Back in my days of Twitter I predicted Osaka would be a force sweeping through the top class players. Taken a lot longer than either she or I anticipated but on her performance in this Slam she's almost there. #USOpen #TennisSky 🎾
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Back in my days of Twitter I predicted Osaka would be a force sweeping through the top class players. Taken a lot longer than either she or I anticipated but on her performance in this Slam she's almost there. #USOpen #TennisSky 🎾
Lack of positive serve comes back to haunt Coco. #USOpen #TennisSky 🎾
A situation I know well.
Oh - they're for tomorrow over breakfast. Osaka/Gauff takes priority.
Australian Open - don't have celebs so everyone is there for the tennis French Open - elite attend but they know their tennis Wimbledon - all celebs are herded into the Royal Enclosure. Sporty, they love tennis US Open - celebs turn up for a few games - get noticed - leave. #USOpen #TennisSky 🎾
I wondered why we hadn't seen BJK before now. Attending her brother's funeral - loss of a sibling must be so hard. Either you've known them all their life or they've known you all your life. 🫶 #USOpen #TennisSky 🎾
In 30 pages, the Good Friday Agreement cites the ECHR seven times as an essential safeguard www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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Try all-weather like my chairs and I have a cover for the table.
That's easy. The current book I'm reading and if they don't like it they're not for me.
Takeaways so far from the US Open - Taylor got engaged and some loser got caught on camera stealing a child's gift. Oh and there was some tennis. #USOpen #TennisSky 🎾
The number of times I have walked those pavements en route for the RSC's theatrical home.
Enjoying watching Cagney and Lacey again after so many years. Tyne Daley hit the ground running as Lacey and never let up. 😘
Someone tell Ghislaine Maxwell - she doesn't know. 🙈🙉🙊
Bill Gates
You know why? BECAUSE IN THOSE DAYS DRESSES DIDN'T HAVE POCKETS!
WTF?
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Well that's me put in my place. Lehecka was certainly frazzled against Mannerino. Code violation for swearing. 🫢 #USOpen #TennisSky 🎾
High Five Gene Wilder GIF by Laff media3.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2l... The Alcaraz forehand reminds me of Gene Wilder's fast draw in Blazing Saddles. "Want to see it again?" #USOpen #TennisSky 🎾
I have never finished the book. Tried reading it twice in my childhood. Never got further after Ginger died. 😭
There were some hairy moments for Sinner in that match against Shapovalov. No1 works it through and shows what a master of the game he is. #USOpen #TennisSky 🎾
It is my hope that Trump pre-deceases Biden. That would so piss him off.
Is your handle on there the same as on here? May have something to do with it? 🤔😂
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This is the dictator our King and our government are fawning over. It's reminiscent of Thatcher's regard for Pinochet. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
And Wheelchair Tennis is yet to start.
I've not read the books - not really my thing - it was the cast that lured me.
A waste of great British acting talent. It's OK but only OK. IMO.
Rybakina is a brick wall. Emma has to make her move. #USOpen #TennisSky 🎾
Just what you needed: A cock in a frock on a rock.
Something of nothing. Nice hearing Cat Stevens at the end. #ThursdayMurderClub
Cobolli/Brooksby 4.5 hour match where it's been so close it's awful Brooksby had to lose. But as a supporter of all things Italian I'm glad Cobolli won. #USOpen #TennisSky 🎾
Final set tie-break for Cobolli and Brooksby. Just right. After way over 4 hours this could run and run... #USOpen #TennisSky 🎾
This really is such an interesting book in terms of comparison with today. Schama says: "The notion of government office as a form of private property strikes modern sensibilities as... irreconcilable with public interest. " As per Trump and his cronies.
Gutted for Jack Draper #USOpen #TennisSky 🎾
Jiri Lehecka is such a watchable player. He is quite solid. But can surprise. He's also very neat if you see what I mean. Tidy. He doesn't get frazzled. He doesn't let emotion get the better of him. Just gets on with his job. And gets red in the face. ☺️ #USOpen #TennisSky 🎾
Ed Davey sticks to his principles. Salute. 👏 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"America sneezes and we catch a cold." The current US administration is a blueprint for Reform. Our right of democracy will be undermined and stripped away. It won't be an imperceptible erosion. The band-aid will be ripped off as soon as they get into power. The BBC is compliant with this.
I'm reading Simon Schama's in-depth tome of the French Revolution 'Citizens'. On page 40 (of over 900) he says this: "For it is at the top, rather than in any imaginary middle of French society, that the cultural roots of the Revolution should be sought" Fartage & his ilk are repeating history.
"It turned out to be a piece of shit." The only valid description of Brexit. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It contains one of my favourite film quotes: Ok, I'll meet you at the place near the thing where we went that time.
The commentators on the Sinner/Kopriva match are the American equivalent of Castle and Lloyd. 🤦♀️🙄 #USOpen #TennisSky 🎾
I know it's International Dog Day but bringing your pooch to the tennis is just weird. Maybe it will catch the ball of one comes it's way. I'm trying to think of a suitable pun... #USOpen #TennisSky 🎾
The talk Draper gave himself off court worked. Phew! What a great opponent he had in Gomez. Highly entertaining. #USOpen #TennisSky 🎾
And now I have finished all 4 books. Two weeks immersed in the ancient Greek world of gods and monsters. Thank you Stephen Fry for a riveting journey. #BookSky 📚
Although I hate to see a player retire, Sebastian Korda timed it nicely for me to watch Jack Draper on my TV instead of my phone. #USOpen #TennisSky 🎾
Any update on Russia/Ukraine Peace process Mr President? Or have you lost interest because you couldn't achieve the deal you wanted... ... to get you that coveted Peace Prize?
It's 10 years since I last helped anyone claim PIP. The claim form was one of the worst application questionnaires I've ever come across. The hoops people had to jump through just to be awarded a basic decent allowance were mind-boggling. Obviously nothing has improved.
'Hostage' is preposterous of course but very watchable. #Hostage #Netflix
Yes. Very pleased that happened. Naturally good doubles players showing how it's done.
It ended up being 70% against.
Watching the swimming at Lausanne. It should be athletics but it is chucking it down. They could have dispensed with the water jump in the steeplechase. The jump board on the long jump has come apart because the water has pushed it up and out. Everyone looks thoroughly miserable. #DiamondLeague
AI as it is meant to be used. BBC News - How eight seconds of scratchy audio from a VHS tape gave a mum back her voice - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC app is running a vote: Ace or Double Fault. So far it's 69% Double Fault 31% Ace
I've already lost interest. This isn't proper doubles. Don't try and make it what it isn't. Just call it Exhibition Tennis and we all know where we are. #USOpen #TennisSky 🎾
Toronto want both players playing there next year. Cincy hasn't spent all that money for them not to play there. Then straight into the Open. It's too much. Top players getting deep into tournaments are going to be more prone to injury and burnout.
So sad for Jannik Sinner - well both of them really. Hope he's recovered to defend the US Open #CincyTennis #TennisSky 🎾
Strictly has well and truly lost its glitter #StrictlyComeDancing BBC News - Police investigating Strictly 'drug use' claims www.bbc.com/news/article...
It's on every one of my playlists.
Hearing the full statement from Putin - as Basil Fawlty said - You started it! #Alaska #Anchorage #Ukraine 🇺🇦
I wonder how Othello and Iago are getting on? #Alaska #Anchorage #Summit
The first one.
Well said Matt Frie. Pointing out that Putin is a wanted man for war crimes and Trump is a convicted criminal. #C4News #Alaska #Anchorage #Summit
Russian 'spokesperson' just said that Russia is fighting for Ukraine's 'freedom' and to make it a democracy. Does he really think we believe him? They are so stupid. Dangerously stupid. Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦
Usually when I finish a book I wait at least a day before starting another. Finishing a book is both satisfying and a bereavement. How wonderful then that having finished 'Mythos' Stephen Fry's first volume of Greek Myths, I can immediately pick up the second - 'Heroes' - with no gap. #BookSky 📚
Not the best tennis from either player but the Sabalenka/Raducanu match was highly entertaining. #CincyTennis #Cincinatti #TennisSky 🎾
Peaceful demo disrupted by police wasting their time. Yvette Cooper has got this so wrong. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Great to see Cam Norrie has earned himself a seeding at. #Cincinnati #TennisSky 🎾
The music for the new The Count of Monte Cristo is Succession ish
Southern Water applies for permission to draw water from rare chalk stream
Of course he's culpable. We know it. He knows it. Everyone knows it. No one is going to out him.
I got two Only Connects and four UCs. Result. Now on Fake or Fortune where I haven't a clue.
The photos of Frances Hodgkins make me think she was lots of fun. #FakeOrFortune
There is a very simple solution. Just don't watch it. #Masterchef BBC News - MasterChef: BBC faces mounting pressure to not air new series after Gregg Wallace and John Torode sacked - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tom Lehrer just died. Again. BBC News - Trump moves nuclear submarines after ex-Russian president's comments www.bbc.com/news/article...
My current binge is Six Feet Under. It's every bit as good as I remember it being.
Oh! Canada - stick to your principles. The rest of the world backs you. 🇨🇦
WTF is wrong with people? Too many headlines like this. BBC News - Man held after children fall ill at summer camp www.bbc.com/news/article...
That's still at least 33 days of leeway for Netanyahu to add to the suffering he's already inflicted. #Palestine #Gaza
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Also from me. I love noticing what's still there today. I haven't been to London for years and enjoy 'visiting' through your posts.
The last paragraph is the most telling. He's still throwing his toys out of his pram. #Trump BBC News - Trump takes time out to open Scottish golf course www.bbc.com/news/article...
"Nigel: Farage makes bogus claim about £1m council savings" Exclusive: A fact check of Farage’s national TV claim shows he is making up the numbers Great local reporting here: www.nnjournal.co.uk/p/not-true-n...
Goldman Sachs chief says Brexit has left London’s financial status “fragile” as banks move to EU cities www.thelondoneconomic.com/business-eco...
21st century Tuck Shop.
The UK must immediately recognise Palestinian statehood. There can be no two state solution if there is no viable state left to call Palestine.
Black Sabbath were the first band I ever saw back in the early 70s. My then boyfriend was a fan. Sad news today. So glad they had that special concert two weeks ago. #OzzyOsbourne
I see a publishing race to publish Betty's Diaries #PostOfficeScandal #BBCBreakfast
10 years too late 🇪🇺 #ElectoralReform
Tried watching Human the new BBC2 series. When they showed a shot of a tree branch when talking about the various branches of homo sapiens it was a cliché too far. Shots of a professor in various locations on top of rocks and in a desert. All in the first 5 minutes. Perlease. 🙄
😂 I thought the same 😂
Can't wait until tomorrow...I hope they give you credit 😂
Wasn't it though? I ate the whole of my pizza in the first 5 games of the 2nd set and had only one glass of Prosecco!
No. Balding didn't mention it. I've watched all of the tournament on iPlayer because I can't stand all the hype that goes with it. I want to watch tennis not media
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And... if it had been the FA Cup they wouldn't have dared.
Bloody BBC. Thank goodness for iPlayer which I hastily switched to.
Just so happy for Jannik Sinner. After what he's been through this year whether you deem him guilty or not, this trophy is well deserved. On the day, which is what it's about, he delivered. #Wimbledon 🍓 #TennisSky 🎾
BBC Epic fail. Cutting the balcony appearance. If it was the FA Cup you wouldn't dare. #Wimbledon 🍓 #TennisSky 🎾