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EpiQR – King John Inn, Tollard Royal & Lucknam Park Hotel, Chippenham
The King John Inn, Tollard Royal The Brasserie, Lucknam Park Hotel, Chippenham EM MARSHALL-LUCK The King John Inn is found down twisting, winding, Wiltshire lanes, in the village of Tollard Royal, not far from the Dorset border. The views afforded … Continue reading
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Tagged Chippenham, Em Marshall-Luck, EpiQR, King John Inn, Lucknam Park, Tollard Royal
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EpiQR – Aurelia, Cork Street, London W1
Aurelia, Cork Street, London, W1 Em Marshall-Luck The exterior of the “contemporary Mediterranean” Mayfair restaurant, Aurelia, gives a good indication of the top quality food that awaits one within. The establishment is situated on quiet Cork Street behind the Royal … Continue reading
EpiQR – Sienna, Dorchester
SIENNA High West Street, Dorchester EM MARSHALL-LUCK This is an establishment that is really serious about its food – the finest ingredients, locally sourced wherever possible and absolutely fresh; cooked in a way that shows them off at their very … Continue reading
Will the “Pussy Riot” sisterhood storm the Sistine Chapel?
Will the “Pussy Riot” sisterhood storm the Sistine Chapel? ILANA MERCER wonders if the Catholic Church can resist women priests NO TO A ‘SUPERPOWER POPE’ Mercifully, the new pope is not the Archbishop of New York, Cardinal Timothy Dolan. Shortly … Continue reading
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Tagged Benedict XVI, Cardinal Dolan, Ilana Mercer, Pope Francis, Sexual abuse, women priests
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Apocalypse Discs – Stuart Millson
STUART MILLSON Quarterly Review Music Editor If I find myself on a desert island, or living in a nuclear bunker, or in a cave in Wales (the latter will have its own generator, so that my collection of CDs and … Continue reading
Apocalypse Discs – John Kersey
JOHN KERSEY Historian, musician and educationalist www.johnkersey.org As a musician, I face the prospect of having to save a limited number of works from certain apocalypse with a certain degree of trepidation. The difficulty is always that any selection is … Continue reading
Apocalypse Discs – Leslie Jones
LESLIE JONES Quarterly Review Deputy Editor Here are ten musical items in search of a desert island – hopefully, an island with WiFi! In no particular order… Les Préludes, Franz Liszt Music from this stirring and bombastic symphonic poem was … Continue reading
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Tagged Apocalypse Discs, Blondie, Die tote Stadt, Dream of Gerontius, Elgar, Korngold, Leslie Jones, Liszt, Motorhead, Nacht und Träume, Oedipus Rex, Parsifal, Schubert, Stravinsky, The Farm, Wagner
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“Harbours hitherto unseen” – the charm of Constantine Cavafy
“Harbours hitherto unseen” – the charm of Constantine Cavafy DEMETRIS DEMOPOULOS reviews a lavish tribute to the great Greek poet Shades of Love: Photographs Inspired by the Poems of C. P. Cavafy Dimitris Yeros, Insight Editions, Athens, 2012, hardback, 168pps., … Continue reading
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Tagged Cavafy, Demetris Demopoulos, Dimitris Yeros, Gore Vidal, Ithaca, Olympia Dukakis, Souls of Old Men, Thermopylae
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