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Impeachment trials; US-China Trade agreements; a booming and then faltering Australian stock market; so much to consider.
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Julian Dowse
- Sep 15, 2019
- 16 min
US Open 2019 - The numbers and the year fit
As the Grand Slam season of 2019 ends there is a wonderful symmetry in the Men’s game between the numerals of the year and the statistics.
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Julian Dowse
- Jul 16, 2019
- 20 min
Wimbledon 2019
Good God, the world is strange. President Trump is promising to make Iran great again after imposing sanctions to make it economically weak
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Julian Dowse
- Jan 30, 2019
- 20 min
Aus Open 2019: The Next Generation cometh - well maybe for the women, but not yet for the men
Last year, an engaging Australian film, Ladies in Black, was released. Set in Sydney in 1959 it is a ‘coming of age’ story of a young girl.
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Julian Dowse
- Sep 16, 2018
- 16 min
US Open 2018
Having sought to establish a connection between tennis and patterns of social and political conduct in the wider arenas of life....
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Julian Dowse
- Jul 17, 2018
- 28 min
Wimbledon 2018
Not long after this year’s French Open Stephen Hawking’s ashes were interred in Westminster Abbey, next to those of Sir Isaac Newton.
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Julian Dowse
- Feb 12, 2018
- 20 min
Australian Open 2018: 20 to 1
Last year’s Australian Open was a lavish, almost excessive, serving of history, drama and entertainment. The tennis was clearly worth coming
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Julian Dowse
- Sep 14, 2017
- 15 min
US Open 2017-Still more of the old and the new!
Some may accuse me of searching too hard for metaphorical meanings within the game of tennis that explain and/or illustrate the real world.
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Julian Dowse
- Jul 18, 2017
- 26 min
Wimbledon 2017 - The old and the new once again!
Timing, timing- so much of life seems to be about timing.
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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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lydiajulian1
- Feb 3, 2017
- 19 min
Australian Open 2017-The stars shine!
How wonderful it is to be proved wrong for all the right reasons! After last year’s US Open I made the “somewhat risky and provocative”...
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Julian Dowse
- Sep 19, 2016
- 15 min
US Open 2016
I am often accused of still living in the Cold War, which is an entirely comfortable accusation because at least way back then the West knew
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Julian Dowse
- Jul 18, 2016
- 13 min
Wimbledon 2016
“…Djokovic will be vulnerable in the wake of his maiden French victory.”
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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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Julian Dowse
- Feb 20, 2016
- 20 min
Australian Open 2016
I type as the field gathers for the Lightning Stakes at Flemington. A Group One race for the best equine sprinters in the land.
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