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Philosopher on Fire
Philosopher on Fire Darrell Sutton considers Heraclitus Diogenes Laertius is a popular and reliable source for Heraclitus’ life: cf. Lives and Opinions, Book ix 1. Heraclitus, a native of Ephesus, lived around 500 BC. Too little is known of his … Continue reading
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Tagged Apostle John, Aristotle, Heraclitus
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Thoughts on the First Easter
Thoughts on the First Easter by David Ashton Desperate times, desperate measures. A global “Act of God” has significantly impacted on “faith” communities. Churches everywhere are closed to worshippers and communicants, because of another oriental virus. The Pope … Continue reading
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Tagged Christ, Easter, Resurrection, St Paul
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ENDNOTES, April 2020
Endnotes, April 2020 Stuart Millson, on the forgotten pleasure of browsing for records With the near demise of the record shop (our older readers may remember the much-loved Farringdon Records at Cheapside or Harold Moores in the West End), it … Continue reading
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Tagged Brahms, Carl Orff, Chopin, Deutche Grammophon, San Francisco Orchestra
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Vasilii Grossman’s Just Cause
Vasilii Grossman’s Just Cause Frank Ellis celebrates a defeat for censorship Green eyes cut the heart without a knife (Vasilii Grossman) I. Introduction: For a Just Cause or Stalingrad? Outside the circle of people who concern themselves with Grossman’s work … Continue reading
ENDNOTES, March 2020
ENDNOTES, March 2020 Remembering Vernon Handley by Stuart Millson A recent BBC Radio 3 performance of a recording of Bax’s symphonic poem, The Garden of Fand – and my own replaying of a landmark recording of Tippett’s Concerto for Double … Continue reading
E R Dodds, Remembered
E R Dodds, Remembered Rediscovering E R Dodds, Scholarship, Education, Poetry and the Paranormal, edited by C. Stray, C. Pelling and S. Harrison, Pp. 341, OUP, 2019, reviewed by Darrell Sutton “This book originated in a conference on E.R. Dodds held … Continue reading
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Tagged E R Dodds, Gorgias, Patristic Fathers, Platonism
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What the Ancients did for Us
What the Ancients did for Us Michael McManus, on our pagan heritage The pre-Socratic pagan philosopher Anaxagoras took two pots of paint, one black and one white. He took a drop of white and added it to the black, then … Continue reading
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Tagged Aristotle, Edmund Burke, Pagan gods, pre-Socratic philosophers
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ENDNOTES, February 2020
Endnotes, February 2020 Ethel Smyth’s Mass in D; overture to The Wreckers; and a recital at Middle Temple Hall, reviewed by Stuart Millson Ever since the revival of Ethel Smyth’s opera The Wreckers in 1994 (a once-famous piece, championed by such … Continue reading
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Tagged Ethel Smyth, Sakari Oramo, The Wreckers
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In a Royal Line
In a Royal Line ‘An Evening with Rosina Storchio’, recital of songs and operatic arias sung by Ermonela Jaho, accompanied by Steven Maughan at the piano, Sunday 2nd February 2020, Wigmore Hall, London, reviewed by Leslie Jones This was soprano … Continue reading
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Tagged Ermonela Jaho, Opera Rara, Rosina Storchio
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ENDNOTES, May 2020
Endnotes, May 2020 In this edition: Bruckner’s Second Symphony, by Stuart Millson Anton Bruckner (1824-96), organist, Wagnerphile and symphonist, has come to represent the pure, almost naive spirit of late-romanticism. From his earliest days in the Catholic church, to the … Continue reading →
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