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Warming shots

Posted on February 9, 2014 by Derek Turner

Warming shots Watermelons: How Environmentalists are Killing the Planet, Destroying the Economy and Stealing Your Children’s Future James Delingpole, London Biteback Publishing, 2012, pb., 312pp EDWARD DUTTON reviews a fiery broadside against Greenery The title Watermelons grabs the reader’s interest. … Continue reading →

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Right royal retribution

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Derek Turner

Right royal retribution The King’s Revenge: Charles II and the Greatest Manhunt in British History Don Jordan and Michael Walsh, London: Abacus Books, 2013, 383pp, pb. EDWARD DUTTON finds he is hooked on an obscure but fascinating chapter in English … Continue reading →

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Dimocracy

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Derek Turner

Dimocracy Democracy and Political Ignorance – Why Smaller Government is Smarter Ilya Somin, Stanford University Press, 2013, 280pp ROBERT HENDERSON is unimpressed by an earnest screed against uninformed politics Does the ignorance of voters matter in a system of representative … Continue reading →

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Germany, in the eye of the beholder

Posted on February 4, 2014 by leslie

Germany, in the eye of the beholder Christopher Webster van Tonder, Erich Retzlaff volksfotograf, with contributions by Rolf Sachsse & Wolfgang Brückle, School of Art Press, 2013 Erich Retzlaff Volksfotograf, an exhibition of photographs from the School of Art Collection, … Continue reading →

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ENDNOTES – Chamber cornucopia

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Derek Turner

ENDNOTES CHAMBER CORNUCOPIA Brodsky Quartet at Kings Place  *  Overtures galore from Victorian and Edwardian Britain  *  Delius from Norway  *  Schubert and Hummel from Finchcocks Classical Music Editor STUART MILLSON savours a varied musical menu Kings Place, the newest … Continue reading →

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EpiQR – Mango Lounge, Windsor

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Derek Turner

…with Em Marshall-Luck Mango Lounge Windsor Due to the fact that I have travelled in India and tasted “real” Indian food, I tend to avoid Indian restaurants in Great Britain, which generally bear a similar relationship to their mother cuisine … Continue reading →

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Journey into Guilt – Detour (1945)

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Derek Turner

Journey into guilt Detour (1945) The term film noir is loose and sometimes controversial, but for many people Detour could encapsulate the genre. It is American, it is shot in black-and-white, it is a thriller, and it focuses on a … Continue reading →

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ENDNOTES

Posted on January 18, 2014 by leslie

ENDNOTES Manon, Jules Massenet; Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 14 January 2014 As Christopher Anthony Meade has aptly but inelegantly observed, in opera we get the most beautiful music “allied with the greatest drivel ever to escape from the twisted mind of … Continue reading →

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Modernity in a medieval city

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Derek Turner

Modernity in a medieval city Modern Masters in Print, Usher Gallery, Lincoln, until 30 March, admission free Just down the hill from the superb Lincoln Cathedral is the Usher Gallery, the rather unlikely setting for this peripatetic V&A exhibition, which … Continue reading →

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RADICALS & REACTIONARIES – Alan Ian Percy

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Derek Turner

RADICALS & REACTIONARIES National noblesse oblige – the anti-communist career of Alan Ian Percy ROGER DE COVERLEY In this crisis, salvation can only be achieved by a return to convictions and principles which may be dubbed ‘reactionary’. But which will … Continue reading →

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