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Trumpian consequences- trip, stumble and fall
Yesterday, President Trump announced his most sweeping set of economic tariffs. He, alone amongst all considered opinion, believes the...
lydiajulian1
Apr 4, 20252 min read


Retreats, resurrections and elections
Earlier this week I attended an end of term retreat with senior students. It occurred to me that the event and its timing were...
lydiajulian1
Apr 2, 20256 min read


What's it all about, Alfie?
What’s the quip?: “Never trust a used car salesman or a specialist”. Well, maybe we will have to add meteorologists to the list. Last...
lydiajulian1
Mar 10, 20256 min read


100 years on, are we voting in the right way?
It is often said that adaptation is the key to biological survival and evolution. Many sporting codes have clearly taken that advice to...
lydiajulian1
Feb 25, 20256 min read


Hey Mr. President, can you spare us a tariff?
Americans had their Presidential and Congressional elections last November. Australia will have its Federal election by the end of May....
lydiajulian1
Feb 17, 20256 min read


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 12, 20245 min read


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...
lydiajulian1
Dec 5, 20245 min read


And the nominations and winners keep coming!
Happy Birthday Mr. President! Joe Biden is 82 today. He is busy trying to carve out his lame duck legacy, even strolling away from the...
lydiajulian1
Nov 20, 20245 min read


The winner takes it all!
Get used to hearing much more about Grover Cleveland! Rarely mentioned amongst the pantheon of American Presidents, Cleveland served as...
lydiajulian1
Nov 7, 20245 min read


If the Presidential election were a tennis match...
Imagine a tennis match where two old combatants are preparing to recontest the final, having contested it four years before. Suddenly,...
lydiajulian1
Oct 29, 20244 min read


Is he more sinned against than sinning? Whatever one's view, Sinner is winning!
So, the world keeps producing its jolts. The unrelenting reminders of change and mortality. Ethel Kennedy, Robert Kennedy’s widow, dies...
lydiajulian1
Oct 14, 20246 min read


Au revoir Paris, bonjour Flushing Meadow!
It probably is a shock to all other than the most ardent of tennis fans that the US Open starts next Sunday with its qualifying rounds....
lydiajulian1
Aug 12, 20246 min read


Marchons! Oui, Marchons- one week down, one left at the Olympics
Today, 110 years ago, World War One begun. Arguably the defining moment of modern history, the Germans thought they could reach and...
lydiajulian1
Aug 4, 20246 min read


He can bide his time no more...
Well, well, well. The inevitable has occurred. Joe Biden has succumbed to the relentless logic of politics. His party do not believe he...
lydiajulian1
Jul 22, 20244 min read


Wimbledon is on my mind
Does anyone go to work on a Friday anymore? In this post-Covid world the relative absence of foot and car traffic at the end of a...
lydiajulian1
Jun 30, 20246 min read


From Adelaide to Rome to Paris- the West is still worthy!
Last weekend I was treated to time in Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. An underrated city, often overlooked by being in the...
lydiajulian1
May 9, 20245 min read


First in Tasmania, then for the rest of us?
Tasmania is Australia’s smallest and only island State within the Federation. The nation’s smallest State, it is close in the size to...
lydiajulian1
Apr 9, 20245 min read


Prying eyes, camera lies and unclear images
In 1948 George Orwell wrote an ominous novel predicting the destinies of citizens in the post-War world. In the same year photo-finish...
lydiajulian1
Mar 24, 20246 min read


Three double faults can cost a player a game; three double standards can cost all of us
A spoiler warning: the following comments are not designed to offend. Please read in the cause of commentary not controversy. Sometimes...
lydiajulian1
Mar 10, 20247 min read


'It's still the same old story...the fundamental things apply as time goes by' , or do they?
I suspect many would agree that the current world is one where the practice of old certitudes has never been less guaranteed. Be it the...
lydiajulian1
Feb 20, 20246 min read

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