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ENDNOTES, March 2015

Posted on February 27, 2015 by leslie

ENDNOTES March 2015 In this edition: Treasured Classics from violinist, Devorina Gamalova * Wim Henderickx and his avant-garde collective * Tasmin Little plays French violin sonatas * Elgar from Norway A former principal violinist of the Neue Elbland Philharmonic Orchestra … Continue reading →

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Posturing, positioning and electioneering

Posted on February 25, 2015 by leslie

Posturing, positioning and electioneering Derek Turner anticipates a possible transformation of the political landscape As the general election campaign limps into its last months, politicians have been working hard to sway what is expected to be an unusually unpredictable race. … Continue reading →

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The Ambrette, Canterbury

Posted on February 24, 2015 by leslie

EpiQR Epicurean Expeditions with Em Marshall-Luck The Ambrette, Canterbury Canterbury is a city that has long held a position of not just importance but also affection in the nation’s consciousness. From its early days as a Roman town through to … Continue reading →

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Barack Obama misunderstands Islam

Posted on February 22, 2015 by leslie

Barack Obama misunderstands Islam Ilana Mercer makes the case The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) is not Islamic, announced Barack Obama, during a White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism (with an emphasis on violence inspired by the … Continue reading →

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Inside Putin’s Russia

Posted on February 21, 2015 by leslie

Inside Putin’s Russia Frank Ellis reviews a timely but one-sided account Peter Pomerantsev, Nothing is True and Everything is Possible: Adventures in Modern Russia, Faber & Faber, London, 2015, ISBN 978-0-571-30801-9 Unlike Anne Applebaum, who is cited on the rear … Continue reading →

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Weber’s Epigone

Posted on February 20, 2015 by leslie

Weber’s Epigone  Bill Hartley considers a curious contention Early Islam and the Birth of Capitalism, Benedikt Koehler, Lexington Books, London 2014, 212pps  The Prophet Muhammad was a businessman and entrepreneur. This is one of the many interesting facts revealed in … Continue reading →

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Truth – that’s so yesterday

Posted on February 14, 2015 by leslie

Truth – that’s so yesterday Ilana Mercer considers celebrity journalism Facts are a journalist’s stock-in-trade. He cannot be cavalier about the truth. Nevertheless, Brian Williams, the suspended iconic managing editor and anchor of NBC Nightly News, embellished liberally about events … Continue reading →

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A very British hero

Posted on February 9, 2015 by leslie

A very British hero Robert Henderson’s take on the Turing biopic The Imitation Game  Main Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing Keira Knightley as Joan Clarke Matthew Goode as Hugh Alexander Mark Strong as Maj. Gen. Stewart Menzies Charles Dance … Continue reading →

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Whence Isis?

Posted on February 8, 2015 by leslie

Whence Isis? Ilana Mercer traces the origins of a death cult For the neoconservatives, ground zero in the creation of the Islamic State (ISIS) is the departure of the American occupying forces without a Status of Force Agreement (SOFA). At … Continue reading →

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Elegy for Minor Emperors

Posted on February 4, 2015 by leslie

 Elegy for Minor Emperors by Michael Davis No one will mourn Caesar Not the stiff-necked night-watchmen at the German border Neither the green nor the black olives Nor the disinherited crown _ The grapes won’t sour on the vine The … Continue reading →

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