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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 Draper has also withdrawn, and his physical woes continue.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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Day 9 QFs:

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Day 10 QFs:

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Day 5, round 3:

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Day 6, round 3:

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Should have noted that wild card seed Chwalinska was about to win her first-round match when she fell, got injured enough that it hampered her movement and she lost to a qualifier.

Day 2, round 1:

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