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The rallies are over, let the reflections begin!
After the rallies at a Grand Slam tournament finish, the reckoning and reflection begin. Who won and why? What were the highlights,...
lydiajulian1
Jan 266 min read
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Wildfires, Ceasefires(?), Wildcards and wild predictions and here comes Trump!
If only history did not relentlessly seem to recycle events and moments! Only days after President Carter’s State funeral, we are...
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Jan 158 min read
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The year opens and we await the Australian Open
If ever there was an example of humans rowing their metaphorical boats, “against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”, it...
lydiajulian1
Jan 26 min read
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Will Advent be advantageous?
Christians prepare for the celebration of Christmas during the season of Advent. In an increasingly secular Australia, the faithless...
lydiajulian1
Dec 11, 20245 min read
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Is democracy in or out?
Before we know it the summer season of tennis will begin in Australia. Both Djokovic and Kyrgios, along with the World’s No.1 female...
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Dec 4, 20245 min read
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A new world order? Sadly, maybe only in tennis!
Tonight on Australia’s national broadcasting network the programme, Nemesis, premiered. It is a documentary which will chronicle the...
lydiajulian1
Jan 29, 20245 min read
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Davis Cup form is good form as Djokovic is denied!
Reluctant as I am to use contemporary expressions that may not be understood by all, may I begin by offering the following ‘spoiler...
lydiajulian1
Jan 27, 20247 min read
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The seeds have been drawn and now 'quartered'- what happens next at the Australian Open?
The Australian Open has six days to run and the openings for Australian success have closed in the Men’s and Women’s draws. Yesterday’s ...
lydiajulian1
Jan 21, 20246 min read
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Let another Grand Slam year commence!
Isn’t it remarkable that, notwithstanding all that has come before, the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve generates a collective...
lydiajulian1
Jan 8, 20248 min read
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For every action there are legacies
For my sins, but with constant delight, I have taught Australian students for over 30 years about the structures and processes of its...
lydiajulian1
Dec 2, 20236 min read
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Comings, goings and those that keep going
As one year ends and another-secular or lunar- begins, it is customary to reflect on those who have departed in the previous twelve...
lydiajulian1
Jan 29, 202310 min read
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Destiny, destiny- who is to know?
As a new year beckons, it is inevitable that individuals and societies consider what their destiny may be in the months ahead....
lydiajulian1
Dec 28, 20227 min read
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The Greatest Open-Australian-of all Time?
“Where there is discord, may we bring harmony”. So said Margaret Thatcher, quoting St. Francis of Assisi, upon entering No. 10 Downing...
lydiajulian1
Feb 1, 20229 min read
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Guess who's coming to the tennis?
The question is, would the character played by the much loved and recently departed Sidney Poitier in his 1963 movie be more welcome to...
lydiajulian1
Jan 12, 20226 min read
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Djokovic v the World: no vaccination, a contested exemption, a denied visa and a court appeal!
It just keep’s happening! A new year and the overlap of politics, world affairs and Grand Slam tennis continues. One of my holiday reads...
lydiajulian1
Jan 6, 20225 min read
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Tremors!
It says something about the potent ubiquity of Covid-19 that it continues for most to be the only topic in town as we begin the third...
lydiajulian1
Dec 31, 20216 min read
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Melbourne's Grand Slam closes , but controversies remain open
Perhaps more than ever this year’s Australian Open confirmed how Grand Slam tennis is often an unwitting barometer of the political and...
lydiajulian1
Feb 27, 202111 min read
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Australian Open champions set to be unmasked, like the rest of us!
In 1988 when the Australian Open was played for the first time at its new venue, then called Flinders Park, history was made when mid-way...
lydiajulian1
Feb 15, 20217 min read
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An Open and shut case?
Tomorrow, competition at the Australian Open is set to commence. The gates will be open, but even after the first ball is struck there...
lydiajulian1
Feb 7, 20218 min read
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A fortnight to go, but what to celebrate before then?
Tomorrow, January 26th, Australia and India have national days of celebration. For India it is their Republic Day, which commemorates...
lydiajulian1
Jan 25, 20219 min read
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