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Labour’s Left Wing Bourbon
Labour’s Left Wing Bourbon Monty Skew reviews the new biography of Corbyn Comrade Corbyn: A very unlikely Coup: How Jeremy Corbyn Stormed to the Labour Leadership, Rosa Prince, Biteback Publishing, 2016, 1-84954-996-7 All MPs have to deal with the whips. … Continue reading
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Tagged Jeremy Corbyn, Monty Skew, Rosa Prince, Tony Blair
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La Traviata (encore)
La Traviata (encore) Here, where men sit and hear each other groan; Where palsy shakes a few, sad, last grey hairs, Where youth grows pale, and spectre-thin, and dies; Where but to think is to be full of sorrow And … Continue reading
Et in Bohemia ego
Et in Bohemia ego Bill Hartley, on the history of Hebden Bridge Hebden Bridge is a small and picturesque town in the upper Calder Valley of West Yorkshire. Before the industrial revolution the locals made their living through sheep farming, … Continue reading
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Tagged Acre Mill, Bohemians, Hebden Bridge, Heptonstall Churchyard, Queer Voice, Suicide, Sylvia Plath
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Why Trump Won
Why Trump Won LESLIE JONES identifies some of the reasons Ineffectual opposition In the primaries, Trump crushed and humiliated his Republican rivals for the presidential nomination. Exit, in due course, all the remaining candidates; namely, “lying” Ted Cruz, “Bible high, … Continue reading
Treats for New Year
Treats for New Year Em Marshall-Luck selects some seasonal products With New Year almost upon us, I have a selection of the most superb wines, whiskies and food products to enjoy during the remainder of the festive season; delectable treats … Continue reading
Reflections of a Noble Savage
Reflections of a Noble Savage Gerry Dorrian goes cold turkey What is Wrong with US?: Essays in Cultural Pathology, Eric Coombes & Theodore Dalrymple (eds.), Imprint Academic, 2016, reviewed by Gerry Dorrian A drugs-worker in 2009, I posted Theodore Dalrymple’s Spectator … Continue reading
When the Chips are Down
When the Chips are Down Stoddard Martin reviews a timely tome NINE LOVE LETTERS, by Gerald Jacobs. Quartet Books, £20 We are living through a neo-expressionistic, intolerant era. Famous lines come to mind: “The best lack all conviction, while the … Continue reading
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Tagged Gerald Jacobs, Nine Love Letters, Stoddard Martin
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Border Stories
Border Stories Bill Hartley is down Mexico way The geography of violence can remain constant over very long periods. For example, the Texas-Mexico border country was and remains a violent place. There are towns in Texas with populations the size … Continue reading
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Tagged Cormack McCarthy, Glendon Swarthout, Larry McMurtry, The Shootist
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ENDNOTES, December 2016
ENDNOTES, December 2016 In this edition: a ‘grand’ Messiah from Sir Andrew Davis in Toronto * Bach’s Christmas Oratorio at Westminster Abbey * A new concert hall in Antwerp. All over the country, orchestra and choirs are preparing for performances … Continue reading
Brian Mulroney and the Failure of Conservatism
Brian Mulroney and the Failure of Conservatism Mark Wegierski marks the Sesquicentennial of Canadian Confederation (article 1) Brian Mulroney was one of the most disappointing Prime Ministers that Canada ever had. As leader of the federal Progressive Conservative party, Mulroney … Continue reading →
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