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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
Craftwork
Craftwork Wollstonecraft: Philosophy, Passion and Politics, Sylvana Tomaselli, Princeton University Press, Princeton & Oxford, 2021, 230pp, pb, reviewed by Leslie Jones The first riposte to Edmund Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790) was Vindications of the Rights of … Continue reading
A Defense of Classical Literature
A Defense of Classical Literature By Darrell Sutton Past centuries saw the creation of various literary treasures whose worth cannot be gauged by modern standards because what has been handed down possesses unique qualities. Forms of spelling, stylistic idiosyncrasies and … Continue reading
Endnotes, October 2022
Endnotes, October 2022 In this edition: Mahler’s Fifth Symphony from the Czech Philharmonic, Elgar, choral music from Severnside, reviewed by Stuart Millson Sometimes described as a “journey from darkness to brilliant light”, the Symphony No. 5 by Gustav Mahler (1901-02) … Continue reading
Fade to Grey: Aida Review
Fade to Grey: Aida Review Khedieval Opera House, Cairo, credit Wikipedia Aida, an opera in four acts, music by Giuseppe Verdi, libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni, conductor Sir Antonio Pappano, director Robert Carsen, Royal Opera, 30th September 2022, reviewed by Leslie … Continue reading
Criss Cross
Criss Cross La Princesse de Trébizonde, Jacques Offenbach, libretto by Étienne Tréfeu & Charles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter, English narration adapted by Jeremy Sams, sung in French, London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Paul Daniel, Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall, Friday 16th September 2022, … Continue reading
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Rules for Everyone
Rules for Everyone By Bill Hartley Most of our larger cities still have what used to be called a local prison. Usually they date from the nineteenth century and are monuments to Victorian civic pride. Like other public buildings of … Continue reading
Thy Kingdom Come
Thy Kingdom Come On the 14th September, six days after the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth ll, Stuart Millson, Classical Music Editor of The Quarterly Review, was present at The Mall On Thursday 8th September, during the course of the afternoon’s … Continue reading