Djokovic rules supreme, but what about the rules we all need?
Over the last fortnight tennis players in Paris have battled for world supremacy as have Australian and Indian cricketers across the...
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lydiajulian1
- May 28
- 6 min
Laissez les jeux commencer a Paris!
If one can believe all the hype Europe’s forthcoming summer tourist season is predicted to be its busiest ever . A ‘Covid backlog’ of...
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lydiajulian1
- May 8
- 9 min
Crowns and thrones- newly worn and relinquished
This reflection is dedicated to the memory of Mr. Patrick Rafferty, who passed away on ANZAC Day, a day short of his 93rd birthday. The...
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lydiajulian1
- Apr 24
- 6 min
Giants, fallen and falling...
We are told there are very few certainties except the oft quipped duo of death and taxes. For what seems the living memory of most the...
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lydiajulian1
- Jun 7, 2022
- 8 min
A Platinum Monarch, a new PM, painful Post-Mortems in America and Parisian tennis matches
Few probably realise that the French Open has provided Central America with its first ever Grand Slam champion. Marcelo Arevalo from El...
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lydiajulian1
- May 22, 2022
- 8 min
So, what do we now know?
When, in a fortnight’s time, the finals of the French Open are played the respective champions will be awarded their trophies because...
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lydiajulian1
- May 19, 2022
- 6 min
Forty eight hours to go!
Some days you remember more than others. 21st August 1983 is one of those days. In peaceful, democratic Australia, the newly elected...
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lydiajulian1
- Apr 13, 2022
- 11 min
Nous tous! Australia and France go to the polls and then we focus on Roland Garros
The political terms left and right wing were coined when what became known as the Tennis Court oath was taken during the French...
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lydiajulian1
- Jun 15, 2021
- 10 min
Farewell Roland Garros 2021: Thank you for more of the old and more of the new!
Even the most ardent Republican tennis fan living in the southern hemisphere must acknowledge the fortuitous nature of the Queen’s...
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lydiajulian1
- May 23, 2021
- 6 min
Paris awaits!
So, is some of the world is returning to normal? Qualifying rounds at Roland Garros start tomorrow, with the tournament proper starting...
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lydiajulian1
- Oct 12, 2020
- 11 min
Paris never disappoints!
When Michael Chang won the French Open in 1989 defeating Stefan Edberg in five sets, he was just over 17 years old. The following year...
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Julian Dowse
- Oct 4, 2020
- 7 min
A pox on both candidates!
I have discovered that when searching for images to insert into articles, copying of certain photographs will result in a slightly...
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lydiajulian1
- Sep 27, 2020
- 11 min
Preparing for Paris in a pandemic
Probably the most important connection between tennis and politics was the declaration of the Tennis Court Oath in Paris on 20 June,...
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Julian Dowse
- Jun 14, 2019
- 14 min
French Open 2019
Les Murray, for many our national poet, was farewelled this week at a State Memorial Service.
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Julian Dowse
- Jun 14, 2017
- 21 min
French Open 2017-Rafael rolls on at Roland Garros and a new champion from the Baltic emerges!
This year the 4th of May marked one hundred days since the end of the Australian Open.
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Julian Dowse
- Jun 22, 2016
- 20 min
French Open 2016
Well, there is certainly a more than a touch of French plus ca change in the air at the moment.
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