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ENDNOTES – Tosca by Numbers LESLIE JONES
ENDNOTES – Tosca by Numbers Tosca by Giacomo Puccini, Royal Opera House, 13th May 2014, production by Jonathan Kent: the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House conducted by Oleg Caetani, with Oksana Dyka as Floria Tosca, Roberto Alagna … Continue reading
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Tagged Franco Corelli, Giacomo Puccini, Leslie Jones, Maria Callas, Oksana Dyka, Roberto Alagna
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ENDNOTES – A sad pavan for these distracted times STUART MILLSON
ENDNOTES A sad pavan for these distracted times STUART MILLSON remembers two overlooked English Civil War composers The period of the English Civil War was a time of profound anxiety for the country. The breakdown of authority and civil order … Continue reading
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Class inaction EDWARD DUTTON
Class inaction EDWARD DUTTON finds that societies tend towards social immobility The Son Also Rises: Surnames and the History of Social Mobility Gregory Clark, Princeton University Press, 2014, hb., 366pp In his ground-breaking 2007 book A Farewell to Alms, … Continue reading
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Tagged class system, Edward Dutton, English surnames, Gregory Clark, heredity, social mobility, social status, The Son Also Rises
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A Northern Light for Europe’s darkest hour STODDARD MARTIN
A Northern Light for Europe’s Darkest Hour STODDARD MARTIN enjoys a new biography of one of the most admirable – if enigmatic – figures of World War Two THE HERO OF BUDAPEST: The Triumph and Tragedy of Raoul Wallenberg … Continue reading
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Tagged Admiral Horthy, Adolf Eichmann, Adolf Hitler, Arrow Cross, Bengt Jangfeldt, Raoul Wallenberg, Stoddard Martin
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