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ENDNOTES, June 2016

Posted on June 12, 2016 by leslie

ENDNOTES, June 2016 In this edition: world premieres at the Tenth English Music Festival * Dr. Leslie Jones reviews Mozart Explored, An Academy in Vienna, St John’s Smith Square, 26th May 2016 Some 30 years ago (readers of this column, … Continue reading →

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The Pressing Need for Prison Reform

Posted on June 8, 2016 by leslie

The Pressing Need for Prison Reform Bill Hartley reports David Cameron’s recent speech on prison reform was a welcome entry into the world of criminal justice by a prime minister. The full text of his speech is worth a look … Continue reading →

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Brexit: the Movie

Posted on June 5, 2016 by leslie

Brexit: the Movie Directed and narrated by Martin Durkin, reviewed by Robert Henderson As an instrument to rally the leave vote this film is severely flawed. It starts promisingly by stressing the loss of sovereignty, the lack of democracy in … Continue reading →

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Hail, Caesar!

Posted on June 2, 2016 by leslie

Hail, Caesar! Directed by the Coen brothers, reviewed by Dr John K Press  Hail, Caesar! is another Coen Brothers masterpiece. Culturist themes abound in this film (see www.culturism.us). We can take it as a parable asking us to choose between … Continue reading →

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How the Cult of the Kid is Undermining America

Posted on May 30, 2016 by leslie

How the Cult of the Kid is Undermining America  By Ilana Mercer, sociologist manqué There were likely no kids on board Egypt Air Flight 804 that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea, on May 19. Had there been kids on board, we’d … Continue reading →

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Howard’s House Hotel

Posted on May 29, 2016 by leslie

Howard’s House Hotel Reviewed by Em Marshall-Luck Howard’s House Hotel is found in the idyllic Wiltshire village of Teffont Evias, set amidst pure tranquillity. To reach it, one steps back delightfully into the past, as one twists down tiny winding … Continue reading →

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Oedipe

Posted on May 26, 2016 by leslie

Oedipe The Royal Opera House, Oedipe by George Enescu, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House conducted by Leo Hussain, directed by Álex Ollé and Valentina Carrasco, 23rd May 2016, reviewed by Leslie Jones Igor Stravinsky’s Opera-oratorio Oedipus Rex is focused on the … Continue reading →

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Left-Liberalism’s Homo-Eroticism

Posted on May 26, 2016 by leslie

Left-Liberalism’s Homo-Eroticism Ilana Mercer highlights the left’s moral masochism A Norwegian man was raped by a Somali asylum seeker. The last term—Somali asylum seeker—is something of a contradiction like the first (Norwegian man). The asylum-seeker honorific is given to practically … Continue reading →

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Summer Wines

Posted on May 24, 2016 by leslie

Summer Wines Em Marshall-Luck proposes a selection The two rosés in this May batch of wine recommendations proclaim with clarion call that spring is at last here, and summer on its way. They are well-matched by one superb-value budget-price white and … Continue reading →

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Trump Addresses America’s Debt

Posted on May 23, 2016 by leslie

Trump Addresses America’s Debt Stephen Michael MacLean’s take on Trumponomics ‘The Open Conspiracy.’ That is what Henry Hazlitt, the renowned New York journalist, called the political effort to ‘monetise the debt’ by inflating the currency so that U.S. government debts … Continue reading →

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