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Deconstructing Darwin

Posted on December 2, 2017 by leslie

 Deconstructing Darwin Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker by A.N. Wilson, published by John Murray, 2017, £25, hardback, reviewed by Gerry Dorrian Some of literature’s most unreliable narrators can be found in the field of biography. How appropriate, then, that A.N. Wilson devotes much … Continue reading →

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The Body Dandiacal

Posted on November 28, 2017 by leslie

The Body Dandiacal The Dandy at Dusk: Taste and Melancholy in the Twentieth Century, 2017, Philip Mann, Head of Zeus, £25, reviewed by STODDARD MARTIN For one who grew up by the sea and sequoias of California in the 1960s, … Continue reading →

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Vox Populi, Vox Dei

Posted on November 23, 2017 by leslie

Vox Populi, Vox Dei From Fascism to Populism in History, Federico Finchelstein, University of California Press, 2017, 328 pp, h.b., reviewed by LESLIE JONES In his Prison Notebooks, Antonio Gramsci refers to the sentimental connection (connessione sentimentale) that exists between … Continue reading →

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Cadres for Canadian Renewal

Posted on November 20, 2017 by leslie

Cadres for Canadian Renewal Mark Wegierski, on an under-estimated element in politics  Whether one calls them infrastructures or “cadres”, conservatives in Canada today are greatly in need of them. A truly consummate politician is able to utilize the self-interest of … Continue reading →

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Egypt’s Geniza Texts

Posted on November 16, 2017 by leslie

Egypt’s Geniza Texts Darrell Sutton considers an incomparable collection  Discoveries are sometimes made by accident, as archaeologists can readily attest. Hidden passageways can lead to welcome treasures of real historical value. This happened in the case of Howard Carter (1874-1939) … Continue reading →

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We Will Bury You

Posted on November 13, 2017 by leslie

We Will Bury You (1) Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Ukraine, Anne Applebaum, Alan Lane, 2017, £25, reviewed by GERRY DORRIAN Marx wasn’t sure what to do about the peasants. Although he railed in Capital against the “corvée” or rent-in-kind that reduced … Continue reading →

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River Cottage and Old Park Hall

Posted on November 12, 2017 by leslie

River Cottage and Old Park Hall Em Marshall-Luck finds a comfortable stay near the River Cottage HQ If attending a River Cottage course would incur a long drive, Old Park Hall is a conveniently close place to stay the preceding … Continue reading →

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ENDNOTES, 10th November 2017

Posted on November 11, 2017 by leslie

ENDNOTES, 10th November 2017 In this edition: Celebrating English Song – a new release from Somm Recordings, reviewed by STUART MILLSON Taken largely from the early-20th-century ‘English songbook’ (the music of Butterworth, Ireland, Vaughan Williams, Gurney and Warlock) Somm’s new … Continue reading →

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The Way We Write Now

Posted on November 9, 2017 by leslie

The Way We Write Now Stoddard Martin goes with the flow The Digital Critic: Literary Culture Online, edited by Houman Barekat, Robert Barry and David Winters. O/R Books, 14 GBP. http://www.orbooks.com/catalog/the-digital-critic/ A decade ago Jeff Bezos remarked that at 500 … Continue reading →

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Oakeshott’s World View, Part 2

Posted on November 8, 2017 by leslie

Oakeshott’s World View, Part 2 Noel O’Sullivan (ed) The Place of Michael Oakeshott in Contemporary Western and Non-western Thought, Imprint Academic, 2017; £19.95; pbk; 197 pages, reviewed in three parts by ALLAN POND [This collection includes some of the papers … Continue reading →

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