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Endnotes, May 2024
Endnotes, May 2024 In this edition: Bruckner, restored; Welsh composers honoured in Cardiff; reviewed by Stuart Millson Siva Oke, Director of the SOMM record label, turns her attention once again to the world of vintage recordings. Like an art gallery … Continue reading
The Last Caravaggio
The Last Caravaggio Francesca Whitlum-Cooper, National Gallery Global, London, 2024, the catalogue of the exhibition The Last Caravaggio at the National Gallery, 18th April-21 July 2024, reviewed by Leslie Jones According to Giovanni Pietro Bellori, one of Caravaggio’s three seventeenth … Continue reading
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“We must Educate our Masters”
“We must Educate our Masters” By Duke Maskell Whenever the word “standards” crops up in connection with education, it’s time to lose heart (or to emulate Goering). Only two things are going to be said: that standards ought to be … Continue reading
No Shining Path
No Shining Path Bill Hartley, on the Peruvian pagaille Some countries get the heads of state they definitely don’t deserve. Worse still, they get them in rapid succession. A good example of this would be Peru, whose recent history is … Continue reading
Can of Worms
Can of Worms Dr A Kneen on extremism Who wants to be labelled an ‘extremist’? There can be adverse social, professional, and financial consequences for those so labelled. A person deemed an ‘extremist’ could even be referred to the government’s … Continue reading
Death in Venice (2)
Death in Venice (2) From Welsh National Opera, Thursday 7th March 2024 at the Millennium Centre, Cardiff. Reviewed by David Truslove. The adaptation of Thomas Mann’s 1912 novella Death in Venice by Benjamin Britten and Myfanwy Piper is one of … Continue reading
Endnotes, March 2024
Endnotes, March 2024 In this edition: George Lloyd’s Arctic symphony, plus Nicola LeFanu’s path across the dunes, reviewed by Stuart Millson Recently issued by Lyrita is a definitive collection of symphonic music by one of our country’s many overlooked composers, … Continue reading
Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor, 7 February 2024 According to a Mr Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (the Daily Mail, December 30, 2023), western liberal capitalist countries are best because they “produce the most danceable pop songs,” the “biggest blockbuster movies,” … Continue reading
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Tough Crowd
Tough Crowd Tough Crowd: How I Made and Lost a Career in Comedy, Graham Linehan, Eye Books, hb, 288 pp, £19.99, reviewed by Edward Dutton In the summer of 2000, queuing up outside the Almeida Theatre in London to attend … Continue reading