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America, Your Benefactor is Never the State

Posted on October 29, 2014 by leslie

America, Your Benefactor is Never the State Ilana Mercer sides with the market The market place brings plenty; the state does the opposite. Yet not a day goes by when consumers, ignorant of the forces that feed, clothe, cure, employ, … Continue reading →

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Our friends in the North

Posted on October 27, 2014 by leslie

 Our friends in the North Endnotes, November 2014. A vision of Norway – the music of Johann Halvorsen * Remembrance – and the spirit of King Arthur from Elgar * A Bach pilgrimage in Kent. The Estonian conductor Neeme Jarvi … Continue reading →

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Replay – Last Orders – The desolation of quiet desperation

Posted on October 27, 2014 by leslie

Replay – Last Orders – The desolation of quiet desperation Robert Henderson discovers that more may not be less Last orders, main cast – Michael Caine as Jack Dodds, Tom Courtenay as Vic Tucker, David Hemmings as Lenny, Bob Hoskins … Continue reading →

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A drama of the everyday

Posted on October 26, 2014 by leslie

A drama of the everyday Robert Henderson relishes the return of the real Film review – Locke, 2014. Locke, main cast – Tom Hardy as Ivan Locke, Ruth Wilson as Katrina (voice), Olivia Colman as Bethan (voice), Andrew Scott as Donal … Continue reading →

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History for Sale

Posted on October 20, 2014 by leslie

History for Sale  Bill Hartley salvages some buried heritage A community may lose its sense of place and cohesion for various reasons. Economic decline or changes to the built environment are two of the most obvious. Sometimes though it can … Continue reading →

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Dying for the President’s Deadly Dogma

Posted on October 19, 2014 by leslie

Dying for the President’s Deadly Dogma Ebola – Ilana Mercer barracks Obama Africa, like Trayvon Martin, is extremely important to Barack Obama. “If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon,” the president said famously about the slain teenager. The … Continue reading →

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EpiQR – Summer Lodge Hotel and Restaurant, Evershot

Posted on October 15, 2014 by leslie

EpiQR Epicurean expeditions … with Em Marshall-Luck Summer Lodge Hotel and Restaurant Evershot There are few establishments that I have regretting leaving as much as Summer Lodge Hotel and Restaurant, an unassuming and cosy gem tucked away in rural Dorset, … Continue reading →

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Elmore’s Farm

Posted on October 15, 2014 by leslie

Elmore’s Farm By Luke Torrisi  The dogs’ chorus draws me to the night sky, I look up to see the crushed quartz underfoot Mirrored in the clear black. A ring of onlookers From the heavens, like an ancient audience. They … Continue reading →

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Before the deluge

Posted on October 10, 2014 by leslie

Before the deluge Stuart Millson enjoys a capital account of a world order on the brink 1913: The World before the Great War, Charles Emmerson, Vintage Books, 2013, paperback, 528 pages, ISBN 978-0-099-57578-8, £9.99 “At Easter 1913 Tsar Nicholas ll … Continue reading →

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The Savonarola of Suburbia

Posted on October 9, 2014 by leslie

The Savonarola of Suburbia Henry Hopwood-Phillips debunks new leftism Owen Jones, The Establishment: And How They Get Away With It, Allen Lane, London, 2014, pp 368, £16.99 If you’ve heard of him its possible that is you’ve been blocked by … Continue reading →

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