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Novak 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... )

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. )

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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The 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... )

First and second rounds:

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The third round:

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Episode 5, theme: sports

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Episode 6, theme: kids

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Week 7, theme: music

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The 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 Draper has also withdrawn, and his physical woes continue.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... )

Dimsie Grows Up: Dorita Fairlie Bruce, Oxford University Press. First published 1924, this impression 1949

When we first meet Dimsie here, she’s ( Read more... )

Day 13:

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