Auteur/autrice : Elisabeth Gandy

In September we also bid an emotional farewell to tennis royalty. Roger Federer, King of the courts who has reigned for over 25 years, played his last professional competition in the Laver Cup, a tournament he originated. Starting out as an enormously talented but tempestuous teenager, he evolved into the most elegant player and personality of the modern era. Even his most ardent opponent and friend, a tearful Rafael Nadal admitted: “When Roger leaves the tour, an important part of my life is leaving too because all the moments that…

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For almost two weeks an entire nation came together to mourn the most prodigious public servant in its history. Then on the 19th September the World stood still as nearly half the population in the UK and around 4 billion worldwide watched her funeral. The congregation numbering representatives from 168 countries including monarchs, presidents and prime ministers was testament to the love and respect she commanded across the globe. She was, as President Macron quite rightly stated, not just “your Queen, but THE Queen”. To read The Snippet in its…

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