Author Archives: leslie

Ancient Greek Dialects

Posted on September 25, 2021 by leslie

Ancient Greek Dialects Heinrich von Siebenthal, Ancient Greek Grammar for the Study of the Greek New Testament (2019), Peter Lang Pp. x-xxii; 1-738, reviewed by Darrell Sutton The study of ancient Greek grammar is a specialism requiring particular powers of … Continue reading →

Posted in QR Home | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Stalin’s War

Posted on September 22, 2021 by leslie

Stalin’s War Sean McMeekin, Stalin’s War, Allen Lane, Penguin Books, London, 2021, pp.666, + Notes, Bibliography, Maps &  Photos, Index, ISBN 978-0-241-36643-1, review essay by Frank Ellis Western Indifference to Soviet Crimes of Genocide, Mass Terror and Deportations Soviet Exploitation … Continue reading →

Posted in QR Home | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

Sex, Lies and Audiotape

Posted on September 17, 2021 by leslie

Sex, Lies and Audiotape A Killing in Tiger Bay, 3 Episodes, BBC Two, reviewed by Leslie Jones In 1988, prostitute Lynette White was brutally murdered in Butetown, Cardiff. The prime suspect, identified on Crimewatch, was a bloodied and confused white … Continue reading →

Posted in QR Home | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Full Circle

Posted on September 8, 2021 by leslie

Full Circle by Bill Hartley The South Leeds Stadium lies at the heart of a complex which provides a wide variety of sports facilities. Such is the range available that it may help explain why the cities’ athletes pick up … Continue reading →

Posted in QR Home | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

ENDNOTES, September 2021

Posted on September 7, 2021 by leslie

ENDNOTES, September 2021 In this edition: British oboe quintets, from Chandos Record; Holiday music by Elgar; reviewed by Stuart Millson; Coda, Romancing the Dome, by the Editor The Doric String Quartet accompanies Nicholas Daniel, oboe, on the Chandos label in a … Continue reading →

Posted in QR Home | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Kaiserreich’s Militant Tendency

Posted on September 2, 2021 by leslie

The Kaiserreich’s Militant Tendency Werner Sombart, Traders and Heroes; Patriotic Reflections, translated with a forward by Alexander Jacob, Arktos, London 2021, 115pp, reviewed by Leslie Jones The sociologist and economic historian Werner Sombart (1863-1941), a former student of Gustav von … Continue reading →

Posted in QR Home | Tagged , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Bringing the Military-Industrial Complex Home

Posted on August 29, 2021 by leslie

Bringing the Military-Industrial Complex Home  by Ilana Mercer With the American media as master of ceremonies, pundits and politicians—all partners in the neocon-neoliberal joint venture in Afghanistan—are barking mad over the images coming out of the Hamid Karzai International Airport … Continue reading →

Posted in QR Home | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

Biden Decamps from Afghan Hellhole

Posted on August 22, 2021 by leslie

Biden Decamps from Afghan Hellhole by Ilana Mercer, August 19, 2021 Yes, we know it was chaos, but then again there was no good way to leave that dusty “shithole,” as the much-missed Donald Trump would have put it. Joe … Continue reading →

Posted in QR Home | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Verdi’s Luisa Miller

Posted on August 18, 2021 by leslie

Verdi’s Luisa Miller Glyndebourne, Saturday 7th August 2021, reviewed by David Truslove Glyndebourne is in full swing this summer after reopening its doors in May with Káťa Kabanová. Since then, there’s been Il turca in Italia and Così fan tutte. … Continue reading →

Posted in QR Home | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Financial Terrorism and Social Excommunication, part 2

Posted on August 16, 2021 by leslie

Financial Terrorism and Social Excommunication, part 2 Ilana Mercer, on Justice Thomas’ Solution  The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is a meddlesome, shakedown operation, in the mold of the Southern Poverty Law Center, that has taken it upon itself to decide who … Continue reading →

Posted in QR Home | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment