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From dinosaurs to Doric
From dinosaurs to Doric The Making of the Middle Sea – A History of the Mediterranean from the Beginning to the Emergence of the Classical World Cyprian Broodbank, London: Thames and Hudson, 2013, £34.95 [Greeks] live in a small part … Continue reading
ENDNOTES – Machinations in Mantua
ENDNOTES – Machinations in Mantua Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi, ENO, 15th February 2014, evening performance: directed by Christopher Alden, orchestra conducted by Graeme Jenkins Leslie Jones imbibes an intoxicating concoction at English National Opera Verdi and his librettist Francesco Maria Piave … Continue reading
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Tagged Christopher Alden, ENO, Giuseppe Verdi, Leslie Jones, Rigoletto, Sopranos
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PERSPECTIVE – Long Walk to Freedom
Long Walk to Freedom Dir: Justin Chadwick, Cert 12A, 146 min ROBERT HENDERSON watches the much-hyped Mandela biopic There are two films currently on release with a very high PC approbation quotient: 12 Years a Slave and Mandela: A Long … Continue reading
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Tagged ANC, apartheid, Idris Elba, Justin Chadwick, Nelson Mandela, Perspective, Robert Henderson, SACP, The Long Walk to Freedom
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Warming shots
Warming shots Watermelons: How Environmentalists are Killing the Planet, Destroying the Economy and Stealing Your Children’s Future James Delingpole, London Biteback Publishing, 2012, pb., 312pp EDWARD DUTTON reviews a fiery broadside against Greenery The title Watermelons grabs the reader’s interest. … Continue reading
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Tagged Climategate, Edward Dutton, Greens, James Delingpole, manmade global warming
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Right royal retribution
Right royal retribution The King’s Revenge: Charles II and the Greatest Manhunt in British History Don Jordan and Michael Walsh, London: Abacus Books, 2013, 383pp, pb. EDWARD DUTTON finds he is hooked on an obscure but fascinating chapter in English … Continue reading
Dimocracy
Dimocracy Democracy and Political Ignorance – Why Smaller Government is Smarter Ilya Somin, Stanford University Press, 2013, 280pp ROBERT HENDERSON is unimpressed by an earnest screed against uninformed politics Does the ignorance of voters matter in a system of representative … Continue reading
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Tagged Democracy and Political Ignorance, Dimocracy, Ilya Somin, Robert Henderson
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Germany, in the eye of the beholder
Germany, in the eye of the beholder Christopher Webster van Tonder, Erich Retzlaff volksfotograf, with contributions by Rolf Sachsse & Wolfgang Brückle, School of Art Press, 2013 Erich Retzlaff Volksfotograf, an exhibition of photographs from the School of Art Collection, … Continue reading