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Broken Myths, Broken Landscapes
Broken Myths, Broken Landscapes Broken Myths; Charles Sheeler’s Industrial Landscapes, Andrea Diederichs, De Gruyter, 2023, Berlin/Boston, Pb 267pp, reviewed by Leslie Jones By 1927, the market share of the once mighty Ford Motor Company had shrunk from 50 to 15%. … Continue reading
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Endnotes January 2023
Endnotes, January 2023 In this edition: Vaughan Williams from Midori Komachi and Simon Callaghan; orchestral fresco of Florence by Randall Svane, reviewed by Stuart Millson In recent years, Midori Komachi has emerged as one of the most sensitive exponents of … Continue reading
Silence Audible
Silence Audible The Northern Silence, Journeys in Nordic Music & Culture, Andrew Mellor, Yale University Press, 300pp, hardback, ISBN 978-0300-25440-2, reviewed by Stuart Millson The music critic, Andrew Mellor, now a resident of Denmark, has produced in the pages of his ‘Journeys’ a … Continue reading
Of Human Bondage
Of Human Bondage By Bill Hartley In 2020, a … Continue reading
Letter to the Editor, 2nd December 2022
Letter to the Editor, 2nd December 2022 Sir, It was reported recently that the Queen Consort (Camilla) intends to dispense with ladies in waiting. Presumably this is part of the project to create a thoroughly modern monarchy – slimmed … Continue reading
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Endnotes, December 2022
Endnotes, December 2022 In this edition: a piano concerto and a symphony by Dora Pejacevic; Rachmaninov from the Sinfonia of London; spiritual intensity from American composer, Randall Svane, reviewed by Stuart Millson A commitment to new and overlooked music has … Continue reading
The Lives of Latin Texts
The Lives of Latin Texts Lauren Curtis, Irene P. Garrison, eds., The Lives of Latin Texts: Papers Presented to Richard J. Tarrant, Harvard University Press, Loeb Classical Monograph, 2020, pp. i-xxvii; 1-336, reviewed by Darrell Sutton Distinguished as a textual critic, … Continue reading
The Devil Spares Pravda
The Devil Spares Pravda The Devils’ Alliance; Hitler’s Pact with Stalin, 1939-1941, Roger Moorhouse, Basic books, New York, 2014, hb, 382pp, $29.99 US, reviewed by Leslie Jones As Roger Moorhouse observes in this compelling account, the Nazi-Soviet Non-aggression Pact of … Continue reading
City in the Sands
City in the Sands By Bill Hartley Western Sahara, or, depending upon your point of view, the Southern Provinces of Morocco, is a disputed territory consisting of 103,000 square miles of desert. Spain seized control following the Berlin conference of … Continue reading
Endnotes, November 2022
Endnotes, November 2022 In this edition: Haydn from Kent: a fanfare from America, reviewed by Stuart Millson The East Malling Singers, conductor, Ciara Considine, performed Haydn’s Nelson Mass to warm applause last month, in the fine acoustic of their village … Continue reading