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Fascist Italy speaks
Fascist Italy Speaks Fascist Voices: an Intimate History of Mussolini’s Italy, Christopher Duggan, Vintage, London, 2013, 501pp, pb, £10.99 Leslie Jones listens to some “ordinary” Italians It is possible to identify two distinct but not necessarily incompatible perspectives on Italian … Continue reading
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Thomas Sipos – a libertarian in Hollywood
Thomas Sipos – a libertarian in Hollywood MARK WEGIERSKI profiles one of America’s most distinctive horror writers Thomas M. Sipos must be one of America’s most unusual libertarian-conservative ‘culture warriors’ – notable for his ‘paleolibertarian’ views, his chosen career, his … Continue reading
Land hunger, land anger
Land hunger, land anger The Field (1990) DEREK TURNER The Field opens in dramatic style. The setting is the rural west of Ireland, in 1965. A father and son are seen silhouetted at the top of a cliff, having dragged … Continue reading
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ENDNOTES – Do the Math
Do the Math Leslie Jones attends ‘Zemlinsky & his Quartets’, a talk given by Antony Beaumont, 20th November, Austrian Cultural Forum, as part of the Hampstead Arts Festival, 2013, and reviews Zemlinsky, String Quartet no 4, Op 25 (1936) and … Continue reading
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ENDNOTES – Diva Assoluta
Diva Assoluta LESLIE JONES reviews a recital in celebration of the National Day of Romania, December 1st: the Romanian Cultural Institute, 5th December 2013, Anita Hartig, soprano, Mats Knutsson, piano Musically, Romania has consistently punched above its weight, as evidenced … Continue reading
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Reconnecting with Cavafy
Reconnecting with Cavafy DEREK TURNER reviews the latest tribute to Greece’s greatest modern poet Shades of Love – Photographs Inspired by the Poems of C. P. Cavafy Dimitris Yeros, poems translated by David Connolly, Insight Editions, San Francisco, 2010, 165 … Continue reading
The tide-watchers
The tide-watchers At the end of a sand-heaped lane A scene from Rembrandt – Worried lights clustered against hugeness; Lowlit men appraise an upraised ocean Boiling where a beach should be. Quiet speaking on a universal plain As wind … Continue reading
ENDNOTES – a gallimaufry of gems
Endnotes ENDNOTES – A gallimaufry of gems STUART MILLSON listens to a rare Sullivan opera, John Adams’ Dr. Atomic Symphony, E. J. Moeran’s Violin Concerto, and Britten’s St. Nicolas, live at Aldeburgh Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) helped to sow the seeds for the great … Continue reading
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World War Three
World War Three Stoddard Martin recalls the wartime exploits of three contrasting characters A Very English Hero: The Making of Frank Thompson, Peter J Conradi, Bloomsbury, London etc, 2012, 409 pp, £16.46; She Landed by Moonlight: The Story of Secret … Continue reading