Author Archives: Derek Turner

ENDNOTES – Chamber cornucopia

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Derek Turner

ENDNOTES CHAMBER CORNUCOPIA Brodsky Quartet at Kings Place  *  Overtures galore from Victorian and Edwardian Britain  *  Delius from Norway  *  Schubert and Hummel from Finchcocks Classical Music Editor STUART MILLSON savours a varied musical menu Kings Place, the newest … Continue reading →

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EpiQR – Mango Lounge, Windsor

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Derek Turner

…with Em Marshall-Luck Mango Lounge Windsor Due to the fact that I have travelled in India and tasted “real” Indian food, I tend to avoid Indian restaurants in Great Britain, which generally bear a similar relationship to their mother cuisine … Continue reading →

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Journey into Guilt – Detour (1945)

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Derek Turner

Journey into guilt Detour (1945) The term film noir is loose and sometimes controversial, but for many people Detour could encapsulate the genre. It is American, it is shot in black-and-white, it is a thriller, and it focuses on a … Continue reading →

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Modernity in a medieval city

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Derek Turner

Modernity in a medieval city Modern Masters in Print, Usher Gallery, Lincoln, until 30 March, admission free Just down the hill from the superb Lincoln Cathedral is the Usher Gallery, the rather unlikely setting for this peripatetic V&A exhibition, which … Continue reading →

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RADICALS & REACTIONARIES – Alan Ian Percy

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Derek Turner

RADICALS & REACTIONARIES National noblesse oblige – the anti-communist career of Alan Ian Percy ROGER DE COVERLEY In this crisis, salvation can only be achieved by a return to convictions and principles which may be dubbed ‘reactionary’. But which will … Continue reading →

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Thomas Sipos – a libertarian in Hollywood

Posted on January 10, 2014 by Derek Turner

Thomas Sipos – a libertarian in Hollywood MARK WEGIERSKI profiles one of America’s most distinctive horror writers Thomas M. Sipos must be one of America’s most unusual libertarian-conservative ‘culture warriors’ – notable for his ‘paleolibertarian’ views, his chosen career, his … Continue reading →

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Land hunger, land anger

Posted on January 9, 2014 by Derek Turner

Land hunger, land anger The Field (1990) DEREK TURNER The Field opens in dramatic style. The setting is the rural west of Ireland, in 1965. A father and son are seen silhouetted at the top of a cliff, having dragged … Continue reading →

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ENDNOTES Tasmin Little – ebullient torch-carrier for excellence

Posted on January 7, 2014 by Derek Turner

ENDNOTES Tasmin Little – ebullient torch-carrier for excellence Classical Music Editor Stuart Millson meets TASMIN LITTLE, O.B.E. Just before Christmas, the Quarterly Review was very fortunate to meet one of our country’s foremost musical talents, the brilliant violinist, Tasmin Little. Known … Continue reading →

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Reconnecting with Cavafy

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Derek Turner

Reconnecting with Cavafy DEREK TURNER reviews the latest tribute to Greece’s greatest modern poet Shades of Love – Photographs Inspired by the Poems of C. P. Cavafy Dimitris Yeros, poems translated by David Connolly, Insight Editions, San Francisco, 2010, 165 … Continue reading →

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The tide-watchers

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Derek Turner

The tide-watchers   At the end of a sand-heaped lane A scene from Rembrandt – Worried lights clustered against hugeness; Lowlit men appraise an upraised ocean Boiling where a beach should be. Quiet speaking on a universal plain As wind … Continue reading →

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