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Maja writes… Мајо, кога бираш?

New desk — better view, less perfume. Alex is kind and makes me laugh a lot. He explains things without metaphors. Julian keeps walking past like a shark that forgot why it’s circling. He mentioned he’s writing a memoir. About what, I’m not sure. Probably himself.

Julian? Alex? I wonder who my third Састанак на слепо will be?

The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player

The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player

“Tennis belongs to the individualistic past – a hero, or at most a pair of friends or lovers, against the world.” (Jacques Barzun)

 

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Julian writes… it’s a lorra, lorra laughs. Not.

A change of atmosphere. Maja now sits at Alex’s desk “for training purposes,” though I detect a whiff of Eleanor’s interference. She avoids my gaze but that, I think, is a symptom of denial. These things happen when passion is inconvenient. I’ve begun drafting “Love and Other Marginal Notes: A Memoir from the Publishing Floor.” Working title. I spent the afternoon revising our intern induction materials, inserting a new paragraph on “Cross-Cultural Communication in a Creative Environment.” Eleanor deleted it. Petty. I’m listening to Cilla Black on the office radiogram for some reason. It occurs to me that she was very underrated as a chanteuse. Alex keeps on switching her off though which is very inconsiderate of him.

The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player

The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player

“Tennis belongs to the individualistic past – a hero, or at most a pair of friends or lovers, against the world.” (Jacques Barzun)

 

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Maja writes… it’s turning into a Srodne duše moment but not in a good way.

Finally some peace. I asked Eleanor if I could work with Alex next week as he seems a calm kind of guy. Julian said something about “mentorship diversity.” He is strange, but not unkind. He just lives in his own movie. When I left, he waved too long. I pretended not to see. I remembered the old TV show, Srodne duše, which the Brits adapted into something called Blind Date. Ours was a match better version, with Ana Mihajlovski being a super hostess with the mostess. She is my heroine. Cilla Black? Who she? Alex, on the other hand is a different proposition… I think I need to find out more.

Confessions of an Ageing Tennis Player 2026 Calendar

Confessions of an Ageing Tennis Player 2026 Calendar

A 12 page, A4 calendar with images drawn from the Confessions of an Ageing Tennis Player by Nick Owen and illustrations by Paul Warren.

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