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lydiajulian1
Dec 12, 20245 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...
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lydiajulian1
Dec 5, 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...
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lydiajulian1
Nov 20, 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...
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lydiajulian1
Nov 7, 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...
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lydiajulian1
Oct 29, 20244 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,...
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lydiajulian1
Oct 14, 20246 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...
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lydiajulian1
Aug 12, 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....
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lydiajulian1
Aug 4, 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...
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lydiajulian1
Jul 22, 20244 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...
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lydiajulian1
Jun 30, 20246 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...
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lydiajulian1
May 9, 20245 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. Â An underrated city, often overlooked by being in the...
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lydiajulian1
Apr 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...
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lydiajulian1
Mar 24, 20246 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...
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lydiajulian1
Mar 10, 20247 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...
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lydiajulian1
Feb 20, 20246 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...
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lydiajulian1
Jan 27, 20247 min read
Davis Cup form is good form as Djokovic is denied!
Reluctant as I am to use contemporary expressions that may not be understood by all, may I begin by offering the following ‘spoiler...
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lydiajulian1
Jan 22, 20246 min read
The seeds have been drawn and now 'quartered'- what happens next at the Australian Open?
The Australian Open has six days to run and the openings for Australian success have closed in the Men’s and Women’s draws. Yesterday’s ...
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lydiajulian1
Jan 9, 20248 min read
Let another Grand Slam year commence!
Isn’t it remarkable that, notwithstanding all that has come before, the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve generates a collective...
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lydiajulian1
Dec 2, 20236 min read
For every action there are legacies
For my sins, but with constant delight, I have taught Australian students for over 30 years about the structures and processes of its...
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lydiajulian1
Nov 12, 20235 min read
'Tis the season to be perturbed
The Christian season of Advent is nearly upon us, beginning on 3rd December, and marks the promise of something new and beginning with...
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