Julian DowseFeb 7, 202016 minAus Open 2020Impeachment trials; US-China Trade agreements; a booming and then faltering Australian stock market; so much to consider.
Julian DowseSep 15, 201916 minUS Open 2019 - The numbers and the year fitAs 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.
Julian DowseJul 16, 201920 minWimbledon 2019Good God, the world is strange. President Trump is promising to make Iran great again after imposing sanctions to make it economically weak
Julian DowseJan 30, 201920 minAus Open 2019: The Next Generation cometh - well maybe for the women, but not yet for the menLast 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.
Julian DowseSep 16, 201816 minUS Open 2018Having sought to establish a connection between tennis and patterns of social and political conduct in the wider arenas of life....
Julian DowseJul 17, 201828 minWimbledon 2018Not long after this year’s French Open Stephen Hawking’s ashes were interred in Westminster Abbey, next to those of Sir Isaac Newton.
Julian DowseFeb 11, 201820 minAustralian Open 2018: 20 to 1Last year’s Australian Open was a lavish, almost excessive, serving of history, drama and entertainment. The tennis was clearly worth coming
Julian DowseSep 13, 201715 minUS 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.
Julian DowseJul 17, 201726 minWimbledon 2017 - The old and the new once again!Timing, timing- so much of life seems to be about timing.
Julian DowseJun 13, 201721 minFrench 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.
lydiajulian1Feb 2, 201719 minAustralian 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”...
Julian DowseSep 18, 201615 minUS Open 2016I 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
Julian DowseJul 17, 201613 minWimbledon 2016“…Djokovic will be vulnerable in the wake of his maiden French victory.”
Julian DowseJun 21, 201620 minFrench Open 2016Well, there is certainly a more than a touch of French plus ca change in the air at the moment.
Julian DowseFeb 19, 201620 minAustralian Open 2016I type as the field gathers for the Lightning Stakes at Flemington. A Group One race for the best equine sprinters in the land.