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Review of Werther
Review of Werther by Leslie Jones Werther, drame lyrique in four acts, music by Jules Massenet, libretto by Édouard Blau, Paul Milliet and George Hartmann, after Goethe’s novel Die Leiden des Jungen Werthers, orchestra of the Royal Opera House conducted by … Continue reading
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Tagged Goethe, Isabel Leonard, Juan Diego Flórez, Massenet, Wagner, Werther
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White-Hating Politics
White-Hating Politics By Ilana Mercer In “It’s Not ‘Identity Politics,’ It’s Anti-White Politics,” I questioned whether the term “identity politics” vaguely comports with our racial politics on terra firma. The answer was a resounding “no.” For, “Whatever is convulsing the … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-White Politics, Identity politics, Ilana Mercer, Tammy Bruce
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Letter to the Editor, 20th September
Letter to the Editor, 20th September SIR In Westminster and in Bruxelles, the song remains the same. Our “true” values are “tolerance” and “an open door” to anyone who wants to settle here. On Friday 13th September 2019, accordingly, The Daily Telegraph published … Continue reading
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ENDNOTES, September 2019
ENDNOTES, September 2019 Stuart Millson on the film music of Lord Berners In 1944, the directors at Ealing Studios (Basil Dearden, Alberto Cavalcanti and Michael Balcon) were working on a new production, The Halfway House– a story set mainly in … Continue reading
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Tagged Ealing Studios, Lord Berners, The Halfway House, The Peaceful Inn
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Scents and Sensibility
Scents and Sensibility Don Giovanni; Ossia Il Dissoluto Punito, opera buffa in two acts, music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, a further revival of the 2014 production, conducted by Hartmut Haenchen, directed by Kasper Holten, Royal … Continue reading
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White Guilt and Christianity
White Guilt and Christianity By Ilana Mercer Is white guilt a Christian affliction? Edward Gibbon would probably have said so. In “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire,” 12 volumes, 1776, he saddled nascent Christianity with … Continue reading
Blake, Envisioned
Blake, Envisioned William Blake, an exhibition, Tate Britain, 11th Sept 2019 to 2nd Feb 2020 William Blake, by Martin Myrone & Amy Concannon, Tate, 2019, reviewed by Leslie Jones William Blake was born in London, on 28th November 1757, at … Continue reading
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Tagged Dissent, Hans Eysenck, Mary Wollstonecraft, William Blake
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Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor SIR – How should Boris Johnson deal with the Bill which requires that he seek a further extension from the EU, expected to be on the Statute Book by Monday 9th September? When asked “What will … Continue reading
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A Modest Proposal for a Referendum Act
A Modest Proposal for a Referendum Act by Monty Skew The democratic system is broken. Parliament was prorogued and that has now been deemed unlawful after legal arguments to reverse it were accepted in a process which will create yet more … Continue reading →
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