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Black Lives Matters

Posted on February 2, 2022 by leslie

Black Lives Matters David Horowitz, I Can’t Breathe: How a Racial Hoax is Killing America, Regnery, 2021, Notes, Index, 256 pp, ISBN 9781684512188, reviewed by David Ashton During enslavement and then segregation, Afro-Americans suffered ill-treatment and occasionally horrific murders, while … Continue reading →

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Time’s Sequestered Treasure

Posted on January 31, 2022 by leslie

Time’s Sequestered Treasure Donizetti in the 1830’s, 7-CD Box set, £32, from Opera Rara, reviewed by David Truslove Founded in 1970, Opera Rara is a goldmine for anyone wanting to explore the remoter corners of 19th and early 20th century … Continue reading →

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Abigaille’s Party

Posted on January 26, 2022 by leslie

Abigaille’s Party Nabucco, dramma lirico in four parts, music by Giuseppe Verdi, libretto by Temistocle Solera, conductor Daniel Oren, director Daniele Abbado, Royal Opera 23rd January 2022, reviewed by Leslie Jones According to the Metopera guide ‘What to Expect from … Continue reading →

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Manilius – Three Caesars in one Text?

Posted on January 18, 2022 by leslie

Portrait of Tiberius MANILIUS – Three Caesars in one Text?(i) By Darrell Sutton Imperial titles in the ancient Roman Republic had diverse origins. They appeared on coins and in the prose and poetry of Latin writers. Caesar, at first a … Continue reading →

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Brief Encounter

Posted on January 12, 2022 by leslie

Brief Encounter Peter Longerich, Wannsee: The Road to the Final Solution, first published as Wannseekonferenz: Der Weg zur Endlösung (2016), translated by Lesley Sharpe and Jeremy Noakes, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2021, Notes, Bibliography, Appendix, Index, ISBN 978-0-19-883404-5, reviewed by … Continue reading →

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Res Publica

Posted on January 9, 2022 by leslie

  Res Publica Bill Hartley, on community assets A recent newspaper report claimed that more than 11,000 pubs, restaurants and hotels have closed in Britain over the past two years. Clearly lockdown will have played a part, though doubtless some … Continue reading →

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ENDNOTES, January 2022

Posted on January 5, 2022 by leslie

ENDNOTES, January 2022 In this edition; Stuart Millson on composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor When one thinks of English music, one thinks immediately of Edward Elgar, or Ralph Vaughan Williams: figures who represent a very rooted, ancestrally-determined Englishness. Few people realise, however, … Continue reading →

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Canon, to the Right of Them

Posted on January 3, 2022 by leslie

Canon, to the Right of Them Colonialism and Modern Social Theory, Gurminder K Bhambra & John Holmwood, Polity, 2021, 257 pp, hb, reviewed by Leslie Jones The toxic legacy of European colonialism and imperialism underpins the “populist ressentiment and rejection … Continue reading →

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THE CAMBRIDGE GREEK LEXICON

Posted on December 29, 2021 by leslie

THE CAMBRIDGE GREEK LEXICON, ed. James Diggle et al., Vol. I A – I; Vol. II K – Ω, Cambridge, 2021, $84.99. Pp. i-xxiii, 1;1529, reviewed by Darrell Sutton Sophists in ancient Greece employed figures of speech in formal addresses … Continue reading →

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Soul on Ice

Posted on December 29, 2021 by leslie

Soul on Ice Mark Wegierski recalls a rare victory over “political correctness” In April 2007, the Canadian media were convulsed by the allegation that Shane Doan, the captain of the Canadian team at the World Ice Hockey Championships, had uttered … Continue reading →

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