Tag Archives: Leslie Jones

Nietzsche – between Good and Evil

Posted on March 31, 2016 by leslie

Nietzsche – between Good and Evil Chapter and verse on his anti-Semitism Was Friedrich Nietzsche anti-Semitic? In Nietzsche’s Jewish Problem, Robert C Holub shows that resolving this question requires painstaking analysis of his thought, both published and unpublished, likewise of … Continue reading →

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ENDNOTES, April Edition

Posted on March 31, 2015 by leslie

ENDNOTES, April Edition The QR reviews Elgar’s masterpiece, The Dream of Gerontius – and interviews conductor, Ronald Corp, who conducted the performance at St. John’s, Smith Square, with the London Chorus, on 26th March “This is the best of me…” … Continue reading →

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Nazi Germany, some conflicting perspectives

Posted on March 16, 2015 by leslie

Nazi Germany, some conflicting perspectives Richard Evans rounds off his recent contribution to Third Reich studies Richard J Evans, The Third Reich in History and Memory, Little, Brown, London, 2015, 483 pp, £25 The Third Reich in History and Memory … Continue reading →

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Religion as Elementary Error, by LESLIE JONES

Posted on July 29, 2014 by leslie

Religion as Elementary Error   by Leslie Jones In a persuasive passage in Religion and Intelligence, anthropologist Dr Edward Dutton considers the category question[i]. He cites T. Rees’s definition of science, to wit, “thoughtful, sincere research”. As Dutton points out, this … Continue reading →

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Go East, Young Woman, LESLIE JONES

Posted on June 26, 2014 by leslie

Go East, Young Woman LESLIE JONES discovers that women are equal to men Wendy Lower, Hitler’s Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields, Chatto & Windus, London, 270 pp, £18.99 In Hitler’s Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing … Continue reading →

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ENDNOTES – Tosca by Numbers LESLIE JONES

Posted on May 21, 2014 by leslie

    ENDNOTES – Tosca by Numbers Tosca by Giacomo Puccini, Royal Opera House, 13th May 2014, production by Jonathan Kent: the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House conducted by Oleg Caetani, with Oksana Dyka as Floria Tosca, Roberto Alagna … Continue reading →

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Prophet of Gloom

Posted on April 24, 2014 by leslie

Prophet of Gloom Zibaldone: the Notebooks of Leopardi, translated from the Italian, edited by Michael Caesar and Franco D’Intino, Penguin Books, London etc, 2013, hb, 2,052 pp O nature, tell me, nature Why do you never keep Your early promises? … Continue reading →

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ENDNOTES – Were you not entertained?

Posted on March 24, 2014 by leslie

ENDNOTES – Were you not entertained? The Royal Albert Hall, March 16, 2014, Sir Edward Elgar, The Dream of Gerontius, based on the poem by Cardinal John Henry Newman: The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Hilary Davan Wetton, Diana Moore … Continue reading →

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ENDNOTES – Machinations in Mantua

Posted on February 19, 2014 by leslie

ENDNOTES – Machinations in Mantua Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi, ENO, 15th February 2014, evening performance: directed by Christopher Alden, orchestra conducted by Graeme Jenkins Leslie Jones imbibes an intoxicating concoction at English National Opera Verdi and his librettist Francesco Maria Piave … Continue reading →

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Germany, in the eye of the beholder

Posted on February 4, 2014 by leslie

Germany, in the eye of the beholder Christopher Webster van Tonder, Erich Retzlaff volksfotograf, with contributions by Rolf Sachsse & Wolfgang Brückle, School of Art Press, 2013 Erich Retzlaff Volksfotograf, an exhibition of photographs from the School of Art Collection, … Continue reading →

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