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Ars Poetica, Remembering A.E. Housman, 1

Posted on June 9, 2022 by leslie

Ars Poetica – Remembering A.E. Housman, 1 By Darrell Sutton The history of classical Greek and Roman philology is replete with names of distinction. The list extends over 2300 years. It is an intellectual tradition containing poets, prose writers, their … Continue reading →

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Man of War

Posted on June 6, 2022 by leslie

Man of War The Mind in Exile; Thomas Mann in Princeton, Stanley Corngold, Princeton University Press, 2022, reviewed by Leslie Jones  Between September 1938 and March 1941, the novelist Thomas Mann, in exile from Nazi Germany, was a Lecturer in the … Continue reading →

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ENDNOTES, June 2022

Posted on June 1, 2022 by leslie

  Endnotes, June 2022 In this edition: Vaughan Williams at the Barbican, Lennox Berkeley in Paris, reviewed by Stuart Millson Many musical events, festivals and programmes this year are celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of the great English … Continue reading →

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Sick Art

Posted on May 24, 2022 by leslie

Sick Art Walter Sickert, Tate Britain, 28 April 2022 – 18 September 2022, an exhibition in collaboration with the Petit Palais, Paris, reviewed by Leslie Jones Walter Sickert eschewed the “idealised nude”. He painted street vendors, as in Two Coster … Continue reading →

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A Bridge too Far, 2

Posted on May 11, 2022 by leslie

A Bridge too Far, 2 by Bill Hartley To enter Leeds city centre from the south it is necessary to cross the River Aire and for many years two bridges provided access. Victoria Bridge, opened in the late 1830s, is … Continue reading →

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ENDNOTES, May 2022

Posted on May 4, 2022 by leslie

Endnotes, May 2022 In this edition: Wagner and Brahms from Kent,  Bach Piano Concertos from the Piccadilly Sinfonietta, reviewed by Stuart Millson Ralph Vaughan Williams memorably described Britain’s musical life as a pyramid. At its apex, stand the performers of … Continue reading →

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No Ordinary Scholar

Posted on April 30, 2022 by leslie

No Ordinary Scholar Christiane Tietz (Transl. by Victoria J. Barnett), Karl Barth, A Life in Conflict, Oxford University Press, 2021. Pp. I-XVII, 1-448. $32.95. Reviewed by Darrell Sutton The names of those who have made noteworthy contributions to systematic theology are … Continue reading →

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Rehabilitation of Colonel Mathieu

Posted on April 10, 2022 by leslie

Rehabilitation of Colonel Mathieu  by Bill Hartley Since its release in 1966, director Gillo Pontecorvo’s film The Battle of Algiers has drawn widespread praise. Both critics and fellow film directors celebrate its vivid neo realist style. This approach was so … Continue reading →

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ENDNOTES, April 2022

Posted on April 1, 2022 by leslie

Endnotes, April 2022 In this edition, Mahler’s Symphony no 4, performed by the Czech Philharmonic, conducted by Semyon Bychkov, reviewed by Stuart Millson Gustav Mahler’s Fourth Symphony (1899-1900) bears comparison with Beethoven’s Sixth. This is the late-romantic Austrian’s ‘Pastoral Symphony’ for … Continue reading →

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Fissures of Men

Posted on March 23, 2022 by leslie

Fissures of Men Royal Opera, 20th March 2022, Peter Grimes, opera in a prologue and three acts, music by Benjamin Britten, libretto by Montagu Slater, after the poem The Borough by George Crabbe, conducted by Sir Mark Elder, directed by … Continue reading →

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