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ENDNOTES – Were you not entertained?

Posted on March 24, 2014 by leslie

ENDNOTES – Were you not entertained? The Royal Albert Hall, March 16, 2014, Sir Edward Elgar, The Dream of Gerontius, based on the poem by Cardinal John Henry Newman: The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Hilary Davan Wetton, Diana Moore … Continue reading →

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Higher education is a hard row to ho

Posted on March 19, 2014 by Derek Turner

Duke University – Wikimedia Commons Higher Education Is A Hard Row To Ho ILANA MERCER says that making love is preferable to making war Who’s the bigger prostitute? Sex kitten “Belle Knox”, alias Miriam Weeks, a promising porn star who … Continue reading →

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Crowning glory – royal legitimation for Scotland’s squadristi

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Derek Turner

Crowning glory: royal legitimation for Scotland’s squadristi ROGER KERSHAW analyses the putative ideological conflict between “ethnic Scots” and “ethnic English” The Scottish political lexicon seems to have been enriched by two “F-words” during 2013: Nigel Farage through his attempt at … Continue reading →

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Hollywood: the no-good, the bad and the beastly

Posted on March 16, 2014 by Derek Turner

Hollywood: the no-good, the bad and the beastly ILANA MERCER watches the Academy Awards Glenn Close’s remarks at the 86th Academy Awards ceremony, captured the delusions of grandeur held by the tarts and tards of Hollywood, and helped by their … Continue reading →

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ENDNOTES – Northern lights, western winds

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Derek Turner

ENDNOTES – Northern lights, western winds A Swedish symphonist  *  A Mass of the Western Wynde  *  Mendelssohn in Reformation spirit  *  Waltzes with William Alwyn If companies such as Chandos Records had never existed, I doubt if very many … Continue reading →

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Russia – the un-Bearable rightness of being

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Derek Turner

Russia – the un-Bearable rightness of being GREGORY SLYSZ asks what the war in Syria, the coup d’état in Ukraine and the Sochi Olympic Games have in common The current level of Russophobia among Western governments and media has strong … Continue reading →

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Father to the Man

Posted on March 2, 2014 by leslie

Father to the Man The Confusions of Young Master Törless by Robert Musil, translated by Christopher Moncrieff, Alma Classics, 2014, 250pp, pb, £6.39 STODDARD MARTIN reviews a new translation of Robert Musil’s Bildungsroman In this year of the centenary of the … Continue reading →

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From dinosaurs to Doric

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Derek Turner

From dinosaurs to Doric The Making of the Middle Sea – A History of the Mediterranean from the Beginning to the Emergence of the Classical World Cyprian Broodbank, London: Thames and Hudson, 2013, £34.95 [Greeks] live in a small part … Continue reading →

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ENDNOTES – Machinations in Mantua

Posted on February 19, 2014 by leslie

ENDNOTES – Machinations in Mantua Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi, ENO, 15th February 2014, evening performance: directed by Christopher Alden, orchestra conducted by Graeme Jenkins Leslie Jones imbibes an intoxicating concoction at English National Opera Verdi and his librettist Francesco Maria Piave … Continue reading →

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PERSPECTIVE – Long Walk to Freedom

Posted on February 9, 2014 by Derek Turner

Long Walk to Freedom Dir: Justin Chadwick, Cert 12A, 146 min ROBERT HENDERSON watches the much-hyped Mandela biopic There are two films currently on release with a very high PC approbation quotient: 12 Years a Slave and Mandela: A Long … Continue reading →

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