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REVIEW: Thimble Summer
Nov. 6th, 2026 08:30 pmThimble Summer: Elizabeth Enright. Puffin reprint 1966.
Garret Linden, aged between 10 and 11, will always remember this summer as the titular ‘thimble summer.’ ( Read more... )
Garret Linden, aged between 10 and 11, will always remember this summer as the titular ‘thimble summer.’ ( Read more... )
REVIEW: The Wolf in Winter
Oct. 11th, 2026 02:19 pmNovak Djokovic: The Wolf in Winter (2026)
Featuring: Novak Djokovic
Directed by Jason Hehir
It’s worth saying that I watched this as the US Open was going on, which I was following, not watching, so I watched this, in the vain hope that it would influence Amazon Prime to remember that time it had the rights to tennis for the UK market and try to get them the next time the rights were up.
This documentary feature is ( Read more... )
Featuring: Novak Djokovic
Directed by Jason Hehir
It’s worth saying that I watched this as the US Open was going on, which I was following, not watching, so I watched this, in the vain hope that it would influence Amazon Prime to remember that time it had the rights to tennis for the UK market and try to get them the next time the rights were up.
This documentary feature is ( Read more... )
I caught up with the quarter-final between GB and Czechia in Shenzen. ( Read more... )
I was also able to see the women’s US Open final in full on YouTube. ( Rybakina won. )
I was also able to see the women’s US Open final in full on YouTube. ( Rybakina won. )
Tennis: Davis Cup mainly
Sep. 21st, 2026 05:49 pmThe Davis Cup second round weekend ( Read more... )
Episode 8, quarter finals - theme: (literary) icons
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Episode 9, semi finals – theme: wardrobe heroes
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Episode 10, final – theme: gala
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Episode 9, semi finals – theme: wardrobe heroes
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Episode 10, final – theme: gala
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TENNIS: US Open '26 round 4 onwards
Sep. 14th, 2026 05:59 pmThe fourth round: ( Read more... )
The quarter-finals: ( Read more... )
The semi-finals: ( Read more... )
Finals: ( Read more... )
The quarter-finals: ( Read more... )
The semi-finals: ( Read more... )
Finals: ( Read more... )
OVERVIEW: The Family at Kilmory
Sep. 10th, 2026 08:24 pmThe Family at Kilmory: Elizabeth Leitch. Blackie. First published 1955, inscribed 1957.
I started reading this in Scotland, and finished reading it in Wales. It’s a slice of life family story about the Macnabs at Kilmory, a farm on the island of Westerey ( Read more... )
I started reading this in Scotland, and finished reading it in Wales. It’s a slice of life family story about the Macnabs at Kilmory, a farm on the island of Westerey ( Read more... )
REVIEW: The Elusive Grasshopper
Sep. 7th, 2026 05:47 pmThe Elusive Grasshopper: Malcolm Saville, Armada, 1978.
This Lone Pine Adventure overlaps with ‘Lone Pine Five’, and ( Read more... )
This Lone Pine Adventure overlaps with ‘Lone Pine Five’, and ( Read more... )
REVIEW: Fireweed
Sep. 2nd, 2026 09:32 amFireweed: Jill Paton Walsh
Hot Key Books 2013, first published 1969.
At the bottom of the back of this book, it asks ‘WHAT’S IN IT?’ and answers ‘FRIENDSHIP, SURVIVAL’ and ‘THE BLITZ.’ ( Read more... )
Hot Key Books 2013, first published 1969.
At the bottom of the back of this book, it asks ‘WHAT’S IN IT?’ and answers ‘FRIENDSHIP, SURVIVAL’ and ‘THE BLITZ.’ ( Read more... )
Episode 5, theme: sports
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Episode 6, theme: kids
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Week 7, theme: music
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Episode 6, theme: kids
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Week 7, theme: music
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REVIEW: Above Suspicion
Aug. 31st, 2026 10:33 amThis week may well be me posting about my summer reading and doings.
Above Suspicion: Helen MacInnes, Harrap, First published October 1941, this publication March 1944.
The story begins in ( Read more... )
Above Suspicion: Helen MacInnes, Harrap, First published October 1941, this publication March 1944.
The story begins in ( Read more... )
TENNIS: The North American swing '26
Aug. 30th, 2026 07:40 pmThe Washington DC tournament must ( Read more... )
The men were in Montreal for the Canadian Open, ( Read more... )
The women in Toronto had ( Read more... ) Cincinnati ( Read more... )
Sinner pulled out of the US Open, but Alcaraz announced he’d be returning there, which is going to be interesting. Draper has also withdrawn, and his physical woes continue.
I said I’d go by results in the build-up to pick a favourite, ( Read more... )
The men were in Montreal for the Canadian Open, ( Read more... )
The women in Toronto had ( Read more... ) Cincinnati ( Read more... )
Sinner pulled out of the US Open, but Alcaraz announced he’d be returning there, which is going to be interesting. Draper has also withdrawn, and his physical woes continue.
I said I’d go by results in the build-up to pick a favourite, ( Read more... )
REVIEW: The Upper Fifth in Command
Aug. 20th, 2026 07:38 amThe Upper Fifth in Command: Winifred Darch
(Part of ‘The New Winifred Darch Omnibus’, Oxford University Press, Reprint 1938)
This is one of the superior examples of the plotline where ( Read more... )
(Part of ‘The New Winifred Darch Omnibus’, Oxford University Press, Reprint 1938)
This is one of the superior examples of the plotline where ( Read more... )
REVIEW: Dimsie Grows Up
Aug. 10th, 2026 08:17 amDimsie Grows Up: Dorita Fairlie Bruce, Oxford University Press. First published 1924, this impression 1949
When we first meet Dimsie here, she’s ( Read more... )
When we first meet Dimsie here, she’s ( Read more... )
Episode 1, theme: British summer time
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Episode 2, theme: print and colour
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Episode 3, theme: reduce, reuse, recycle
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Episode 4, theme: Mexico
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Episode 2, theme: print and colour
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Episode 3, theme: reduce, reuse, recycle
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Episode 4, theme: Mexico
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