkin-Mousse Pie 2 butternut squashes, halved, seeds removed, drizzled with olive oil5 tbsp.

Nov 15, 2023 | falkirkherald.co.uk | Michael White

​Here is this week’s rugby column, in partnership with Rugby Memories Scotland. WEEKLY ANSWERSLast week’s mystery player was Phil Bennett. And yes it was true - the first set of International Rugby Board rules agreed that the value of a try was only one point. COACH OF THE YEAR? Andy Farrell of Ireland was recently voted World Rugby Coach of the Year, and nobody can deny the success he has achieved. Some in the rugby fraternity however could have made a case for Fiji coach Simon Raiwalui.

Oct 25, 2023 | falkirkherald.co.uk | Michael White

There were many excellent tributes paid to Sir Bobby Charlton who died last Saturday. They came from all over the football world and all stressed his contribution to the game at every single level - as a player, manager, director, ambassador and friend. Everyone was full of praise for the man himself and emphasised his personal qualities of modesty, humility and kindness.

Oct 25, 2023 | falkirkherald.co.uk | Michael White

Here is this week’s rugby column, in partnership with Rugby Memories Scotland. WEEKLY ANSWERSLast week’s mystery player was the late Doddie Weir. And it is true – rugby was an Olympic sport back in 1900. WORLD CUP UPDATEFriday night saw Argentina face the All Blacks and the one-sided encounter confirmed the folly of the original pool allocations. If it had been a boxing match, the referee would have stepped in to avoid further punishment.

Oct 17, 2023 | falkirkherald.co.uk | Michael White

​​Here is this week’s rugby column, in partnership with Rugby Memories Scotland. ​WEEKLY ANSWERSLast week’s mystery player was former Hawick and Scotland winger Tony Stanger and you may have recognised the ex-player making the presentation – Andy Irvine. Unbelievably, there were 111 lineouts in the Scotland v Wales game at Murrayfield in 1963. The Welsh scrum-half Clive Rowlands constantly kicked for touch. As a result of this, the laws of the game were changed.