Monthly Archives: November 2013

Cold constitutional

Cold constitutional   On the ice-edge of the hill Gazing down grateful from verge of valley, Coming in across country, a splinter of winter –   My feet hold fields. And today, I saw the sun so wonderfully die, The … Continue reading

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Home life of a predator – scenes from a Leopard’s den

Home life of a predator – scenes from a Leopard’s den DEREK TURNER reviews the latest addition to the ever-growing field of ‘Leopardology’ Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa – A Biography Through Images Gioacchino Lanza Tomasi, Alma Books, Richmond (Surrey), 2013, … Continue reading

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War Requiem

Benjamin Britten, War Requiem, Royal Albert Hall, Sunday 10th November: Semyon Bychkov, conductor, Sabina Cvilak, soprano, Allan Clayton, tenor, Roderick Williams, baritone, BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Symphony Chorus, Crouch End Festival Chorus, The Choristers of Westminster Abbey Britten told … Continue reading

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ENDNOTES – Great Britten remembered

Great Britten remembered Benjamin Britten, A Life in the Twentieth Century Paul Kildea, Allen Lane, 660 pps, hb, £30 This year, the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Benjamin Britten is being commemorated, and I doubt that there is … Continue reading

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Man of Aran – Erse ethnofiction

Man of Aran – Erse ethnofiction Man of Aran (1934) The Aran Islands guard the mouth of Galway Bay, a NW to SE diagonal archipelago made up of three major islands – Inishmore, Inishmaan and Inisheer – plus a couple … Continue reading

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La Bohême

La Bohême Stoddard Martin visits Prague by proxy PRAGUE, CAPITAL of the TWENTIETH CENTURY: A Surrealist History, by Derek Sayer, Princeton University Press, 2013 There is a mystique about Prague which makes it for some the most alluring of European cities. … Continue reading

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