Author Archives: leslie

ENDNOTES, June 2021

Posted on May 29, 2021 by leslie

ENDNOTES, June 2021 In this edition: French song, from Chandos Records; RPO plays English music on BBC Radio 3, reviewed by STUART MILLSON A sensuous musical delight from the balmy rural byways of France this time, courtesy of Chandos Records: … Continue reading →

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Virgil’s Aeneid

Posted on May 28, 2021 by leslie

Virgil’s Aeneid G.B. Conte (ed.), Publius Vergilius Maro: AENEIS, Editio altera, De Gruyter, 2019. Pp. IX-LI; 1-384, reviewed by Darrell Sutton It is always a happy occasion when a critical text of a classical author is released. Much more opportune … Continue reading →

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Reign Check

Posted on May 24, 2021 by leslie

Reign Check by Stuart Millson The Scottish National Party won a majority of seats at May’s Holyrood elections, but Scots remain divided over the future of their country. There is a chance now to restore the fortunes of the United … Continue reading →

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The Writer’s First Commandment

Posted on May 24, 2021 by leslie

The Writer’s First Commandment by Ilana Mercer “The proper aim of education [was] to make virtue habitual.”— Leonard Roy Frank, my friend & editor of Random House Webster’s Quotationary In his 2004 foreword to my book Broad Sides, Peter Brimelow, … Continue reading →

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The Emergence of Media: Humanity’s Endgame?

Posted on May 21, 2021 by leslie

The Emergence of Media: Humanity’s Endgame? by Mark Wegierski This writing is as an attempt — building on the insights of figures as intellectually diverse as Marshall McLuhan, the lesser-known media theorist Harold A. Innis, Canadian philosopher George Parkin Grant, … Continue reading →

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Power Slave

Posted on May 20, 2021 by leslie

Power Slave Calhoun; American Heretic, Robert Elder, Basic Books, New York, 2021, hb, 640 pp. Leslie Jones reviews a masterful biography Senator John C Calhoun, that tireless and intrepid champion of slavery, was born in South Carolina in 1782. His father, a … Continue reading →

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The Problem is Anti-Whiteness

Posted on May 10, 2021 by leslie

 The Problem is Anti-Whiteness by Ilana Mercer Institutionalized, systemic anti-whiteness, allied to demonization of whites: this is the creed that is becoming entrenched across state and civil society in the U.S.  Chiseled down, these are also the building blocks of … Continue reading →

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ENDNOTES, May 2021

Posted on May 4, 2021 by leslie

ENDNOTES, May 2021 In this edition: Phoenix – music for oboe and piano from EM Records;  Imogen Holst’s Suite for Solo Viola; Eleanor Alberga takes to The Wild Blue Yonder; Czech Philharmonic – online, reviewed by Stuart Millson We venture … Continue reading →

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Loose Channon

Posted on May 1, 2021 by leslie

Loose Channon Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries 1918-1938 (volume I), edited by Simon Heffer, Hutchinson, 2021, £35, reviewed by Bill Hartley One of the weightiest publications to appear this year must be Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries 1918-38, edited by Simon … Continue reading →

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All over ‘Arry, like a Cheap Suit

Posted on April 25, 2021 by leslie

All over ‘Arry, like a Cheap Suit by Ilana Mercer Fancy that! A member of a meritless political dynasty, the McCains, has panned the duty-bound British monarchy. There is a revolving door between Big Media, be it the neoliberal CNN or … Continue reading →

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