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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’
Julian Dowse
Aug 30, 20209 min read
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Playing the Percentages
I have always believed that 95% of people do the right thing 95% of the time.
Julian Dowse
Aug 2, 20207 min read
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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?
Julian Dowse
Jun 13, 20206 min read
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Aus Open 2020
Impeachment trials; US-China Trade agreements; a booming and then faltering Australian stock market; so much to consider.
Julian Dowse
Feb 7, 202016 min read
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French Open 2019
Les Murray, for many our national poet, was farewelled this week at a State Memorial Service.
Julian Dowse
Jun 14, 201914 min read
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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.
Julian Dowse
Jan 30, 201920 min read
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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.
Julian Dowse
Jul 17, 201828 min read
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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.
Julian Dowse
Sep 14, 201715 min read
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Wimbledon 2017 - The old and the new once again!
Timing, timing- so much of life seems to be about timing.
Julian Dowse
Jul 18, 201726 min read
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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.
Julian Dowse
Jun 14, 201721 min read
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