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The Walpole Bay Hotel and The Minnis, Margate

The Walpole Bay Hotel and The Minnis, Margate “You either get it or you don’t”, says the proprietress, with a retro-skirted swish of dress, and a passion that burns for the hotel like a girl for her fairy castle. If you … Continue reading

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The Demography of Evil

The Demography of Evil Ilana Mercer demands a “victims of communism” day April the 15th marked Holocaust Memorial Day. Nearly everyone knows about the industrial killing of 6 million Jews, for no other reason than that they were Jews. “Serious … Continue reading

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ENDNOTES May 2015

ENDNOTES May 2015 In this issue: An Archduke from Beethoven * Intimate letters from Janacek * A sonata for strings by Malcolm Arnold * Pageant of British music from Chandos. Recorded live in the fine acoustic of St. George’s Bristol, … Continue reading

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Subtracting the self

Subtracting the self Robert Henderson is impressed by a harrowing depiction of dementia Still Alice: Main Cast Julianne Moore as Alice Howland Alec Baldwin as John Howland Kristen Stewart as Lydia Howland Kate Bosworth as Anna Howland-Jones Hunter Parrish as … Continue reading

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Libertarian Anarchism’s “Justice” Problem

Libertarian Anarchism’s “Justice” Problem Ilana Mercer grapples with “the nit and the grit” of reality To the extent that the Constitution comports with the natural law—upholding the sanctity of life, liberty, privacy, property and due process—it is good; to the … Continue reading

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What next in Russia’s “near abroad”?

What next in Russia’s “near abroad”? The Ethnic Conflict Information Centre identifies possible scenarios Ukraine’s modern history has been dominated by its struggle for national identity and self-determination in the face of aggression and outright occupation from its bigger Russian … Continue reading

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Strangeways Remembered

Strangeways Remembered Bill Hartley recalls the notorious prison riot  Twenty five years ago in April 1990 the worst riot in British penal history took place at Manchester’s Strangeways prison. Much has been written about the event notably the report by … Continue reading

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Get off Your Knees, Gov. Pence! (You’re not in a Gay Bathhouse)

Get off your Knees, Gov. Pence! (You’re not in a Gay Bathhouse)  Ilana Mercer enlists in the culture wars Pretend the U.S. is as free as the Founding Fathers intended it to be. In this authentically (and classically) liberal America, … Continue reading

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ENDNOTES, April Edition

ENDNOTES, April Edition The QR reviews Elgar’s masterpiece, The Dream of Gerontius – and interviews conductor, Ronald Corp, who conducted the performance at St. John’s, Smith Square, with the London Chorus, on 26th March “This is the best of me…” … Continue reading

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The “We Need to Have a Conversation” Malarkey

The “We Need to Have a Conversation” Malarkey Ilana Mercer deconstructs a liberal take on immigration You know just how scholarly a policy paper is when it is studded with a clichéd expression like “we need to have a conversation … Continue reading

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