From the NS archive: Wimbledon the wacky
1 July 1988: Wimbledon is a testament to all that is English – it is decent, proper, undemocratic and unfair.
ByNew Times,
New Thinking.
1 July 1988: Wimbledon is a testament to all that is English – it is decent, proper, undemocratic and unfair.
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