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Kirk Douglas

Posted on November 7, 2017 by leslie

Kirk Douglas BILL HARTLEY salutes a Hollywood hero Very few stars from the great days of Hollywood are still with us. One who is and who has entered his eleventh decade is Kirk Douglas, who on December 9th celebrates his … Continue reading →

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Poland, Defending Christendom

Posted on November 7, 2017 by leslie

Poland, Defending Christendom Gregory Slysz gives us chapter and verse Leftist commentators in both Poland and abroad have expressed bafflement and alarm about the current position adopted by the Polish government on a host of cultural and political issues. Its … Continue reading →

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Mourning Sickness

Posted on November 3, 2017 by leslie

Mourning Sickness  Lucia di Lammermoor; tragic opera in three acts, music composed by Gaetano Donizetti, libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, based on Sir Walter Scott’s novel The Bride of Lammermoor, directed by Katie Mitchell, conductor Michele Mariotti, Royal Opera, 30th October … Continue reading →

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A Farewell to Patriarchy

Posted on October 26, 2017 by leslie

A Farewell to Patriarchy Women vs Feminism: Why We All Need Liberating from the Gender Wars, Joanna Williams, 2017, Emerald Publishing, 318pp., paperback, £14.99, reviewed by Ed Dutton The sexual harassment scandal surrounding the film maker Harvey Weinstein has placed women’s … Continue reading →

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Welcome to Canada

Posted on October 22, 2017 by leslie

Welcome to Canada Mark Wegierski considers a Canadian cause célèbre Ten years ago, on October 14, 2007, Robert Dziekanski, a forty-year-old Polish immigrant to Canada, met his death at Vancouver Airport. Having arrived at the airport, he waited in the … Continue reading →

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Rape Seed

Posted on October 16, 2017 by leslie

Rape Seed Les Vêpres Siciliennes; Grand Opera in five acts, music composed by Giuseppe Verdi, libretto by Eugène Scribe & Charles Duveyrier, sung in French with English surtitles, directed by Stefan Herheim, conducted by Maurizio Benini, Royal Opera, 12th October 2017, reviewed … Continue reading →

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Canadian Conflict, a War Game Perspective

Posted on October 15, 2017 by leslie

Canadian Conflict, a War Game Perspective Mark Wegierski considers Canadian Civil War, first published 40 years ago Canadian ‘Civil War’: Separatism vs. Federalism in Modern Canada was a board wargame published in 1977 by Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI), then the … Continue reading →

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Catalonia, on the Brink

Posted on October 12, 2017 by leslie

Catalonia, on the Brink Gerry Dorrian considers the roots of the current crisis Political geography tends to fracture across historical fault lines. In 2015, the University of Oxford’s DNA map of Britain revealed the continuing existence of the millennium-old Landsker … Continue reading →

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Epistle to the Romans, part 1

Posted on October 10, 2017 by leslie

Epistle to the Romans, part 1 A new translation by Darrell Sutton of Paul’s timeless text Introduction October 31, 1517 was a fateful day in early-modern German history. For it was on that date that Martin Luther (1483-1546) published his … Continue reading →

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ENDNOTES, 7th October 2017

Posted on October 8, 2017 by leslie

ENDNOTES, 7th October 2017 Frank Bridge Cello Sonata etc. at Music@Malling, reviewed by STUART MILLSON ‘Music is always important but even more so in difficult times. It brings people together to share what is good and enduring and underscores what we … Continue reading →

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