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“Motormouth” Megyn Meets her Match
“Motormouth” Megyn Meets her Match Ilana Mercer reflects on the slugfest in Cleveland It’s “R & R for Megyn Kelly,” the Fox News channel announced last week on its website, followed by a gooey note from Kelly herself. Why was … Continue reading
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ENDNOTES, 21st August 2015
ENDNOTES, 21st August 2015 Five important 20th-century works at the Proms The 121st season of Henry Wood Promenade concerts continues its onward stride, with large audiences attracted almost every night by that potent combination of innovation, presentation of the great … Continue reading
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Acton Lane Remembered
Acton Lane Remembered Bill Hartley speaks truth to power The Green Revolution in Britain is sustained by coal. Last year the country imported over 41,000,000 tonnes. The Port of Tyne that used to ship the stuff out has never been … Continue reading
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Polish Canadians, Searching for a Voice
Polish Canadians, Searching for a Voice Mark Wegierski describes an attenuated sub-culture Today in Canada, there are no journalists on any major newspaper, and very few comparatively well-known authors of books of English-language literary fiction, genre fiction, or works of … Continue reading
Trump, the Party Pooper
Trump, the Party Pooper Ilana Mercer descants on the difference between political and economic power Working people warm to Donald Trump. He appeals to a good segment of real Americans. The circle jerk of power brokers that is American media, however, … Continue reading
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Women, in Black and in White
Women, in Black and in White Nina Ansary presents a feminist perspective on recent Iranian history Extract from ‘Jewels of Allah: the Untold Story of Women in Iran’ (pages 58-64), by Dr Nina Ansary, Revela Press, Los Angeles, California, 2015 … Continue reading
Hold the Heart
Hold the Heart Gregory Slysz considers the causes of Russo-Western antagonism Introduction ‘The direct consequences of a war with Russia,’ wrote the British weekly The Economist, ‘we look upon with no apprehension, at least under existing circumstances. It may be … Continue reading
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Intelligence Matters
Intelligence Matters Charmian Brinson & Richard Dove, A Matter of Intelligence: MI5 and the Surveillance of Anti-Nazi Refugees 1933-50 (2014) Manchester University Press, Manchester, 2015, Notes, Name Index, pp. 239, ISBN 978 0 7190 9079 0. Reviewed by Dr Frank … Continue reading
Rhodes Must Stand
Rhodes Must Stand Arthur St Hugh defends a visionary Englishman Earlier this year a statue to Cecil Rhodes was removed from the University of Cape Town on the grounds that it was ‘offensive to blacks’. One might ask why it … Continue reading
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Polish Higher Education Today
Polish Higher Education Today Mark Wegierski makes some telling observations The Nicolaus Copernicus University (Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika – UMK), was founded in 1945 in the wake of the Second World War in Torun, with many professors and researchers fleeing from the … Continue reading →
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