I’ve followed this tournament even less avidly than usual - we’re so out of sync, and they have matches at mind-boggling times. So, it was a series of names for me until the finals: ( Read more... )

Here are a couple of links:

From Silver Petticoat Review Why you should read Mary Stewart.This feature delves into the appeal of Stewart’s romantic suspense books from the perspective of someone who'd just found them. I started reading them as a teenager and return to them as comfort reads, so I have no objectivity, but the points made here ( Read more... )

So, in the semi-finals, both their incredible journeys caught up with Edmund and Chung, and the more seasoned campaigners made their way through. Must have been disappointing for those who came to watch.

I managed to watch the highlights programme on the Beeb of both finals without knowing the outcome. ( Read more... )

If I don't post now, the Australian Open will be over for another year before I've written anything about it! I haven't seen or listened to any of it, because the timings just don't work out, but I've been following the stories: withdrawals, the open women's side getting even more open, and Kyle Edwards's Edmund's amazing run. Beating Anderson was ( Read more... )

By way of the BBC's hightlights programmes!

Ladies
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Well, well, well( Read more... )

I haven’t posted for quite a while, during which time I haven’t read many feather-ghyllesque books. That is, I read Dead in the Water, one of Carola Dunn’s Daisy Dalrymple mysteries, in which she and Alec solve a murder over a weekend - a book I happily read while day-tripping.

In the meantime, the news about Maria Sharapova has come out. ( Some thoughts )

I truly did mean to post this five days ago, or so!

I followed the slam by the headlines, mainly, being pleasantly surprised ( Read more... )

I’ve mostly been following the results this year - it was striking that the last 8 women were as mixed a bunch as ever, but apart from Federer being replaced by rising star Nick Kyrigos, all the men’s top seeds were there.

However, it was no. 1 and 2, Serena Williams vs Maria Sharapova this morning. ( Read more... )

I haven’t posted anything about the Australian Open this year, because for most of the tournament, I merely followed the headlines - great heat, seeds ‘toppling’. But I did sit down to see the women’s final yesterday morning, and ( Read more... )