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ENDNOTES, October 2019
ENDNOTES, October 2019 Stuart Millson reviews Bach in Kent and a new Berlioz recording from Toronto Bach’s Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 – dating from 1741 – is a work often referred to as one of the greatest achievements in all … Continue reading
Homeless in Seattle, Part 1
Homeless in Seattle, Part 1 by Ilana Mercer To expatiate on the subject of homelessness in Seattle, Tucker Carlson regularly invites on his Fox News show a Republican liberal who broadcasts out of Seattle. Aside from a pastiche of liberal ideas, … Continue reading
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Tagged Homelessness, Seattle, Seattle Times, Tucker Carlson, Washington State
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They Shall not Pass
They Shall not Pass Bill Hartley reconnoitres Trump’s wall Periodically there are stories on television about President Trump’s plan to fence off the US-Mexico border. These are often illustrated by aerial shots of migrants trekking across country or of groups … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona, Border Patrol, No More Deaths, Trump's Wall, USA Today
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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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Tagged Brexit, Referendum Act, Withdrawal Agreement
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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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Blessed are the Peacemakers
Blessed are the Peacemakers Lansdowne; The Last Great Whig, Simon Kerry, Unicorn, 398pp, 2017, ISBN 978-1-910787-95-3, reviewed by Angela Ellis-Jones This biography of Lord Lansdowne, one of late Victorian and Edwardian Britain’s most distinguished people, is written by the subject’s … Continue reading →
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