Very Few Borders have Soft Edges
As the US Open commences and the immovable side, service and baselines of tennis courts will determine players’ fates, it seems our nation’
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Julian Dowse
- Aug 2, 2020
- 7 min
Playing the Percentages
I have always believed that 95% of people do the right thing 95% of the time.
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Julian Dowse
- Jun 13, 2020
- 6 min
Gone with the Mob
England’s statues are falling down
Falling down, falling down
England’s statues are falling down
Why ,oh why, are we so angry?
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Julian Dowse
- Feb 7, 2020
- 16 min
Aus Open 2020
Impeachment trials; US-China Trade agreements; a booming and then faltering Australian stock market; so much to consider.
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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
- 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
- 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
- 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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