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What friends are for
What friends are for, by Bill Hartley The Society of Friends, better known as the Quakers, has been associated with the town of Darlington in County Durham since the 17thcentury. Even the local football club is nicknamed the Quakers. … Continue reading
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Rigoletto, Opera Holland Park
Rigoletto, Opera Holland Park Rigoletto, Opera Holland Park, June 3rd 2023; opera in three acts with music composed by Giuseppe Verdi, Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave; a new production by Opera Holland Park, directed by Cecilia Stinton; the City … Continue reading
Endnotes, June 2023
Endnotes, June 2023 In this edition, Bach’s Goldberg Variations, in a new recording on the Chronos label, reviewed by Stuart Millson J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 – stands alongside Rachmaninov’s Second, or Mahler’s Symphonies Five to Seven, written some … Continue reading
Blowback
Blowback Matthew Goodwin, Values, Voice and Virtue, The New British Politics, Penguin, 2023, Pb, 239 pp, U.K. £10.99, reviewed by Leslie Jones A major realignment is taking place in British politics, according to Matthew Goodwin, Professor of Politics at the … Continue reading
Revelations
Revelations Selma Gokcen and Kenneth Cooper, Bach Revealed: A Player’s Guide to the Solo Cello Suites by J.S. Bach, Volume One – Suites I and III BWV 1007–1008, reviewed by Joseph Spooner Judging by the designations given to musical events, … Continue reading
Speke for England
Speke for England River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile, Candice Millard, Swift Books, 2023, pp349, reviewed by William Hartley Two Victorian explorers risking their lives and wrecking their health … Continue reading
Endnotes, May 2023
Endnotes In this edition: Carl Nielsen, an inextinguishable force in music, reviewer Stuart Millson The surging Nordic seascapes of Denmark – winds from the North and Baltic Seas; the rustle of springtime in the rural realm of Funen; the Danish … Continue reading
The Categorical Imperative
The Categorical Imperative, by Bill Hartley For many years our prison system has operated on the basis of incentives. A prisoner who behaves himself can expect to … Continue reading
The Pauline Corpus in Early Christianity
Benjamin P. Laird, The Pauline Corpus in Early Christianity: its Formation, Publication and Circulation. Hendrickson Academic (2022). Pp. i-xx, 1-371. $59.95. Reviewed by Darrell Sutton Revisions of doctoral dissertations are not necessarily a pleasure to read. In this case, however, … Continue reading