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Letter to the Editor

Posted on January 7, 2024 by leslie

  Letter to the Editor, 7th January 2024 I entered University College Hospital in the Euston Road for the second time last year after several heart attacks. Later I also had spells in the Royal Free Hospital in  Hampstead and Barts … Continue reading →

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Endnotes, January 2024

Posted on January 2, 2024 by leslie

Endnotes, January 2024 In this edition: music from Iceland; vintage Bruckner from the Berlin Philharmonic, reviewed by Stuart Millson Orchestral music for the stage is the theme of a recent disc from Chandos, except that the composers concerned are ~ … Continue reading →

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The Missing Link

Posted on December 23, 2023 by leslie

         Malcolm McDowell as Alex DeLarge, in A Clockwork Orange, credit Wikipedia The Missing Link Bill Hartley hits Stockton Recent remarks by the Home Secretary, wherever they were directed, shone an unaccustomed spotlight on Stockton. [Editorial note; James Cleverly allegedly … Continue reading →

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The Darkened Light of Faith

Posted on December 18, 2023 by leslie

The Darkened Light of Faith; Race, Democracy, and Freedom in African American Political Thought, Melvin L. Rogers, Princeton University Press, Princeton & Oxford, 2023, 380 pp, hb, reviewed by Leslie Jones The European is to the other races of mankind … Continue reading →

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Endnotes, December 2023

Posted on December 4, 2023 by leslie

Endnotes, December 2023 In this edition: Collectors’ corner, vintage Elgar and Sibelius; Parry, Symphonic Variations, reviewed by Stuart Millson Occasionally, it pays to walk away from the current CD catalogue and download ‘playlists’ and delve into the still-living and listened-to … Continue reading →

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Sir Kenneth J Dover, the Contours of his Life

Posted on November 23, 2023 by leslie

Sir Kenneth J Dover, the Contours of his Life Edd., Stephen Halliwell & Christopher Stray, Scholarship and Controversy: Centenary Essays on the Life and Work of Sir Kenneth Dover. Bloomsbury 2023. Pp. i-xiii; 1-362. $144.00. Edd., Stephen Halliwell & Christopher … Continue reading →

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Comments on a Complex Catastrophe

Posted on November 18, 2023 by leslie

Comments on a Complex Catastrophe, by Wade Smith Will this, the latest war in the Middle East become a major regional military conflict? [1] And what will be its economic consequences? In his statement to the nation of 28th October, … Continue reading →

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Brave New Suburbs

Posted on November 15, 2023 by leslie

Brave New Suburbs, by Bill Hartley The urge to live in the country has led to considerable infilling and expansion of North Yorkshire villages in recent years. Across the county there has been a range of new developments some of … Continue reading →

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Endnotes, November 2023

Posted on November 7, 2023 by leslie

Endnotes, November 2023 In this edition: seasonal music by Bax, Medtner in England, reviewed by Stuart Millson Sibelius once remarked that the English composer, Arnold Bax, was “his son in music”. Readers who are familiar with the early-to-mid 20th-century Finnish … Continue reading →

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Traitor King

Posted on November 3, 2023 by leslie

Traitor King, Andrew Lownie, Blink Publishing Bonnier books, 2021, isbn 978-1-78870-487-8, reviewed by Monty Skew Before his death in 1972, Edward, Duke of Windsor, mindful of history and his inglorious role therein, gave an interview in which he boasted of … Continue reading →

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