Author Archives: leslie

L’heure espagnole

Posted on March 25, 2021 by leslie

L’heure espagnole Reviewed by David Truslove ‘My only mistress is music’, Maurice Ravel once remarked. Considering he was a private, even secretive composer who avoided relationships, his comic opera L’heure espagnole, with its central good-time girl, offers a rare glimpse … Continue reading →

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Home is over Jordan

Posted on March 25, 2021 by leslie

Home is over Jordan Failed Führers ; A History of Britain’s Extreme Right, Graham Macklin, Routledge, London & New York, 2020, reviewed by Leslie Jones Introduction Failed Führers presents portraits in writing of ‘six principal idealogues and leaders’ from an … Continue reading →

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Wussification of the West

Posted on March 14, 2021 by leslie

Wussification of the West by Ilana Mercer Herewith, the latest in the saga of Dr. Seuss. The New York Times reports that “Six Dr. Seuss books will no longer be published because of their use of offensive imagery.” None other … Continue reading →

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#MeFirst Coven comes to Congress

Posted on March 8, 2021 by leslie

#MeFirst Coven comes to Congress by Ilana Mercer The media scrum framed the Trump impeachment circus, round II, as an “emotional” affair. Headlines homed in on the “emotion” surrounding the trial. “It Tears at Your Heart. Democrats Make an Emotional Case … Continue reading →

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Jobs not Snobs

Posted on March 6, 2021 by leslie

Jobs not Snobs by Bill Hartley They still dig coal in the North East, just. The company responsible is Banks Mining which operates open caste sites. Banks protests in vain that whilst the country needs coal, then better it should … Continue reading →

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ENDNOTES, March 2021

Posted on March 4, 2021 by leslie

ENDNOTES,  March 2021 In this edition: Elgar’s Italian maestro. Stuart Millson recalls conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli. When Worcestershire’s Edward Elgar emerged from what has been described as provincial obscurity into the realms of the European romantic mainstream, it became clear that … Continue reading →

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Systemic Rot – from Texas to California

Posted on March 1, 2021 by leslie

Systemic Rot – from Texas to California Ilana Mercer is twixt fire and flood Some blame a quasi-free-market in electricity for the collapse of the electrical grid in Texas, during a winter snow storm, mid-February, in which temperatures hovered at … Continue reading →

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Still Addicted to that Rush

Posted on February 21, 2021 by leslie

Still Addicted to that Rush Ilana Mercer, on the late king of radio Rush Limbaugh died on February the 17th. In the encomiums to conservatism’s radio king, mention was made of his 2009 address at the Conservative Political Action Conference … Continue reading →

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Rattus Republicanus

Posted on February 14, 2021 by leslie

Rattus Republicanus by Ilana Mercer The defining difference between Democrats and Republicans is this: Republicans live on their political knees. They apologize and expiate for their principles, which are generally not unsound. Democrats, conversely and admirably, stand tall for their core … Continue reading →

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The Walls of Jericho

Posted on February 11, 2021 by leslie

The Walls of Jericho Bill Hartley blows his trumpet Since the nineteenth century the expansion of our cities has seen settlements on the outskirts absorbed into the urban area. Occasionally though a town avoids this trend and manages to retain a … Continue reading →

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