Author Archives: leslie

EpiQR – Summer Lodge Hotel and Restaurant, Evershot

Posted on October 15, 2014 by leslie

EpiQR Epicurean expeditions … with Em Marshall-Luck Summer Lodge Hotel and Restaurant Evershot There are few establishments that I have regretting leaving as much as Summer Lodge Hotel and Restaurant, an unassuming and cosy gem tucked away in rural Dorset, … Continue reading →

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Elmore’s Farm

Posted on October 15, 2014 by leslie

Elmore’s Farm By Luke Torrisi  The dogs’ chorus draws me to the night sky, I look up to see the crushed quartz underfoot Mirrored in the clear black. A ring of onlookers From the heavens, like an ancient audience. They … Continue reading →

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Before the deluge

Posted on October 10, 2014 by leslie

Before the deluge Stuart Millson enjoys a capital account of a world order on the brink 1913: The World before the Great War, Charles Emmerson, Vintage Books, 2013, paperback, 528 pages, ISBN 978-0-099-57578-8, £9.99 “At Easter 1913 Tsar Nicholas ll … Continue reading →

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The Savonarola of Suburbia

Posted on October 9, 2014 by leslie

The Savonarola of Suburbia Henry Hopwood-Phillips debunks new leftism Owen Jones, The Establishment: And How They Get Away With It, Allen Lane, London, 2014, pp 368, £16.99 If you’ve heard of him its possible that is you’ve been blocked by … Continue reading →

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All the President’s Women

Posted on October 5, 2014 by leslie

All the President’s Women Ilana Mercer eviscerates the ladies in the House The pols and the pundits are cut up about a breach or two in the White House’s formidably protected perimeter. The People should not be. Working for government … Continue reading →

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Conquest by other means

Posted on October 4, 2014 by leslie

Conquest by other means Robert Henderson lauds Derek Turner’s latest novel Sea Changes, Derek Turner, Washington Summit Publishers, Washington, ISBN 978-1-59368-002-2, 2nd edition, 2014 The time is somewhere around the present: the place is England. Thirty-seven bodies wash-up on the … Continue reading →

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Reflections on a broken world

Posted on September 28, 2014 by leslie

Reflections on a Broken World Michael Davis evaluates poet Leo Yankevich’s new collection Leo Yankevich, Tikkun Olam and Other Poems, 2nd ed. San Francisco, Counter-Currents, 2012. Tikkun Olam, according to the blurb on the rear cover, is ‘the most important collection to date’ … Continue reading →

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ENDNOTES, October 2014

Posted on September 25, 2014 by leslie

ENDNOTES, October 2014 In this edition: Rachmaninov, Dohnányi and Strauss from Somm Records * Summer music from Judith Bailey * Sacred choral music from St. John’s College, Cambridge Although Endnotes has avoided “Discs of the month” and other sales-like descriptions, … Continue reading →

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Dinesh D’Souza’s American Error

Posted on September 21, 2014 by leslie

Dinesh D’Souza’s American Error by Ilana Mercer There are certainly good things about Dinesh D’Souza’s film America: Imagine a World Without Her, as sharp-eyed critics like Jack Kerwick have observed. But those don’t matter much for this reason: the central … Continue reading →

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Dworkin’s Dangerous Idea

Posted on September 20, 2014 by leslie

Dworkin’s Dangerous Idea Steve Moxon deconstructs identity politics ‘Identity politics’ (manifested most obviously as political correctness) is predicated on the realisation that the workers are never going to bring about a Marxist revolution. That Marxist theory did not work in … Continue reading →

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