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FILM – Transcendence ROBERT HENDERSON

Posted on July 6, 2014 by Derek Turner

Transcendence Director: Wally Pfister In terms of pure filmmaking, this is a seriously flawed film. The dialogue is often clunking, there is a lack of character development and  the storyline is weak. Nonetheless, it  is a work which will repay seeing because … Continue reading →

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Free spaying for Stalinists ILANA MERCER

Posted on July 4, 2014 by Derek Turner

Free spaying for Stalinists ILANA MERCER supports faith-based businesses Today we celebrate the proclamation of the Declaration of Independence, on July 4, 1776. Just how little is left, in 2014, of the Declaration’s inalienable rights was demonstrated by the Supreme … Continue reading →

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Testing for humanity – The Plague Dogs revisited DEREK TURNER

Posted on July 2, 2014 by Derek Turner

Testing for humanity The Plague Dogs (book 1977, film 1982) DEREK TURNER revisits an animal rights classic I came across by chance recently a DVD of The Plague Dogs, a 1982 animation of Richard Adams’ bestselling 1977 novel. I was … Continue reading →

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Desperadoes in diapers ILANA MERCER

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Derek Turner

Desperadoes in diapers ILANA MERCER finds a minor problem on the US-Mexico frontier First they came: thousands of unaccompanied illegal minors rushing the south-western border. Then came the theories as to why they came. Determined not to miss a trick, … Continue reading →

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Go East, Young Woman, LESLIE JONES

Posted on June 26, 2014 by leslie

Go East, Young Woman LESLIE JONES discovers that women are equal to men Wendy Lower, Hitler’s Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields, Chatto & Windus, London, 270 pp, £18.99 In Hitler’s Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing … Continue reading →

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ENDNOTES Proms, patriotism and pacifism STUART MILLSON

Posted on June 24, 2014 by Derek Turner

ENDNOTES News from conductor Owain Arwel Hughes * Major new Sibelius cycle from Chandos * ‘Owen Wingrave’ at Aldeburgh * Piano music by Panufnik Orchestral conductor Owain Arwel Hughes, CBE, is approaching one of his busiest times of the year, … Continue reading →

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Don’t know Shiite from Shinola ILANA MERCER

Posted on June 23, 2014 by Derek Turner

Don’t know Shiite from Shinola ILANA MERCER wonders why people are surprised by Iraq’s tragic fate Almost unanimous on the right is the mystifying notion that a reduced American footprint in the world, President Barack Obama’s doing, has brought about … Continue reading →

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To Hylas M. W. DAVIS

Posted on June 23, 2014 by Derek Turner

To Hylas M.W. Davis They don’t know what to make of all this flesh, The clear blue eyes, as nature intended. With no such charm to keep those dark locks fresh Someday he’ll wade the pool to cool his joints. … Continue reading →

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Down Mexico way DEREK TURNER

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Derek Turner

Down Mexico way DEREK TURNER reads a fictional evocation of US-Mexican borderline personality disorder The Education of Hector Villa Chilton Williamson, Jr., Rockford, Illinois: Chronicles Press, 2012, pb. 208 “Roads fade out before you reach the line, And the signposts … Continue reading →

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Clinton II – revenge of the weird sisters ILANA MERCER

Posted on June 14, 2014 by Derek Turner

Clinton II – revenge of the weird sisters ILANA MERCER’s heart sinks at the prospect of President Hillary Hillary Rodham Clinton has done some “conscious uncoupling” from reality. The term was disgorged by a celebrity, Gwyneth Paltrow, to announce a … Continue reading →

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