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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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Hayek, A Life, 1899-1950

Posted on October 26, 2023 by leslie

  Hayek A Life, 1899-1950, Bruce Caldwell & Hansjoerg Klausinger, University of Chicago Press, Chicago & London, 2022, 840pp, HB, reviewed by Leslie Jones Introduction. Friedrich August Hayek’s family was conservative, “culturally German” but only nominally Christian. Both parents belonged … Continue reading →

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Commissar Order

Posted on October 12, 2023 by leslie

Commissar Order, by Bill Hartley Commissars can be traced back to the Commissaire politique of the Revolutionary Army during the French Revolution. Armies are something of a blunt instrument, a necessary arm of the state but in some countries notoriously … Continue reading →

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Six Poems, Concerning An Affair

Posted on October 7, 2023 by leslie

Six Poems Concerning An Affair Near Waterloo Bridge I’m not sure why I did it. She’d said something self-deprecating This young girl; semi-star-struck, smitten; Who’d taken me to some hippy pub in Lower Marsh. Theatrical props, psychedelic paintings, All wrapped-up … Continue reading →

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Endnotes, October 2023

Posted on October 4, 2023 by leslie

Endnotes, October 2023; in this edition, premiere recordings of British piano concertos from the Lyrita label, reviewed by Stuart Millson Aside from the thoughtfully-chosen, sometimes recondite musical material, Lyrita enhances the latter with evocative artwork, lengthy and detailed sleeve notes, … Continue reading →

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